William Kamkwamba was born in the country of Malawi, in Africa. When he was fourteen years old, a terrible drought hit the village where he lived. People had nothing to eat. Being an excellent student and very fond of physics, William decides to save his native village from starvation. In the library he finds books on physics. After studying the books, he got an idea to build a wind generator, to provide electricity to his family.
—Peter-Patrick76 (peter-patrick@mail.com)
参考翻译：
威廉·坎克万巴出生在非洲的马拉维。当他14岁时，一场可怕的干旱袭击了他居住的村庄。人们没有东西吃。作为一名优秀的学生，威廉非常喜欢物理，他决定把家乡从饥饿中拯救出来。他在图书馆里找到了物理学方面的书。在研究了这些书之后，他有了一个建造风力发电机的想法，为他的家人提供电力。-彼得-帕特里克76（彼得-patrick@mail.com)
重点词汇释义：
born in出生于
fourteen十四; 十四岁; 十四的记号
years old岁; 年龄; 当我八岁时
drought干旱; 旱灾; 久旱
nothing to比起……简直等于零
fond of爱好
starvation饥饿; 挨饿; 饿死
