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今日主題：Moth Eyes Inspire Different Solar Cell
飛蛾的眼睛給太陽能電池帶來與眾不同的啟發

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康康精選托福會考的主題，堅持每天精聽一定會進步的哦!!

建議方法：
1. 先聽兩三遍 (不看文稿)
2. 再一句一句聽寫 (每句都要聽寫數遍，直到寫出85%以上的字)
3. 最後check文稿，看哪聽不出來，單字沒背過，還是發音不熟。
4. 堅持天天聽，就能每天進步哦。

MP3音檔 (按右鍵可下載聽)：喜歡的同學，幫忙推或按讚哦~~
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只有音檔怎夠，聽不懂地方，不用怕，康康幫你準備好中英文稿了：

中英文稿：
You wouldn’t think that things as mundane as rust or the eyes of a garden-variety moth would have much in common with advances in sustainable energy. But Swiss researchers report that a way to create highly efficient solar panels may involve photocells incorporating light-absorbing qualities of iron oxide within a structure similar to moth eyes.
你肯定想不到平凡的鐵銹，普通的飛蛾會和可持續能源的發展有很多共同之處。但是瑞士研究人員報告稱，將氧化鐵吸收光的特點和類似於飛蛾眼睛的結構結合起來，可以創造一種使得太陽能電池板更高效吸收陽光的方法。

The scientists covered tiny particles of tungsten oxide with iron oxide to mimic the way moth eyes gather light. Moth light absorption is highly efficient, for survival reasons—because the eyes barely reflect any light, they don’t attract the attention of predators.
科學家模仿飛蛾眼睛吸光的結構，用氧化鐵覆蓋在氧化鎢的微粒上。飛蛾眼睛對光的高吸收率是由於生存的原因而進化而來的，因為眼睛幾乎不反射任何光，他們就不會吸引捕食者的注意。

And where most solar panels convert light to electricity, these devices use solar rays to split water molecules and produce pure hydrogen fuel. Which deals with the storage problem associated with solar power.
並且大多數太陽能電池板將光能轉化成電能，而這些設備利用太陽光線分裂水分子，產生純氫燃料。這就解決了太陽能的儲存問題。

The research will appear in the journal Energy & Environmental Science.
這項研究被發表在《能源和環境科學》雜誌上。

Stanford University researchers are likewise exploring ways to bypass electricity generation when splitting water molecules.
史丹佛大學的研究人員在分解水分子時也同樣在探索分流發電的方法。

Their work combines into a single unit the photoelectric cells that gather sunlight and the electrolyzer that produces hydrogen. They published their research last fall in the journal Science.
他們工作時會將光電池和電解器結合成一個單一機組，光電池吸收陽光，而電解器生成氧。去年秋天他們將此研究成果發表在《科學》雜誌上。

Both projects are part of an effort to get solar to better compete with cheap fossil fuels. And bring heliocentrism to the power supply.
—Larry Greenemeier
這兩個項目都是為了讓太陽能更好的與廉價的化石燃料進行競爭，並使得電力供應以太陽為中心。—賴瑞．格林邁耶