Haveyoueverheardof"aballofenergy"?Peopleoftenuseittodescribeveryactivechildren.Buttodaywetellaboutaninventioncalledthesoccket,thatisarealsoccerballofenergy.JuliaSilvermanexplainsthatinfactthesoccketisaportablegenerator(便携式发电机).
JuliaSilvermanandJessicaMatthewsdevelopedthesoccketaspartofagroupprojectforanengineeringclassatHarvardUniversity.
Therearemechanisms(装置) inasoccket.Whenyoukick,hitorthrowit,energyisthenkeptinitbythesemechanismsinsteadofdisappearingintotheenvironment.
Thentheusercanputsomethingdirectlyintotheball,likealamp,oramobilephonechargersothattheycangetenergyfromit.
Foreveryfifteenminutesofthegameplay,thesoccketcanprovideenoughelectricity(电) foranLEDlampforthreehours,andtheballcanstore(储藏) upto24hours'electricity.
TheInternationalEnergyAssociationreportedlastyearthatnearlyoneandahalfbillionpeopleintheworldhadnoelectricitytouse,andmostofthemliveinsubSaharanAfricaandinIndiaandothercountriesinAsia.
JuliaSilvermanandJessicaMatthewsbothhadexperiencesindevelopingcountriesbeforetheybegantheproject.Theyknewthatpowershortagesareaseriousprobleminreallyareas.
There'sanenergy crisis intheworld.One out of every five people intheworld don'thaveanyelectricity.Andbesidesthat,therearealotofhealthproblemsbecausewhatpeopleuseinsteadoftheelectricityareharmfulchoiceslikekerosene(煤油) lamps,whichproducealotofsmoke.
JuliaSilvermansaysthesoccketballisonesmallsolution(解决方法) toabigproblem.
JessicaMatthewsandJuliaSilvermanhopetheirsoccketballwillshinemorelightontheproblemofpowershortages.Itofferspeopleachancetoputtheirenergyintotheworld'smostpopularsportandgetsomeenergyinreturn.
41.Fromthepassage,weknowthesoccketis___.
A.anactivechild
B.aninvention
C.alamp
D.amobilephone
42.Ifyouplaythesoccketforhalfanhour,itcanprovideanLEDlampwithelectricityfor___.
A.fifteenminutes
B.halfanhour
C.sixhours
D.thre