Becky Schroeder was only 10 years old when she came up with the idea of the glow-paper.
贝基·施罗德在年仅10岁时就提出了“发光纸”的构想。
Two years later, in 1974, her invention was patented (获得专利) and she became the youngest girl to ever receive a patent in the United States.
两年后，即1974年，她的发明获得了专利，她也成为美国历史上最年轻的获得专利的女孩。
The idea came to her when she tried to do her homework in the family car. It was getting dark, and she couldn’t see her notebook very well. She didn’t have a flashlight and imagined how nice it would be to have a paper that glows (发光) in the dark and allows her to write easily without light.
这个想法源于她在自家车里做作业时——天渐渐黑了，她看不清笔记本。她没有手电筒，于是想象如果有一种能在黑暗中发光的纸张，让她无需光线也能轻松书写，那该多好。
She decided to invent a product that would do just like that. She researched “glow in the dark” toys, such as balls and Frisbees. She wanted to know how they worked. Finally, she found out they all used phosphorescent (磷光性的) paint which can store light and then give out a glow in the dark. Then she went with her dad to buy some phosphorescent paint. In the darkest room in her house, she spent the evening trying with the paint and some paper, until she got it.
她决定发明一种能实现这一功能的产品。她研究了诸如球和飞盘等“夜光”玩具，想了解它们的工作原理。最终，她发现它们都使用了磷光涂料——这种涂料可以储存光线，然后在黑暗中发出光芒。随后，她和父亲一起去购买了一些磷光涂料。在她家最暗的房间里，她花了一整晚时间用涂料和纸张反复试验，直到成功为止。
Her invention the glow-paper includes a board with phosphorescent paint that stores light and then glows in the dark. Once a piece of paper is placed on it, it glows and you can see your writing or read without the need of a proper light.
她的发明“发光纸”包含一块涂有磷光涂料的板子，该涂料可储光并在黑暗中发光。一旦将纸张放在上面，它就会发光，使你无需合适光源即可看到自己的字迹或阅读内容。
The invention was a huge success. It is usually used by photographers (摄影师) for their dark rooms, doctors in hospitals to read patients’ materials at night and somewhere else.
这项发明取得了巨大成功。它通常被摄影师用于暗房、医院医生在夜间阅读病人资料，以及其他场合使用。
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