外媒看中國：湖南農民發明載人旅行箱

Tired of dragging your suitcase through busy airports? Here comes a solution: ride on it and honk your way through.
厭倦了在熙熙攘攘的機場拖着你的旅行箱？現在有辦法了：騎在旅行箱上，一路鳴笛而過。

He Liangcai, a Chinese private entrepreneur, recently obtained a patent for a product that turns a regular suitcase into a rechargeable scooter.
賀才亮是一名中國民營企業家，他最近研製了一種能當電動摩托車的旅行箱，目前已成功申請國家專利。

According to patent documents, accessed via China’s intellectual property database, the suitcase is also equipped with a GPS navigator, a burglar alarm and a horn.
根據中國知識產權數據庫中的專利文件，這種旅行箱還配有GPS衛星定位、防竊報警器和喇叭。

Weighing about 15 pounds, Mr. He’s “multi-functional suitcase” is powered by a lithium battery and can reportedly go as fast as 12 miles per hour.
賀先生的“多功能旅行箱”重約15磅（約13.6斤），由一塊鋰電池供電，據報道最高時速達每小時12英里。

Mr. He says the suitcase-scooter can carry 2 adults at once and travel as far as 37 miles in one charge, the local Changsha Evening News reported. Mr. He suggests such a device can also be used for in-city travel, dubbing it an “urban scooter.”
據《長沙晚報》報道，賀先生聲稱這種行李箱小車能一次搭載2個成年人，而且充電一次能行駛37英里。賀先生建議用這個裝置也可以用來進行市內旅行，稱之爲“城市小車”。

Turning a suitcase into an electric scooter up with a suitcase was no easy task. According to local reports, Mr. He spent over 10 years to break through the technology issues, such as how to develop the right kind of wheels.
把一個旅行箱變成帶有旅行箱的電動小車可不是一件容易的事。根據當地媒體報道，賀先生花了10多年來攻克技術難關，比如發明適合的輪子。