小明 嘅 夢想 魔毯
Xiaoming||dream|magic carpet
Xiao Mings Traum-Zauberteppich
Ming's Dream Magic Carpet
小明慨梦想魔毯
小明 係 一 個 夢想家 。
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佢 鍾意 去 唔同 嘅 地方 旅行 , 但係 佢 偏偏 唔 鍾意 等 車 。
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She likes to travel to different places, but she just doesn't like waiting for transport.
佢 覺得 , 喺 火車站 、 的士站 或者 巴士站 等 車 好 嘥 時間 。
|||train station|taxi stand||bus stop|||||
She thinks that waiting for transport at the train station, taxi stand, or bus station is a waste of time.
佢 心諗 : 「 如果 有 一 張 魔氈 , 噉 我 就 可以 好似 阿拉丁 噉 飛 嚟 飛 去 , 隨時 去 唔同 嘅 地方 。 」
|thinks|||||magic carpet||||||Aladdin||||||||||
She thought to herself: 'If there was a magic carpet, then I could fly around like Aladdin and go to different places anytime.'
人類 最初 係 點樣 由 一 個 地方 , 去到 另 一 個 地方 嘅 呢 ?
humanity|initially|||||||get to|another|||||
How did humans initially travel from one place to another?
一 開始 佢哋 係 靠 步行 , 到 學識 馴服 動物 之後 , 佢哋 就 騎 馬 、 驢 、 駱駝 同 大象 。
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In the beginning, they relied on walking, and after they learned to tame animals, they rode horses, donkeys, camels, and elephants.
再 後來 , 人類 發明 咗 車轆 , 就 用 馬車 或者 牛車 去 載 人 四圍 去 。
|later|humanity|||wheel|||carriage||ox cart||carry||everywhere|
Later, humans invented wheels and used horse-drawn or ox-drawn carts to carry people around.
幾 個 世紀 之前 , 人類 唔單止 改良 蒸汽機 嚟 發明 火車 , 仲 發明 咗 用 引擎 推動 嘅 汽車 , 令 大家 可以 更 快 到達 目的地 。
||centuries|||not only|improved|steam engine|||train|||||engine|driving||car||||||reach|destination
Several centuries ago, humanity not only improved the steam engine to invent the train, but also invented the car powered by an engine, allowing everyone to reach their destinations faster.
就 喺 百 幾 年 前 , 美國 嘅 發明家 萊特 兄弟 , 更加 發明 咗 可以 喺 天空 飛翔 嘅 飛機 。
||hundred||||||inventor|Wright|Brothers||||||sky|flying||airplane
About a hundred years ago, American inventors the Wright brothers invented the airplane, which could soar in the sky.
之後 科學家 仲 設計 埋 火箭 , 帶 人類 上 太空 、 月球 ……
|||design||rocket||||space|the Moon
After that, scientists also designed rockets to take humanity into space and to the moon...
「 但係 點解 我哋 仍然 係 慢 過 阿拉丁 嗰 張 飛氈 嘅 ? 」
|||||slow|||||carpet|
But why are we still slower than Aladdin's carpet?
小明 想 知道 答案 。
Xiaoming wants to know the answer.
佢 問 過 爸爸 、 媽媽 , 又 問 過 老師 , 但係 都 得 唔 到 一 個 滿意 嘅 答案 。
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He has asked his dad, his mom, and his teacher, but still hasn't received a satisfactory answer.
老師 話 : 「 其實 我哋 已經 快 過 以前 好多 —— 日本 嘅 子彈火車 , 可以 喺 短短 幾 個 鐘 之內 , 將 我哋 由 一 個 島嶼 帶 到 另 一 個 島嶼 。
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The teacher said: 'In fact, we have already surpassed the Japanese bullet trains by a lot - we can travel from one island to another in just a few hours.'
我哋 甚至 唔使 兩 個 鐘 , 就 可以 由 香港 搭 飛機 飛 到 台灣 , 更加 可以 喺 16 個 鐘 之內 由 香港 飛 到 美國 紐約 。 」
||no need||||||||take||||Taiwan||||||||||||New York
We don't even need two hours; we can fly from Hong Kong to Taiwan, and even fly from Hong Kong to New York in 16 hours.'
「 佢哋 根本 唔 明白 我 個 問題 。 」
'They simply do not understand my problem.'
小明 同 朋友 小剛 抱怨 。
|||Xiaogang|complain
Xiao Ming complained with his friend Xiao Gang.
佢 最 希望 嘅 , 係 每 次 旅行 嘅 時候 , 都 可以 有 種 方便 、 瞬間 去 任何 地方 嘅 神奇 力量 。
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What he wishes for the most is the magical ability to instantly go anywhere during every trip.
有 一 日 , 小明 睇到 報紙 上面 一 則 新聞報道 , 令 佢 非常 興奮 , 上面 寫 住 : 「 超級 高鐵 : 現代 魔氈 」 。
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One day, Xiao Ming saw a news report in the newspaper, which made him very excited. It said: 'Super High-Speed Rail: Modern Magic Carpet.'
