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我們都見過那些用來隔離馬路上某條車道的交通警示錐，通常情況下，它們都需要工人們一個一個手動擺放，實在低效?，F(xiàn)在，設(shè)計師帶來的這款交通警示錐（Warning Cone），能讓這個工作變得高效起來！

Sometimes we can see some traffic warning cones on the roads. It always takes construction workers long time to set them up. Oh！They are heavy and cumbersome1. How traditional they are！

有時候我們在公路上能看見一些交通警示錐，建筑工人們總是需要花很長時間將它們安放好。哦！它們沉重而累贅，多么傳統(tǒng)?。?/p>

Now designers at Asia University in Taiwan change the shapes of the bulky2 warning cones. Look at the pictures， please. A set of bright red warning cones is linked on the extendable3 base. There is a storage4 box for the warning cones. When a construction worker wants to use the bright red warning cone， he pulls out the extendable base. Then the bright red warning cones come out from the storage box one by one. How easily to expand the set of bright red warning cones！It looks like an accordion5. After use， the bright red warning cone can be compressed6 and placed back in the storage box by revolving7 the handle8 on the storage box. In such way， both time and space are saved！

現(xiàn)在，來自臺灣亞洲大學的設(shè)計者們改變了笨重警示錐的形狀。請看這些圖片吧，一組鮮紅的警示錐連接在可延伸的底座上，那兒有一個警示錐的儲存箱。當建筑工人想使用鮮紅的警示錐時，拉出可伸展的底座，然后鮮紅的警示錐一個一個就從儲存箱里出來了。展開這套鮮紅的警示錐是多么輕松啊！它看起來像一個手風琴。用完之后，鮮紅的警示錐能通過旋轉(zhuǎn)儲存箱上的把手，來壓緊并放回到儲存箱里。如此一來，節(jié)約了時間和空間！

New warning cone offers much greater convenience to construction workers. Most people like it. It wins Red Dot Design Award！

對于建造工人來說，新型警示錐提供了極大的方便，許多人喜歡它，它還獲得了紅點設(shè)計大獎哦！

Notes

1. cumbersome [] adj. 笨重的;累贅的;難處理的

2. bulky [] adj. 體積大的;龐大的;笨重的

3. extendable [] adj. 可延長的;可展開的;可擴張的

4. storage [] n. 存儲;倉庫;貯藏所

5. accordion [] n. 手風琴

6. compress [] vi. 受壓縮小;vt. 壓縮，壓緊;精簡

7. revolve [] vt. 使……旋轉(zhuǎn)

8. handle [] n. [建] 把手;柄