【英语时差8,16】奥古斯特的太阳能技术（上）

One of the hottest technologies in solar energy today is concentrated solar power. CSP, as it’s called, involves using mirrors to concentrate sunlight on photovoltaic panels to make electricity. It’s also used to boil water and generate steam to run electric turbines. In many ways, CSP is on the cutting edge of new energy technology. But concentrated solar power is hardly a recent invention. In fact, it’s been around since the 1860s, when Abraham Lincoln was president and coal fired steam engines drove the Industrial Revolution. Industrialized countries were using so much coal that some thinkers worried that coal supplies would soon run out. One such worrier was Auguste Mouchot a French mathematician¹ and solar energy enthusiast².

1 mathematician   

n.数学家

参考例句：

• The man with his back to the camera is a mathematician.背对着照相机的人是位数学家。
• The mathematician analyzed his figures again.这位数学家再次分析研究了他的这些数字。

2 enthusiast   

n.热心人，热衷者

参考例句：

• He is an enthusiast about politics.他是个热衷于政治的人。
• He was an enthusiast and loved to evoke enthusiasm in others.他是一个激情昂扬的人，也热中于唤起他人心中的激情。