[ti:Teenage ‘Newton’ Builds Electric Device to Light Gaza Tent]
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[00:01.01]A 15-year-old boy in Gaza
[00:03.39]was able to build a device to provide electricity
[00:08.35]to light the tent he is staying in with his family.
[00:13.64]Hussam Al-Attar got two fans at a resale market
[00:19.21]and used them to create small wind turbines
[00:23.89]to produce electricity.
[00:26.32]His invention led others in the camp
[00:29.70]where he stays to start calling him the "Newton" of Gaza.
[00:35.12]This comparison involves the English scientist, Isaac Newton.
[00:41.48]Newton is known for his major scientific discoveries
[00:46.54]in the fields of physics, mathematics
[00:50.58]and astronomy more than 300 years ago.
[00:54.72]A famous story about Newton
[00:57.87]describes how an apple falling on his head
[01:01.75]led him to discover the nature of gravity.
[01:06.46]"Newton was sitting under an apple tree
[01:09.79]when an apple fell on his head
[01:12.75]and he discovered gravity," Al-Attar told Reuters news agency.
[01:19.57]"And we here are living in darkness and tragedy,
[01:24.15]and rockets are falling on us,
[01:26.80]therefore I thought of creating light, and did so," he added.
[01:32.81]Al-Attar is staying with his family in a tent in Rafah,
[01:38.42]a city on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip,
[01:42.57]near the border with Egypt.
[01:44.87]Reuters reported that Rafah currently holds more than
[01:49.80]half of Gaza's total population of 2.3 million people.
[01:56.74]Large numbers of people fled to the area
[02:00.73]from other parts of Gaza to escape fighting
[02:04.73]between Israeli forces and Hamas fighters.
[02:09.87]The fighting has been ongoing since Hamas militants
[02:14.78]invaded southern Israel from Gaza on October 7.
[02:20.82]Israeli officials say the invasion
[02:24.47]left 1,200 people dead and 253 kidnapped.
[02:31.99]Israel immediately began a large military campaign
[02:37.34]to answer the actions of Hamas.
[02:40.66]Israeli military officials have said their goal
[02:45.25]is to crush the Palestinian Islamist group.
[02:49.63]Local health officials in Gaza say the fighting
[02:54.17]has killed more than 27,000 people
[02:57.97]across the territory and caused displacement and hunger.
[03:03.12]Al-Attar and his family are staying in a tent
[03:07.77]that is partly attached to a house.
[03:11.48]He was able to climb onto the roof
[03:14.09]to set up two fans, one above the other.
[03:18.52]The wind can turn the fans,
[03:20.97]which produce small amounts of electricity.
[03:24.84]He then connected the fans to wires
[03:27.99]and built a charging station.
[03:30.89]Al-Attar also built switches
[03:34.40]to control a lighting system made out of wood.
[03:38.61]He said his first two attempts failed
[03:42.31]and it took him a while to develop a working system.
[03:47.11]"I started developing it further, bit by bit,
[03:51.36]until I was able to extend the wires through the room
[03:55.56]to the tent that we are living in, so that the tent will have light."
[04:01.14]Al-Attar added that he was happy to be able
[04:05.52]to create something to help "ease the suffering" of his family members.
[04:11.78]He said he is looking forward to the future
[04:14.96]when conditions can improve in Gaza.
[04:19.3]"I am very happy that people in this camp
[04:22.52]call me Gaza's Newton," Al-Attar said.
[04:27.23]He added, "Because I hope to achieve my dream
[04:31.00]of becoming a scientist like Newton
[04:34.28]and creating an invention that will benefit
[04:37.87]not only the people of the Gaza Strip, but the whole world."
[04:43.92]I'm Bryan Lynn. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM