在那里的所有哈利·波特粉丝都有理由来庆祝！

Scientists say they are close to inventing a real invisibility cloth.

科学家们称他们已经无限接近于制成一件真正隐身衣了。

Harry Potter is a popular book and movie series about a boy who fights evil and wins. His success is partly because of magic tools like an invisibility cloth. When he hides underneath of it, you can't see him. He becomes invisible.

哈利·波特是一本很畅销的书籍及一部很受欢迎的系列电影。它讲述了一个男孩对抗邪恶并取得胜利的故事。他的成功，部分原因是由于魔法工具，如隐身衣。当他隐藏在它下面时，你看不到他。他变得隐形。

A real cloak of invisibility? What's next? A magic train that takes you to the Hogwarts school? Oh, wait. That's in Florida! The Hogwarts Express arrives the station at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando, 2014. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley say they have invented a cloth that hides shapes. We see shapes when light hits an object. The light then scatters and bounces around to reveal a shape.

加州大学伯克利分校研究人员表示，他们已经发明隐形形状的衣服。当光照射到一个物体时，我们可以看到物体形状。然后，光线散射并反射显示出物体形状。

The cloak is made with millions of tiny mirrors of gold. The mirrors are so small they are about the size of a human hair. The mirrors stop the light from scattering and bouncing.

斗篷上带有数以百万计的黄金小镜子。镜子如此之小，差不多人类发丝的大小。这些镜子阻止太阳光进行散射与反射。

The military would be very interested in this kind of technology, scientists say, as would cosmetic and car makers, too.

军方对这种技术非常感兴趣，科学家们表示，化妆品与汽车制造商同样对此有浓厚兴趣。

Xiang Zhang is a materials scientist at the university.

张翔是大学的一位材料科学家。

"People can make a sizeable belly now become a six-pack, you know, scars on the face and things (that) can disappear." Visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

“现在，人们可以使大肚子变成六块腹肌，你知道，脸上的疤痕及东西都可以消失。”

So far, the scientists have been hiding objects so small they cannot be seen with common sight. But they are sure they can adapt the technology for larger objects in the next five to seven years.

到目前为止，科学家们一直致力于将一些小的事物进行隐藏，普通肉眼是看不到的。但在未来的五到七年，他们确定他们可以将这种技术应用到一些较大的物体。

I'm Anna Matteo.

我是安娜·马特奥。

Jessica Berman wrote this story for VOA News. Kathleen Stuck adapted and edited it for Learning English.

Now it's your turn. If you were fighting evil like Harry Potter, what would your magic tool be?

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Words in This Story

scatter – v. to separate and go in different directions

bounce– v. to move in one direction, hit a surface and then quickly move in a different and usually opposite direction

six-pack – n. a group of strong and well-shaped muscles that can be seen on a person's stomach

All you Harry Potter fans out there have reason to celebrate!

Scientists say they are close to inventing a real invisibility cloth.

Harry Potter is a popular book and movie series about a boy who fights evil and wins. His success is partly because of magic tools like an invisibility cloth. When he hides underneath of it, you can't see him. He becomes invisible.

Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley say they have invented a cloth that hides shapes. We see shapes when light hits an object. The light then scatters and bounces around to reveal a shape.

The cloak is made with millions of tiny mirrors of gold. The mirrors are so small they are about the size of a human hair. The mirrors stop the light from scattering and bouncing.

The military would be very interested in this kind of technology, scientists say, as would cosmetic and car makers, too.

Xiang Zhang is a materials scientist at the university.

"People can make a sizeable belly now become a six-pack, you know, scars on the face and things (that) can disappear." Visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

So far, the scientists have been hiding objects so small they cannot be seen with common sight. But they are sure they can adapt the technology for larger objects in the next five to seven years.

I'm Anna Matteo.

Jessica Berman wrote this story for VOA News. Kathleen Stuck adapted and edited it for Learning English.

Now it's your turn. If you were fighting evil like Harry Potter, what would your magic tool be?

______________________________________________________________

Words in This Story

scatter – v. to separate and go in different directions

bounce– v. to move in one direction, hit a surface and then quickly move in a different and usually opposite direction

six-pack – n. a group of strong and well-shaped muscles that can be seen on a person's stomach