2023年03月01日 VOA慢速英语：第一部手机的发明者回顾过去，思考未来

The man who made the first call from a wireless phone is now 94 years old.
第一个用无线电话拨打电话的人现年 94 岁。
 
The year was 1973. Martin Cooper operated a large, heavy new communication device on a street in New York City. The device was not physically connected to phone lines. But, Cooper was able to make use of it --- he called a technology business competitor.
那是 1973 年，马丁·库珀 (Martin Cooper) 在纽约市的一条街道上操作着一个又大又重的新型通讯设备。该设备未物理连接到电话线。但是，库珀能够利用它——他称之为技术业务竞争对手。
 
Fifty years later, the inventor says he hopes wireless phones can make life better but he also expresses some worries.
五十年后，这位发明家说他希望无线电话可以让生活更美好，但他也表达了一些担忧。
 
"My most negative opinion is that we don't have any privacy anymore because everything about us is now recorded someplace," Cooper said.
“我最负面的看法是，我们不再有任何隐私，因为现在关于我们的一切都被记录在某个地方，”库珀说。
 
And, he says he is concerned about how easily young people can link to harmful online material on their cell phones.
而且，他说他担心年轻人很容易在手机上链接到有害的在线材料。
 
Cooper spoke with the Associated Press from Barcelona, Spain, where he attended the Mobile World Congress, the biggest telecom industry trade show. Cooper received an award there for his lifetime of work.
Cooper 在西班牙巴塞罗那接受了美联社的采访，他在那里参加了世界移动通信大会，这是最大的电信行业贸易展。Cooper 在那里因其一生的工作而获奖。
 
Cooper says he is an optimist. He believes the technology's best days may still be ahead in areas such as education and health care.
库珀说他是一个乐观主义者。他认为，在教育和医疗保健等领域，这项技术的最好日子可能还在前面。
 
"Between the cellphone and medical technology and the internet, we are going to conquer disease," he said Monday, at the MWC.
“在手机、医疗技术和互联网之间，我们将战胜疾病，”他周一在 MWC 上说。
 
Cooper was working for Motorola when he used the Dyna-Tac phone to make a call in April 1973. Things have changed greatly since then.
库珀在 1973 年 4 月使用 Dyna-Tac 电话拨打电话时正在为摩托罗拉工作。从那时起，情况发生了很大变化。
 
But, he said, "we had no way of knowing this was the historic moment."
但是，他说，“我们无法知道这是历史性的时刻。”
 
Cooper said there are still ways for the mobile phone to change. The first one he used weighed over 1 kilogram. Today, they are small. But he thinks one day, they will be more like a part of our body than something we hold.
库珀表示，手机仍有许多改变的方法。他使用的第一个重量超过 1 公斤。今天，他们很小。但他认为有一天，它们会更像是我们身体的一部分，而不是我们持有的东西。
 
He said perhaps the human body can even power the phones.
他说，也许人体甚至可以为手机供电。
 
"The human body is the charging station, right," he asked. The body makes energy from food, he argues, so it could possibly also power a phone. Instead of holding the phone in the hand, for example, the device could be placed under the skin.
“人体就是充电站，对吧，”他问道。他争辩说，身体从食物中获取能量，因此它也可能为手机供电。例如，该设备可以放在皮肤下，而不是手持电话。
 
Cooper said he also hopes there can be more protection for internet users concerned about privacy and for children.
库珀表示，他还希望能够为关注隐私和儿童的互联网用户提供更多保护。
 
Speaking about privacy concerns, he said: "it's going to get resolved, but not easily."
谈到隐私问题，他说：“它会得到解决，但并不容易。”
 
He also said there should be a special internet for children so they do not run into material made for adults.
他还说应该为儿童提供专门的互联网，这样他们就不会遇到为成人制作的材料。
 
Cooper said the idea for the mobile phone came from a communication device used by the comic book character Dick Tracy. The imaginary detective had a wristwatch from which he could make phone calls.
Cooper 说手机的创意来自漫画人物 Dick Tracy 使用的通讯设备。想象中的侦探有一块手表，可以用来打电话。