美国有线新闻 CNN 2016-8-10

AZUZ: Around the world, without a drop of gasoline. That's the goal of the experimental plane, Solar Impulse 2. It runs on solar power. It landed in California on Saturday night after taking off from Hawaii on Thursday. Though it's got the wing span of a 747, it only weighs as much as an SUV. But it also travels at about the same speed as a car, which is why it took so long to make California from Oahu.

阿祖兹：环游世界，但是不用一滴油。这是实验型飞机阳光动力2号的目标。这架飞机由太阳能提供动力。它周四从夏威夷起飞，周六晚上降落在加利福尼亚。虽然它的翼展达到了波音747的水平，但是它的重量只有一辆SUV车那么重。当然，这架飞机的速度也和汽车的速度一样，所以它用了这么长时间才从瓦胡岛飞到加州。

The project whose cost is estimated at more than $100 million has had its setbacks. It took off last spring and was supposed to have circumnavigated the globe last summer, but a damaging storm, battery problems and the need for near perfect flying conditions have repeated delayed the journey.

这个耗资超过1亿美元的项目遭遇了挫折。这架飞机去年春天起飞，计划在去年夏天完成全球航行，但是由于遭遇严重风暴、电池出现问题以及对近乎完美飞行条件的需求，导致其行程不断拖延。

Engineers are happy to have the project back up and running.

工程师对这个项目能恢复运作感到很高兴。

AZUZ: A little over 20 years ago, in the grocery store parking lot of North Carolina, an insurance worker named Harry¹ Swimmer met a girl with a condition Cerebral² Palsy. She was also deaf and unable to speak. And Swimmer had the idea that she might enjoy a pony³ ride at his farm.

阿祖兹：20多年前，保险公司员工哈里·斯维默在北卡罗来纳州一家食杂店的停车场遇到了一个患有脑瘫的小女孩。而且她耳聋，也不能说话。斯维默突然有了个想法，这个小女孩可能会喜欢在他的农场里骑马。

Her positive reaction to the experience inspired Swimmer to become a certified⁴ instructor⁵ in therapeutic⁶ riding and he's today's "Character Study".

她骑马时呈现出来的积极反应促使斯维默成为了一名治疗性骑马注册教练，他就是今天“人物研究”版块的主人公。

HARRY SWIMMER, CNN HERO: Every community has children with disability. One of these children have very little to look forward to.

CNN英雄哈里·斯维默：每个社区都有残疾儿童。这些孩子几乎没有什么希望。

Our farm is a sanctuary⁷ for children with special needs.

我们的农场是这些有特殊需求孩子的圣地。

Hi, riders up.

嗨，骑手上马。

What do you say now?

现在你要说什么？

UNIDENTIFIED GIRL: Walk on.

身份不明的女孩：继续走。

SWIMMER: That's my girl.

斯维默：那是我的女孩。

Out here, they're part of a team. They ride together. They bonded⁸ with their horses. It is therapy for them.

在这里，他们是团队的一部分。他们一起骑马。他们和马建立了联系。这对他们来说是种治疗。

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: I'm getting stronger and stronger.

身份不明的孩子：我会越来越强大。

SWIMMER: You are getting stronger and stronger.

斯维默：你会越来越强。

These children come to me everyday.

这些孩子每天都过来找我。

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: You're the best.

身份不明的孩子：你是最棒的。

SWIMMER: And I love every one of them. This is their farm as much as it is mine.

斯维默：我爱每一个孩子。这是我的农场，但也是他们的农场。

Are you ready?

你准备好了吗？

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The fact that we're able to do this free of charge is a big deal. It's really expanded her community.

身份不明的女性：我们能继续免费做这件事其实很了不起。这确实扩大了她的社交。

There you go.

开始吧。

We could put her on a horse and she can be all over the place. And within a few minutes, we can watch her body settles down, and she's suddenly the biggest thing in her environment. That's a great confidence booster.

我们会把她放到马上，她可以去任何地方。几分钟以后，我们会看到她的身体平静下来，她会突然成为她所处环境中最重要的因素。这就是自信助推器。

SWIMMER: I've been extremely lucky to be able to have this program, at 86 years old. This has become my life. I don't ever want to do anything else.

斯维默：在86岁的时候能做这个项目，我真的非常幸运。这已经成为我生命中的一部分。我从来没想过做其他的事情。

1 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

2 cerebral   

adj.脑的，大脑的；有智力的，理智型的

参考例句：

• Your left cerebral hemisphere controls the right-hand side of your body.你的左半脑控制身体的右半身。
• He is a precise,methodical,cerebral man who carefully chooses his words.他是一个一丝不苟、有条理和理智的人，措辞谨慎。

3 pony   

adj.小型的；n.小马

参考例句：

• His father gave him a pony as a Christmas present.他父亲给了他一匹小马驹作为圣诞礼物。
• They made him pony up the money he owed.他们逼他还债。

4 certified   

a.经证明合格的；具有证明文件的

参考例句：

• Doctors certified him as insane. 医生证明他精神失常。
• The planes were certified airworthy. 飞机被证明适于航行。

5 instructor   

n.指导者，教员，教练

参考例句：

• The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
• The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。

6 therapeutic   

adj.治疗的，起治疗作用的；对身心健康有益的

参考例句：

• Therapeutic measures were selected to fit the patient.选择治疗措施以适应病人的需要。
• When I was sad,music had a therapeutic effect.我悲伤的时候，音乐有治疗效力。

7 sanctuary   

n.圣所，圣堂，寺庙；禁猎区，保护区

参考例句：

• There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
• Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。

8 bonded   

n.有担保的，保税的，粘合的

参考例句：

• The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee.威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
• This adhesive must be applied to both surfaces which are to be bonded together.要粘接的两个面都必须涂上这种黏合剂。