William grew up in a poor family in Africa. His family lived in a village with no ___1___. At night, they used oil lamps for light. However, oil was too expensive for his parents to afford.
威廉在一个非洲的贫困家庭中长大。他的家人住在一个没有电的村庄里。晚上,他们用油灯照明。然而,油对他的父母来说太贵了,买不起。
William wanted to ___2___life there but he had no idea how to realize it. One day, he read a book on how to turn wind into electricity with a windmill.
威廉想改善那里的生活,但他不知道如何实现。有一天,他读了一本关于如何用风车把风变成电的书。“太令人惊讶了!”
“That is ___3___!” Though he didn’t know what a windmill was, he decided to give it a try.
虽然他不知道风车是什么,但他决定试一试。
First he had to ___4___ all the materials. He dug through the rubbish with his cousin in the villages nearby and ___5___ his goal until he got what he wanted.
首先,他必须收集所有的材料。他和他的表弟在附近的村庄里翻找垃圾,坚持他的目标,直到得到他想要的东西。
Then he started to make the windmill. The moment his farm work finished in the fields, he threw himself on studying the materials, staying ___6___ till midnight. Finally, he made it after many ___7___. He fixed the windmill on the top of a wood tower to catch wind. The villagers came to look. A long wire was used to connect to a bulb to the windmill. The wind blew and the windmill ___8___. To their amazement, the bulb lit up. The villagers cheered. William threw his hands in the air and jumped ___9___. To produce more energy, he built another windmill for his village.
然后,他开始制作风车。一旦他在田里的农活干完,他就投身于研究材料,一直到午夜还醒着。经过多次失败后,他终于成功了。他把风车固定在一个木塔顶上以捕捉风。村民们来看。一根长电线被用来把灯泡连接到风车上。风吹着,风车转动了。令他们惊讶的是,灯泡亮了。村民们欢呼起来。威廉双手举在空中,兴奋地跳了起来。为了产生更多的能量,他又为他的村庄建造了一个风车。
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