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技术前沿
Towering Beauty
高耸的美丽
A new way of transmitting electricity may soon be coming to a field near you
输电新法可能很快推出
A PYLON is supposed to be a beautiful thing. In ancient Egypt, pairs of tapering stone towers called pylons marked the entrances of temples. Christian architects borrowed the idea for the twin towers above the fa?ades of many Gothic cathedrals.
高塔应属美之物，在古埃及，成对下粗上细的塔门标出庙宇的入口，基督教建筑师也借用哥特教堂前面竖上双塔的想法。
Whoever thought of appropriating the word for the ugly metal- lattice structures that carry high-tension power lines over the countryside was therefore guilty of both a public-relationstriumph and an act of etymological vandalism.
但谁能想到一个确切的词，来描述乡村上面那些传送高压电的丑陋高架建筑，它们总是纠结于公共关系的胜利和原始环境的破坏。
The latter, however, may soon be redeemed. The latest generation of electricity pylons are, in the eyes of some, at least, things of beauty in their own right.
不过，补救之法很快推出，看来，最新一代的电塔至少也能算得上个尤物吧。
The pylons in question have been designed by engineers at TenneT, the fir that runs the Netherlands' national electricity grid, in collaboration with KEMA, a Dutch research company. Instead of a single lattice tower, the cables are supported by two elegant steel poles up to 65 metres high. There are no arms. The six cables that pass from one pylon to another are each borne by two insulators attached to the poles.
谈论的电塔由Tennel T的工程师设计，该公司同荷兰一家研究公司KEMA合作运营荷兰国家电网，两根细长的钢柱撑着电碳，高65米，没有杆，也不是一根架子塔。两个高塔之间通着6根电缆，每根有两个附在高塔上的绝缘体。
The resulting arrangement, though hardly invisible, is reasonably elegant.
这样安排几乎看不到什么，相对体面些。
As much to the point, though, it has technological advantages.
怎么说，这种电塔也具有技术上的优势，
Though no harm has been proven from them, conventional pylon cables, whic transmit a three-phase alternating current, generate a strong electric field and a continuous buzz of low-frequency radio waves which some people who live near them fear might be detrimentalto their health.
传统电塔传输三段交流电，会产生强烈的磁场和低频电波连续不断的嗡嗡声，附近居民担心这可能会对身体不好，而新式电塔倒还没有这种事儿。
TenneT's pylons should help allay that fear.