VOA慢速英语: 年轻的技术专家努力阻止汽车失窃

年轻的技术专家努力阻止汽车失窃

Kenyais East Africa’s largest economy. Its capital Nairobi is growing quickly. But so is the city’s crime rate-- the Nairobi Metropolitan Crime Observatory says thieves steal an average of 10 cars each day.

肯尼亚是东非最大的经济体，首都内罗毕发展很快，但是城市犯罪率增长的也快——内罗毕都市犯罪观察站说窃贼平均每天偷盗十辆汽车。

Kelvin Macharia has invented a tracking, or following, device that uses computers and wireless technology to help owners know where their cars are, and find them if they are stolen. Mr. Macharia is just 24 years old. He is the chief executive officer of Sunrise Tracking.

凯文·玛卡里亚已经给汽车安装了跟踪设备，通过电脑和无线技术帮助车主了解他们的车在哪儿，如果汽车被盗也可以找到失窃车辆。24岁的玛卡里亚是朝阳追踪公司（Sunrise Tracking）的总裁。

He began working on his invention in 2012. Using $300 from his savings, he improved a system that was already being used to find stolen cars. His surveillance system uses a computer or mobile phone to tell owners where their car is. Mr. Macharia says if a car is stolen, the owners can find it using his tracking device. Owners are able to send a command to the vehicle through a text message. It immediately stops the car from moving. Experts say this shows the power of security solutions that involve mobile technology.

2012年，他开始这项发明研究，从积蓄中拿出300美元，他改进了一下用来追踪失窃车辆的系统。他的监听系统使用电脑和手机告诉车主他们的车在哪儿。玛卡里亚说如果汽车被盗，失主使用追踪设备就能找到被偷车辆。车主可以通过信息向汽车发送命令，然后汽车就会停止。专家说这显示了移动技术的安全解决方案的能力。

Mr. Macharia used material available in Kenya to make his first tracker devices. When he was satisfied with the design, he outsourced the building of the device to a factory in China. He says his company is now worth more than $100,000 and has more than 100 companies as clients.

玛卡里亚使用现有的材料在肯尼亚制造他的第一个跟踪设备，他满意自己的设计成果后，就会把这种设备的制造外包给中国的一家工厂。他说现在他的公司价值100多万美元，公司拥有100多家公司的客户。

Tony Wanga is one of those clients. He owns three minibus taxis. Car thieves in Nairobi have targeted these vehicles. Mr. Wanga bought trackers for each of his vehicles. The trackers cost $250 each. He says the tracker tells him where his vehicles are. He says when the tracker is placed in one of his vehicles, he can follow its travels as he sits in his office.

托尼·王是其中一名客户，他有三辆巴士出租车，内罗毕的窃车贼以这些机动车位目标。王为每辆车都买了跟踪器，每个跟踪器价值250美元。他说跟踪器会告诉他汽车位置在哪儿，他还说汽车上安装了跟踪器后，他在办公室就能了解汽车的运行路线。

Mr. Macharia continues to develop other security products. His other security products include car alarms and a camera hidden inside a pen. And he say she is building a wireless security camera that will be able to store video information for long periods of time.

玛卡里亚继续研发其它的安保产品，他的其它安保产品包括汽车警报器，隐藏在钢笔里的摄像机，他说正在开发一款无线的安全摄像头，能够储存长时间的影像信息。

Mr. Macharia hopes his technological innovations give his clients the security and safety they want and need.

玛卡里亚希望他的技术创新能够满足客户想要的安全。

I’m Jonathan Evans.

我是乔纳森·伊凡。

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Words in This Story

client – n. a person who pays a professional person or organization forservices

innovation – n. a new idea, device, or method

outsource – v. to send away some of a company’s work to be done bypeople outside the company

surveillance – n. the act of carefully watching someone or something,especially in order to prevent or detect a crime