小明 興沖沖 跑 去 同 小剛 講 : 「 小剛 你 睇 , 係 超級 高鐵 !
|excitedly|||||||||||high-speed rail
Xiaoming ran excitedly to tell Xiaogang: 'Xiaogang, look! It's the Super High-Speed Rail!'
佢 仲 會 快 過 火車 同 飛機 添 呀 !
」 小剛 嘅 妹妹 喺 隔籬 聽到 , 都 好 感 興趣 , 仲 問 小明 咩 係 超級 高鐵 。
||sister||next door||||feeling|interest|||||||
「 超級 高鐵 係 一 種 超級 、 超級 、 超級 快 嘅 交通 工具 !
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The super high-speed train is a super, super, super-fast mode of transportation!
報道 話 , 佢 係 利用 磁浮 技術 , 將 列車 放 喺 一 條 又 長 又 大 嘅 真空 管道 入面 。
report||||using|maglev|||train||||||||||vacuum|pipeline|
Reports say it uses magnetic levitation technology to place the train inside a long and large vacuum tube.
呢 條 真空 管道 可以 起 喺 地下 或者 地面 , 然後 就 可以 載 住 我哋 四圍 去 。 」
||vacuum|||||||ground||||||||
This vacuum tube can be built underground or above ground, and then it can take us around everywhere.
小明 同 佢哋 解釋 , 仲 越 講 越 興奮 。
|||||the more|talking||
Xiao Ming explained to them and became more and more excited as he spoke.
「 超級 高鐵 點 郁 㗎 ?
How does the super high-speed train move?
安 唔 安全 㗎 ?」
safe|||
小剛 問 。
小明 話 : 「 依家 超級 高鐵 仲 測試 緊 , 但係 報道 話 坐 上去 好 舒服 , 唔會 好似 坐 過山車 噉 。
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Xiao Ming said: 'Right now, the super high-speed train is still under testing, but reports say that sitting on it is very comfortable and doesn’t feel like riding a roller coaster.'
科學家 嘅 目標 係 希望 佢 可以 接近 音速 , 用 每 個 鐘 1224 公里 嘅 速度 行駛 。 」
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The goal of scientists is to hope that it can approach the speed of sound, traveling at 1224 kilometers per hour every hour.'
小剛 問 : 「 即係 我哋 可以 用 搭 飛機 嘅 速度 , 十幾 分鐘 就 可以 由 灣仔 去到 屯門 ?
||that is||||||||ten or so|minutes||||Wan Chai||Tuen Mun
Xiao Gang asked: 'So we can travel from Wan Chai to Tuen Mun in just over ten minutes at the speed of a plane?'
平時 我哋 搭 港鐵 或者 巴士 都 要 一 個 鐘 !
|||MTR||bus|||||
咁 犀利 , 佢 點 做 到 㗎 ? 」
Wow, that's amazing! How did he do that?
小明 解釋 : 「 佢 嘅 原理 係 噉 嘅 : 真空 管道 入面 係 幾乎 冇 任何 空氣 阻力 或 摩擦力 , 冇 咗 呢啲 阻力 影響 , 列車 就 唔會 減慢 速度 , 可以 好 快 噉 穿過 管道 。 」
|explains|||principle||like this||vacuum|pipeline|inside||almost||any|air|resistance|or|friction|||these|resistance||train|||slow down|speed|||fast|like this|pass through|pipeline
Xiao Ming explained: 'The principle is like this: inside the vacuum tube, there is almost no air resistance or friction. Without these resistances to affect it, the train won't slow down and can pass through the tube very quickly.'
實在 太 厲害 喇 !
really||amazing|
That's really impressive!
佢哋 越 諗 越 開心 。
|the more|think|more|
「 但係 我 聽日 都 仲係 要 搭 一 個 鐘 巴士 返學 …… 」 小明 唔開心 噉 講 。
||tomorrow||still||take|||bell|bus|||not happy|like this|
雖然 係 噉 , 至少 佢 可以 寄望 有 一 日 搭 到 超級 高鐵 —— 佢 夢寐以求 嘅 交通 工具 !
|||at least|||hope||||get on||super|high-speed rail||dreamed of||transportation|tool
Although that's the case, at least he can hope to ride the super high-speed train one day - the transportation tool he dreams of!
因為 人類 唔同 嘅 夢想 同 無限 嘅 想像 , 至 會 有 唔同 嘅 偉大 發明 問世 。
||||dreams||infinite||imagination|then|||||great|inventions|come into being
Because of the different dreams of humanity and our limitless imagination, there will be various great inventions that come into existence.
小明 細細個 就 已經 對 科技 有 好多 唔同 嘅 憧憬 , 你 又 點 睇 未來 嘅 科技 發展 呢 ?
|when he was little||already||technology|||||aspirations||again|||||||
Since he was young, Xiaoming has had many different aspirations for technology. What do you think about the future development of technology?