19-year-old inventor makes Forbes 30 under 30 list

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A 19-year-old Canadian inventor has been honored in the Forbes magazine's annual 30 under 30 list.Her creations include a flashlight powered by the heat of the human hand and a mug (馬克杯)that uses heat from a drink tochargea phone.

Ann Makosinski,who is from Victoria and is now a second-year student at the University of British Columbia,made the Forbes list in the energy category.

Starting when she was seven years old,Makosinski would make things with a hot-glue gun and stuff(原料)she found at home.“I'd take garbage and I'd glue them together and create inventions,” she told CBC News.“Of course,they never worked,but the idea of taking the resources around me and combining them together to make something better or to solve a problem was kind of there from the start.”

Makosinski said her e-drink mug is currently a functioning prototype (雛形).She hoped that once she gets her Hollow Flashlight into produc-tion this year,she will have more time to work on themugwithsomeprofessionalelectricalengineers.

Something that catches people by surprise,she said,is that she is studying English literature at university.“I think it is important to have a balance of science and arts to be able to be accessible in either fields,” she said.“It has just interested me,but I still do all my science and business outside of school.”

The young inventor's creations had already earned her honors,including being named to Time's 30 under 30 list for 2013,and a win in her age group at the 2013 Google Science Fair.She has also appeared on Jimmy Fallon's latenight television show and has delivered five TEDx talks.

Reading Check

1.What can we infer from Makosinski's life experience?

A.She gets her interest in invention from her childhood.

B.She prefers English literature to science and business.

C.She has earned much money from her two inventions.

D.She works with some electrical engineers in the university.

Language Study

2.Which ofthe following can bestdescribe Makosinski's inventions?

A.The Hollow Flashlight has gone into production.

B.The e-drink mug gets charged by the heat of a drink.

C.The Hollow Flashlight is powered by human activity.

D.The e-drink mug is no longer a laboratory prototype.

I.Important vocabulary in the text

1.charge v.給(某物)充電;指控某人；要價(jià)；索價(jià)

2.accessible adj.易接近的；易得到的；易懂的

3.deliver v.發(fā)表；宣布

Ⅱ.Complete the following sentences in correct forms with the vocabulary given above.

1.We have to_______________the car's battery often.

2.She is due to_______________a lecture on genetic engineering.

3.The problem with some of these drugs is that they are so_______________.

Ⅲ.Complete the following sentences based on the text.

1.Her creations include a flashlight_______________by the heat of the human hand and a mug that uses heat from a drink to_______________a phone.

2.She hoped that once she_______________her Hollow Flashlight into production this year,she_______________more time to work on the mug with some professional electrical engineers.

3.The young inventor's creations_______________her honors,_______________being named to Time's 30 under 30 list for 2013,and a win in her age group at the 2013 Google Science Fair.