The lobby was dark and empty, cool, the air conditioner thrumming. The plastic molded chairs were stacked along the walls, and the carpet smelled like shampoo.

大厅里阴暗又空旷，很是凉爽，空调嗡嗡响着。 那些塑料扶手椅靠墙叠放着，地毯闻起来像是洗发水的味道。

Modern bulbs just don't suck as much electricity anymore, and while people have turned off some lights, they've turned on lots of air conditioners, computers, and TVs.

现代灯泡不再耗费那么多电，虽然人们关掉一些灯，但他们却打开很多空调、电脑和电。

And as you turn your air conditioners on for the season, you can rest easy knowing that we've come a long way since the sweaty sweltering times.

如今每到夏季随手开启空调，也应当知晓，我们早已告别那段闷热难熬的岁月。

But, pumping heat out of your house isn’t cheap and turning on one air conditioner is the same as running dozens of tungsten light bulbs.

但是把热气从房子里赶出去可不便宜，而开一台空调够开几十盏电灯泡。

I mean you just built an air conditioner.

我想说的是，你刚打造一台空调。

There is no debate that it takes energy to run your air conditioner in the summer heat, and it raises your electric bill to lower the temperature.

毫无疑问，在炎热的夏天开空调需要消耗能量，它会增加你的电费来降低温度。

Even if they... if it's enough detail for them to build it, they will be surprised when cold air comes out because the air conditioner will use the temperature-pressure relation and they don't know about that law of nature.

就算他们有足够的细节把它做出来，冷气跑出来的时候，他们还是会感到惊讶，因为空调会利用温度和压强的关系，而他们还不知道这个自然定律。

We also have this device for air conditioners, thermostats, and many household appliances.

空调、恒温器和许多家用电器都有这个东西。

Many air conditioners work something like this.

很多空调制商都在制产下面这样的产品。

General noise is neutral, such as that from the sound of an air conditioner or fan.

一般的噪音是中性的，例如来自空调或风扇的声音。

You probably aren't aware of the air conditioner which is humming in the background in this room right now, but when it stops you will notice it.

你可能不知道空调现在在这个房间的背景中嗡嗡作响，但是当它停止时，你会注意到它。

And they were still in everything from refrigerators and air conditioners and styrofoam.

它们仍然存在于冰箱、空调和聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料等各种物品中。

The air conditioner isn't working very well.

室内的冷气也不太冷。

Air conditioners are always gonna break.

空调总是会坏掉的。

Air conditioners are one of the many commodities that Haier sells abroad.

空调是海尔许多种出口商品中的一种。

I'm looking at the air conditioner.

我在看空调。

Competition will soon heat up, however, as rivals develop their own liquid desiccant air conditioners.

但是竞争对手也开发他们自己的液体干燥技术空调，竞争将会越来越白热化。

So, he says, why not retrofit air conditioners with modules that capture carbon?

因此，他说，为什么不用可捕捉碳的模块来改装空调呢？

Well, come to think of it now, there was one thing, turn up the air conditioner, I seem to remember sweltering in there and it was unpleasant and hot.

现在想起来有一件事，记得把空调打开，我似乎记得在那里很热，很不舒服。

That's about as loud as the hum from your air conditioner.

大概有空调的嗡嗡声那么大。