《一呼一吸》精讲 49

Hello. What's this?

这是什么

Oh, I'm having a go at a Mark II version.

这是马克二代

The trouble with the Mark I is the battery is pretty poor,

马克一代的缺点就是电池寿命短

and the pump's very noisy,

气泵噪声大

so I'm having a go at using a solenoid.

所以这次我尝试使用电磁线圈

Fascinating. So what is the battery life?

真是叹为观止 那现在电池寿命有多长

On the Mark II, about six hours.

马克二代的话 大约六小时

How long have you been living with this condition?

你以这样的状况活了多久了

Eleven years so far. Incredible.

十一个年头了 难以置信

Well, if these chairs of yours really work,

如果你这些椅子真的好使

I'm gonna need a lot of them.

我有很大的需求

How many? Hundreds.

有多大 数百台

Oh, well, I've been financing the work myself up to now.

一直以来 我都是自己负担经费 自给自足

It hasn't set me back too much,

这些也花不了太多钱

but if we're to go into production, we'll need proper funding.

可要想批量生产 就需要大笔资金了