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Car Powered By
Water A Reality
By Eric Flack
Wave3 - September 6, 2006
1 (LOUISVILLE) -- Along Florida's Gulf Coast,
water is everywhere. From the bay to the beach to the town of Clearwater, that is where we
found Denny Klein. A man driven by water, literally.
2 Klein has invented the world's first
water powered car. It runs on what he calls "Aquygen." Aquygen is water or
H2O, broken down and turned into HHO gas, something scientists once
thought impossible.
3 "Any PhD or library, they
say you can't mix hydrogen and oxygen. And still to this day we get a lot of
people who don't believe us because that's what they were taught," Klein
said.
4 But people are quickly learning Klein
and his car are for real.
5 Klein says his design will retrofit
any piston engine.
6 An economic development team from the
county and local government TV got a demonstration while we were there.
7 Klein says he initially developed
Aquygen to create a safer, less polluting blowtorch. Klein realized
Aquygen would clean up car emissions as well. The only thing that would
come out of the tailpipe was water.
8 Soon, his vision became a
reality
9 Like most alternative fuel
cars, the prototype is actually a hybrid. It runs on a gas and Aquygen mixture.
Whenever you're ready, you flip the switch and the Aquygen kicks in.
10 The result is up to a 50 percent jump in
gas mileage. Klein's Ford Escort prototype gets 384 miles on a tank of
gas. 576 miles with a little Aquygen mixed in.
11 Klein sees a totally Aquygen powered car
sometime in the future. With that, he says you could drive 100 miles on 4
ounces of water. "You just drive it like a regular car. The infrastructure
is already in place to get it serviced so we don't have to reinvent the
wheel," Klein said.
12 For now, Denny Klein is content to perfect
the hybrid version of the car. He says it could hit the market in as
little as 2 years.
13 Aquygen units for industrial use are
already for sale and Klein says other uses for it remain on the horizon.
After all, with Aquygen, the possibilities are as endless as the supply.
14 If you're worried about losing power,
don't. Unlike some other alternative fuel cars, Klein says he actually
gets a couple extra horsepower when he uses Aquygen.
15 There are two hurdles to a car that runs
totally on Aquygen. One: long-term impact on the engine. Will the water
speed up rust or corrosion over time? Two: figuring out a process to tank
the gas for distribution.
© Wave3 (http://www.wave3.com)
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ÉLUCIDATION |
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| title |
titre |
| to power (tr) |
fair fonctionner, faire marcher (un moteur),
propulser (un bateau, un avion, etc.) |
| par. 1 |
par. 1 |
| Florida's Gulf Coast |
cas possessif; comprendre the Gulf Coast
of Florida, où Gulf représente the Gulf of Mexico = le
Golfe du Mexique |
| driven by water |
mû par l'eau
driven est le participe passé de to drive (tr) (I drove,
driven) = mouvoir, actionner |
| literally (adv) |
noter la différence d'orthographe par rapport
au français littéralement |
| par. 2 |
par. 2 |
| the world's first water-powered car |
cas possessif; comprendre the first
water-powered car in the world
water-powered (ac) = fonctionnant à l'eau |
| to run (intr) (I ran, run) |
marcher, fonctionner (on, à) |
| to break down (vc) (tr) (I broke,
broken) |
décomposer (into, en) |
| to turn (tr) |
transformer (into, en) |
| HHO gas |
vapeur d'eau |
| scientist (fa) |
savant |
| to think (tr) (thought 2) |
penser |
| once (adv) |
(ici non pas «
une fois » mais) autrefois |
| par. 3 |
par. 3 |
| PhD (n) |
abrév. de Philosophy Doctor
= (titulaire d'un) doctorat de 3e cycle |
| library (fa) |
bibliothèque |
| any PhD or library, they... |
le pronom personnel they renvoie à la fois à
PhD (he/she) et library (it) |
| still (adv) |
cependant, pourtant |
| that's what they were taught |
c'est ce qu'on leur a enseigné
to teach (tr) (taught2) sby sth = enseigner à
qn qch |
| par. 4 |
