VOA慢速英語：神奇的隱身衣即將成為現(xiàn)實(shí)

在那里的所有哈利·波特粉絲都有理由來慶祝！

Scientists say they are close to inventing a real invisibility cloth.

科學(xué)家們稱他們已經(jīng)無限接近于制成一件真正隱身衣了。

Harry Potter is a popular book and movie series about a boy who fights evil and wins. His success is partly because of magic tools like an invisibility cloth. When he hides underneath of it, you can't see him. He becomes invisible.

哈利·波特是一本很暢銷的書籍及一部很受歡迎的系列電影。它講述了一個(gè)男孩對(duì)抗邪惡并取得勝利的故事。他的成功，部分原因是由于魔法工具，如隱身衣。當(dāng)他隱藏在它下面時(shí)，你看不到他。他變得隱形。

A real cloak of invisibility? What's next? A magic train that takes you to the Hogwarts school? Oh, wait. That's in Florida! The Hogwarts Express arrives the station at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando, 2014. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley say they have invented a cloth that hides shapes. We see shapes when light hits an object. The light then scatters and bounces around to reveal a shape.

加州大學(xué)伯克利分校研究人員表示，他們已經(jīng)發(fā)明隱形形狀的衣服。當(dāng)光照射到一個(gè)物體時(shí)，我們可以看到物體形狀。然后，光線散射并反射顯示出物體形狀。

The cloak is made with millions of tiny mirrors of gold. The mirrors are so small they are about the size of a human hair. The mirrors stop the light from scattering and bouncing.

斗篷上帶有數(shù)以百萬計(jì)的黃金小鏡子。鏡子如此之小，差不多人類發(fā)絲的大小。這些鏡子阻止太陽光進(jìn)行散射與反射。

The military would be very interested in this kind of technology, scientists say, as would cosmetic and car makers, too.

軍方對(duì)這種技術(shù)非常感興趣，科學(xué)家們表示，化妝品與汽車制造商同樣對(duì)此有濃厚興趣。

Xiang Zhang is a materials scientist at the university.

張翔是大學(xué)的一位材料科學(xué)家。

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“現(xiàn)在，人們可以使大肚子變成六塊腹肌，你知道，臉上的疤痕及東西都可以消失。”

So far, the scientists have been hiding objects so small they cannot be seen with common sight. But they are sure they can adapt the technology for larger objects in the next five to seven years.

到目前為止，科學(xué)家們一直致力于將一些小的事物進(jìn)行隱藏，普通肉眼是看不到的。但在未來的五到七年，他們確定他們可以將這種技術(shù)應(yīng)用到一些較大的物體。

I'm Anna Matteo.

我是安娜·馬特奧。

Jessica Berman wrote this story for VOA News. Kathleen Stuck adapted and edited it for Learning English.

Now it's your turn. If you were fighting evil like Harry Potter, what would your magic tool be?

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Words in This Story

scatter – v. to separate and go in different directions

bounce– v. to move in one direction, hit a surface and then quickly move in a different and usually opposite direction

six-pack – n. a group of strong and well-shaped muscles that can be seen on a person's stomach