跳出思维定式

本文通过三位青少年的创新实例，说明年轻人也能影响世界。他们分别发明了园艺机器人、宠物视频设备和通用游戏手柄，解决了实际问题并节约资源。文章强调青少年每天都在用创意改变生活，鼓励读者跳出思维定式，勇敢提出自己的解决方案。

Thinking outside the Box
跳出思维定式

If you think young people can’t have an influence on the world, think again.
如果你认为年轻人无法影响世界，请三思。

Over the years, teens have invented excellent things that solve problems and have changed the ways people do things.
多年来，青少年发明了许多出色的东西，解决了问题，并改变了人们做事的方式。

Take fourteen-year-old Eliott Sarrey for example.
以14岁的埃利奥特·萨雷为例。

He invented Bot2Karot, a gardening robot that can take care of a small vegetable garden.
他发明了Bot2Karot——一款能照料小型菜园的园艺机器人。

The robot is controlled by an app on a smartphone.
该机器人可通过智能手机上的应用程序控制。

It helps people grow and take care of vegetables.
它帮助人们种植和照料蔬菜。

It also saves water and energy, and makes gardening easy for people who are very busy or have difficulty getting around.
它还节约水和能源，让非常忙碌或行动不便的人也能轻松园艺。

Brooke Martin is an animal lover who missed her dog when she was away.
布鲁克·马丁是一位动物爱好者，外出时常常想念她的狗。

So she invented iCPooch when she was just twelve years old.
因此，她在12岁时就发明了iCPooch。

The iCPooch lets pet owners check on their pets from anywhere in the world using a smartphone.
iCPooch允许宠物主人通过智能手机从世界任何地方查看宠物的情况。

It also allows owners to use their smartphone cameras to video chat with their pets.
它还允许主人使用手机摄像头与宠物进行视频聊天。

Fourteen-year-old inventor Robert Saunt was tired of buying or borrowing different video-game controllers for each game console (控制器).
14岁的发明家罗伯特·桑特厌倦了为每台游戏机购买或借用不同的游戏手柄（控制器）。

So he invented a controller called Game Blox.
于是他发明了一款名为Game Blox的手柄。

It can be used with four of the most popular game consoles.
它可以兼容四种最受欢迎的游戏主机。

His invention will save players a lot of money and space, and it will save 330 million kg of materials every year.
他的发明将为玩家节省大量金钱和空间，每年还可节省3.3亿公斤材料。

Kids all over the world find ways to solve problems every day.
世界各地的孩子每天都在寻找解决问题的方法。

Who knows? Maybe the next time you have a problem, you’ll come up with the next amazing idea!
谁知道呢？也许下次你遇到问题时，就会想出下一个惊人的点子！