par. 4 |
| to be for real |
(litt., être pour de vrai) ne pas plaisanter,
être sérieux |
| par. 5 |
par. 5 |
| design |
(traduire ici par) invention |
| to retrofit (tr) |
(traduire ici par) pouvoir se monter après
coup sur, (ou tout simplement) se monter sur |
| piston engine |
moteur à pistons |
| par. 6 |
par. 6 |
| initially (adv) |
au départ, à l'origine |
| to develop (tr) (fa) |
mettre au point |
| a safer, less polluting blowtorch |
empilement ! avec en 1 : blowtorch, en
2 : safer , et en 3 : less polluting
safer : comparatif de supériorité de safe (a) = sûr, sans
danger
less polluting : comparatif de supériorité de polluting (a)
= polluant
blowtorch = chalumeau |
| to realize (tr) (fa) |
s'apercevoir que |
| to clean up (vc) (tr) |
(traduire ici par) supprimer |
| car emissions (pl) |
gaz (pl) d'échappement émis par les voitures |
| as well (fa) |
également |
| par. 7 |
par. 7 |
| to become a reality |
ne pas traduire l'article défini a en
français |
| par. 8 |
par. 8 |
| alternative fuel cars |
empilement où alternative porte sur
fuel et non pas sur cars, avec en 1 : cars, en 2 :
alternative fuel (avec fuel en 2a et alternative en 2b)
fuel (fa) = carburant
alternative (a) (fa) = de substitution |
| tailpipe |
tuyau d'échappement |
| whenever (loc. conj. de temps) |
toutes les fois que, chaque fois que |
| a gas and Aquygen mixture |
empilement ! avec en 1 : mixture, en 2
: gas and Aquygen (dont gas en 2a et Aquygen en 2b)
gas (fa) (abrév. de l'américain gasoline) = essence
mixture (n) (fa) = mélange |
| to flip the switch |
(litt., faire basculer l'interrupteur)
actionner l'interrupteur |
| to kick in (vc) (intr) (fam.) |
s'enclencher, entrer en action, se mettre en
branle, se mettre en route |
| par. 9 |
par. 9 |
| up to + mesure |
jusqu'à + mesure |
| jump |
bond |
| gas mileage |
consommation d'essence
mileage = nombre de miles parcourus, ou en transposant, kilométrage |
| Klein's Ford Escort prototype |
cas possessif ; comprendre the Ford Escort
prototype of Klein |
| to get X miles on a tank of gas
|
faire X kilomètres avec un réservoir
plein (noter les prépositions différentes)
mile = mille (terrestre) = 1 km 609
tank = réservoir |
| with a little Aquygen mixed in |
en y adjoignant un peu d'Aquygen
to mix in (vc) (tr) = adjoindre, ajouter |
| par. 10 |
par. 10 |
| a totally Aquygen(-)powered car |
empilement ! avec en 1 : car, en 2 :
totally Aquygen(-)powered
Aquygen-powered (ac) = marchant à l'Aquygen |
| sometime (= at some time) |
à ne pas confondre avec sometimes ! |
| future (fa) |
avenir |
| ounce |
once (ou 28 gr 35) |
| regular (a) (fa) |
normal |
| to get it serviced |
s'occuper de son entretien (à la voiture) |
| not to have to + base verbale |
ne pas avoir à + infinitif |
| par. 11 |
par. 11 |
| to be content to + inf. (fa) |
se contenter de |
| to perfect (tr) |
perfectionner |
| to hit (hit2) the
market |
débarquer sur le marché |
| in as little as 2 years |
en à peine deux ans |
| par. 12 |
par. 12 |
| to be for sale |
être en vente |
| to remain on the horizon |
être envisagé |
| endless |
inépuisable |
| supply |
(l')offre (par opposition à la demande) |
| par. 13 |
par. 13 |
| to be worried about + gérondif (inf.
to worry, intr) |
s'inquiéter de + substantif |
| to lose (lost2)
power |
perdre de la puissance |
| actually (adv) (fa) |
en fait, en réalité |
| a couple extra horsepower |
comprendre a couple of extra horsepower
extra (a) = supplémentaire
horsepower = puissance en chevaux-vapeur |
| par. 14 |
par. 14 |
| hurdle |
obstacle (to, à/pour) |
| long-term (ac) |
à long terme |
| engine (fa) |
moteur |
| to speed up (vc) (tr) (sped2) |
accélérer |
| rust |
rouille |
| over time |
(traduire par) avec le temps |
| to figure out (vc) (tr) |
imaginer, échafauder |
| process (fa) |
procédé |
| to tank (tr) |
conserver dans un réservoir |
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© Christian Lassure - EFT
Le 27 août 2008 / August 27th, 2008
- Complété le 31 janvier 2010 / Augmented on January 31st, 2010
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