六级As part of the upgrading of its rail yard, Kasselman, who is an inventor and self-proclaimed "steam visionary", is campaigning for a new steam train that runs without any fire and could run on an existing ten- kilometer line, driving tourists and perhaps

卡斯尔曼是一位发明家，自称为“蒸汽幻想家”，他正在为一种新型蒸汽火车进行宣传，这种火车可以在现有的10公里长的线路上运行，可以驾驶游客，也可以驾驶火车

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级He becomes an inventor and sells his inventions in order to attend the university.

他成为一名发明家，为了上大学而出售他的发明。

2013年6月听力原文

考研One inventor patented a technique for lifting a box.

一位发明家申请了一项提箱技术的专利。

2010年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考Cheese-loving inventor Wallace and his brainy dog gromit have started a company to protect the town's vegetables from hungry rabbits.

热爱奶酪的发明家华莱士和他的聪明的狗格罗米特成立了一家公司，保护小镇的蔬菜免受饥饿兔子的伤害。

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级Thomas Edison, the famous inventor, once said "I've not failed."

著名发明家托马斯·爱迪生曾说过：“我没有失败。”

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

四级Henry Ford, the famous U. S. inventor and car manufacturer, once said, “The business of America is business.

美国著名发明家和汽车制造商亨利·福特曾说过：“美国的商业就是商业。

2003年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

考研When an invention is made, the inventor has three possible courses of action open to him: he can give the invention to the world by publishing it, keep the idea secret, or patent it.

当一项发明被创造出来时，发明人有三种可能的行动方案：他可以通过出版将发明带给世界，对其想法保密，或者为其申请专利。

1993年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研A granted patent is the result of a bargain struck between an inventor and the state, by which the inventor gets a limited period of monopoly (垄断) and publishes full details of his invention to the public after that period terminates.

授予的专利是发明人与国家达成协议的结果，通过该协议，发明人获得有限的垄断期(垄断) 并在该期限结束后向公众公布其发明的全部细节。

1993年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Indeed, patent experts often advise anyone wishing to avoid the high cost of conducting a search through live patents that the one sure way of avoiding violation of any other inventor’s right is to plagiarize a dead patent.

事实上，专利专家经常建议那些希望避免在现有专利中进行搜索的高昂成本的人，避免侵犯任何其他发明人权利的一个可靠方法是剽窃一项已失效的专利。

1993年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研As Eugene Ferguson has pointed out, “A technologist thinks about objects that cannot be reduced to unambiguous verbal descriptions; they are dealt with in his mind by a visual, nonverbal process … The designer and the inventor … are able to assemble and manipulate in their minds devices that as yet do not exist.

正如尤金·弗格森（Eugene Ferguson）所指出的，“技术专家思考的物体不能简化为明确的语言描述；它们在他的脑海中是通过视觉、非语言的过程来处理的……设计师和发明者……能够在脑海中组装和操纵尚未存在的设备。

1996年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题