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進入《中英對照讀新聞》British Army Tests ’Invisible’ Tank英軍測試「隱形」坦克
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The Ministry of Defense confirmed that they are testing technology they claim makes tanks and troops invisible.
（英國）國防部證實，他們正在測試據稱能使坦克及軍隊隱形的科技。
The highly secret trials were conducted by the Royal Engineers and scientists from QinetiQ, the former research arm of the MoD.
這些高度機密的試驗，是由英國皇家工程兵部隊與來自曾是國防部研究部門「奎奈蒂克公司」的科學家共同進行。
"This technology is absolutely incredible. If I hadn’t been present I wouldn’t have believed it," a soldier present at the trials said. "I looked across the fields and just saw grass and trees-but in reality I was staring down the barrel of a tank gun."
「這項技術真是令人難以置信，若非我身臨其境，我不會相信，」一名在現場參加過試驗的士兵說。「放眼望去，空地上只看到青草和樹木。但事實上，我正盯著坦克的砲管。」
According to the scientists, the breakthrough was made possible by using cameras and projectors to beam images captured from the surrounding landscape onto a specially-adapted tank coated with silicon to maximize their reflective qualities, resulting in the naked eye seeing only the view which is behind the tank.
據這些科學家指出，此一突破性進展得以實現，在於運用了攝影機和投影器，將（坦克）四周的景色拍攝下來後，再把畫面投射在經過特別改裝的坦克身上，坦克外殼塗上矽材料，以達到最大反光效果，致使肉眼只是看到坦克後方的景象。
The technology could reach the battlefield within five years, said Professor Sir John Pendry of Imperial College London, the world’s leading authority on the physics of invisibility.
世界隱形物理權威、倫敦帝國學院的教授彭德瑞爵士說，這種科技可能在5年內投入戰場。
新聞辭典
invisible：形容詞，看不見的；無形的。例句：Germs are invisible to the naked eye.（細菌是肉眼所看不見的。）在軍事科技中，透過降低武器裝備的信號特徵，使其難以被發現、識別、追蹤和攻擊的技術，一般稱為「匿蹤」（stealth），如stealth fighter （匿蹤戰機）。
arm：部門。例句：The company’s research arm is strong. （該公司研究部門實力雄厚。）
