Eco-Friendly Light Bulb Wins 环保灯泡获大奖
[audio]http://language.chinadaily.com.cn/bbc/media_english/assets_9593959/me_129_light_bulb_audio_110318_me_light_bulb_audio_au_bb.mp3[/audio][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][p=30, 2, left]Will Gompertz: Now here is [b]a bright idea[/b] - a designer, low-energy light bulb. So now, if you want to illuminate your home in[b]an eco-friendly fashion[/b], you have this [b]curvaceous [/b]choice. The designers spent a great deal of time worrying about what might [b]turn people on[/b], and what might turn them off.[/p]
[p=30, 2, left]Their quest was [b]to marry[/b] practicality, something that actually works, with a sense of style and beauty, to create an object of desire. Something that you not only wanted to own, but hopefully also wanted to keep.[/p][p=30, 2, left]Nicolas Roope: And that's really the role of the designer, I think, is to make objects that people really connect with and really [b]cherish[/b], you know. I think that's one of our roles, and obviously in this case this isn't just about prettifying. This is about, you know, obviously, [b]the underlying problem[/b] of getting people [b]to adopt[/b] this stuff, because obviously that's in everybody's interests.[/p][p=30, 2, left]Will Gompertz: That is if money is not too much of an issue - funky costs. Each one is nearly £20. That's up to twenty times the price of some other low-energy bulbs. It's too early to judge if this product has a [b]dazzling [/b]future, but its creators will be reassured to know that at least one major household goods retailer said its customers did not consider light bulbs [b]dull[/b]. In fact, to them, design matters.[/p][p=30, 2, left]Will Gompertz, BBC News[/p][/font] illuminate v 使明亮; 照亮
turn sb on (使)感兴趣; (使)兴奋
marry v 结合
funky adj 时髦的, 新潮的,独特的
dazzling adj 炫目的 光彩夺目的
Eco-friendly is absolutely good,but you have always consider the cost. Maybe 20 pounds is not something everybody could afford.
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