你知道吗？这九件东西都是女性发明的_BEC初级作文

你知道吗？这九件东西都是女性发明的

Every time the window was open, the passengers in the car got colder.

但每次打开窗户，车内的乘客都会感到寒冷。

Anderson started drawing her solution of a rubber blade that could be moved from inside the car, and in 1903 was awarded a patent for her device.

安德森开始思考解决这个问题的方法。后来，她发明了一个可以在车内移动的橡胶叶片并于1903年获得专利。

But the invention proved unsuccessful with car companies, who believed it would distract drivers.

但是这项发明并不符合汽车公司的要求，它们认为这会使司机开车时分心。

Anderson never profited from her invention, even when the wipers later became standard on cars.

安德森从未从自己的发明上获取一丝利润，即便后来雨刷成为了汽车的标配。

4. Space station batteries - Olga D Gonzalez-Sanabria

4.太空站电池——奥尔加•冈萨雷斯-萨纳布里亚

It might not have the catchiest name on this list, but the long cycle-life nickel-hydrogen battery has helped power the International Space Station, so it's pretty important.

这个长寿命的镍氢电池可能不是这个榜单上最吸引眼球的，但是它能为国际空间站充电，因此十分重要。

Olga D Gonzalez-Sanabria, who is originally from Puerto Rico, developed technology which helped create these batteries in the 1980s and is now director of engineering at Nasa's Glenn Research Centre.