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James Watt was an English boy. He was very clever. he liked to ask questions and always think hard. 詹姆斯·瓦特是一个英国男孩，他非常聪明，他喜欢提问题，总是勤奋思考。 One day he was sitting in the room with his old grandma. There he saw a kettle on the fire. And the lid was moving. 有一天，他正和奶奶坐在屋子里。他看到炉火上放着一把水壶，壶盖在不停地活动。 “Grandma, what’s in the kettle?”little Watt asked. “奶奶，壶里有什么呢？”小瓦特问道。 “Water,” his grandma answered “水。”奶奶答道。 “I think there is something else in it, Look, it is pushing the lid up.” “我想还有别的什么东西。看，他在往上推着壶盖。” “Oh, that’s only steam ,”his grandma answered. “哦，那是在蒸汽。”奶奶答道。 “How does the steam get under the lid?”Little Watt asked. “壶盖下的蒸汽是怎么来的？”小瓦特问道。 “It comes from the water,” his grandma said. “它是从水里来的。”奶奶说。 “The steam must be very strong ,” the boy said to himself.” It can push thing, If there is more water, the steam will be much stronger.” “蒸汽肯定很有劲，”这个男孩自言自语道，“它能推动物体。如果有更多的水，蒸汽就会更有劲。” So many years later, James Watt tried hard to make steam work for people .Finally he became very famous because he invented the first steam engine. 多年以后，詹姆斯.瓦特经过刻苦努力，使得蒸汽能够为人类做工。最后，他因为发明了第一台蒸汽机而变得非常著名。 |
