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　　雅思听力精品材料：3D Printing 　　今天资料下载小编为大家带来的雅思听力精品材料是关于：“伦敦科技展显示3D打印技术进步”的VOA News,下面和雅思小编一起来听听吧： 　　A technology known as 3-D printing, or additive manufacturing, has long been used for producing prototype models of three-dimensional objects. A new exhibit that opened in London Thursday shows how the technology has evolved to save time and money in producing machines, clothes, cars and even body parts, using rapid prototyping industrial robots, known as 3-D printers. 　　一项被称为3D打印的技术一直以来被应用于实物三维模型的仿制上。9月4日，在伦敦开幕的一场新品展览中，我们见识了3D打印技术的显著进步。3D打印机如今可以直接制造机械、衣物、汽车乃至人体部件，为人们节省大量的时间与金钱。 　　On display at the exhibit is a car that can reach speeds of 320 kilometers per hour and is set to be entered in the Le Mans 24-hour race. It is the result of several prototypes built by Strakka Racing, a company based in Silverstone, England - the home of Britains motor sports. 　　这辆车的最高时速高达每小时320公里，将被用来参加勒芒24小时耐力赛。这辆车是位于英格兰银石地区的斯特拉卡公司是用几件模型所合成的结晶。而该公司的所在地，又正是英国赛车运动的起源地。 　　Motorsports is such a competitive industry that if youre slow in bringing something to the track, you fall behind, and once you fall behind its almost impossible to catch up,” said Dan Walmsley, engineer and team principal for Strakka Racing. 　　斯特拉卡车队工程师、车队负责人沃姆斯利说：“赛车运动就是这样一个竞争激烈的行业;如果你在某项技术上慢了，你就落后了。一旦你落后了，再追上几乎就是不可能的了。” 　　Like many other teams, Strakka has been using 3-D printing of components to try out designs and materials as quickly as possible. But the company is now producing the actual car parts using the 3-D print technology, which is essentially adding layers of material under computer control to get a desired shape. 　　像其它车队一样，斯特拉卡一直尽可能快地用3D打印所制造的零部件来对设计和材料进行新的尝试。但是如今该公司利用3D打印技术直接制造新的零部件。大体来讲是在计算机的控制下生产材料层，以获得所预期的形状。 　　So weve got aerodynamic components on the car such as the front dive planes, the air intake, interior components. We found that the material properties have recently moved forwards to a point where theyre stiff enough and strong enough and light enough to function as a fully finished production compone