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Talking about the invention of the United Kingdom we have to refer to Watt, and we are able to remember him because he invented the first steam engine, which led to the British industrial revolution and the machine era of the world. It was the steam engine that improved the productivity and the world civilization developed rapidly.
說(shuō)到英國的發(fā)明，我們不得不提到瓦特，而我們之所以記住他就是因為他發(fā)明了第一臺蒸汽機，英國因此也發(fā)生了工業(yè)革命，將世界帶入到大機器的時(shí)代。是蒸汽機讓生產(chǎn)力得以提高，世界文明得以飛速發(fā)展。

The world’s first steam engine wasn’t invented by Watt; it was the Greek mathematician Alexandria Chirot who created the world’s first steam engine that was only a toy in the first century AD in the history of human beings. The world’s first steam engine with practical value was invented by the British Sevi in 1698. In addition, the British blacksmith Newcomen developed a steam pump with better performance in 1705 and it was used widely. But these two machines were still inefficient and a lot of fuel was in need during the work. A special idea of improving the steam engine came into Watt’s mind when he repaired one of the Newcomen steam engines until 1763. And Watt tested the first single-action-type steam engine successfully in 1765. However, there were so many flaws that he wasn’t satisfied with. Later, long-suffering Watt completed the linkage-type steam engine that could drive other machines successfully until 1782 with the help of his friends, and this kind of machine was called the “universal steam engine” then. Watt got the patent for invention of the “universal steam engine” in 1784, which was used widely in Britain very soon.
世界上第一臺蒸汽機并不是瓦特發(fā)明的，早在公元1世紀就由古希臘數學(xué)家亞歷山大港的希羅（Hero of Alexandria）制造出人類(lèi)歷史上第一臺蒸汽機，可它只是個(gè)玩具。在1698年世界上第一臺具有實(shí)用價(jià)值的蒸汽機就由英國人塞維里發(fā)明了。1705年，英國鐵匠紐科門(mén)又研制出性能更加優(yōu)越的蒸汽抽水機，并得到廣泛應用。但這兩臺都還是效率低下，工作時(shí)需要耗費大量的燃料。直到1763年瓦特在對一臺紐科門(mén)蒸汽機修理時(shí)，才萌發(fā)了對蒸汽機的改進(jìn)的思想。1765年瓦特試驗成功第一臺單動(dòng)式蒸汽機，但缺陷太多，自己也很不滿(mǎn)意。直到1782年，歷經(jīng)磨難的瓦特終于在朋友的幫助下完成了能夠成功帶動(dòng)其他機器一起工作的聯(lián)動(dòng)式蒸汽機，這種機器當時(shí)稱(chēng)為“萬(wàn)能蒸汽機”。1784年瓦特取得萬(wàn)能蒸汽機的發(fā)明專(zhuān)利權，不久這種蒸汽機在全英國得到廣泛應用。

The steam engine was invented and the reform of sea transportation also began, and some countries had entered the so-called “steamboat era”. Such industries as coal mines, factories, trains and so on were fully improved because of the invention of steam engine, the manual labor could be liberated and the economy developed rapidly. In short, the invention of the steam engine had driven the machine-building industry and even progress and development of society, which completely changed the production and life condition of human beings, and the “steam age” has begun since then.
蒸汽機的發(fā)明開(kāi)始了海上運輸改革，一些國家進(jìn)入了所謂的“汽船時(shí)代”。蒸汽機的發(fā)明使煤礦、工廠(chǎng)、火車(chē)等工業(yè)得到全面提高，體力勞動(dòng)得以解放了,經(jīng)濟發(fā)展飛速?？傊?，蒸汽機的發(fā)明推動(dòng)了機械工業(yè)甚至社會(huì )的進(jìn)步發(fā)展，它徹底改變人類(lèi)生產(chǎn)和生活面貌，從此人類(lèi)進(jìn)入了“蒸汽時(shí)代”。

重點(diǎn)詞：
Invention n. 發(fā)明，發(fā)明物，虛構，虛構物
Productivity n. 生產(chǎn)率，生產(chǎn)能力
Blacksmith n. 鐵匠
Pump n. 抽水機，打氣筒，心臟，抽水，輕軟舞鞋 vt. 抽水，打氣，用泵輸送
Inefficient adj. 無(wú)效率的，無(wú)能的，不稱(chēng)職的
Flaw n. 缺點(diǎn)，裂紋，瑕疵，突然的狂風(fēng)
Manual adj. 手工的，體力的 n. 手冊，指南，鍵盤(pán)