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March 2, 2016
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| In this society, because of the overuse of resources and other various environmental issues, the government decided to limit people's energy usage, and sometimes funny inconveniences occurred. The family drove on the highway. The road was not crowded in spite of it being a fine weather holiday. The wife in the passenger seat asked her husband, "Is it really OK to drive today? All the electricity stations are closed today, aren't they?" In this society, all the cars' fuel was electricity, and electricity supply stations covered all over the country. The government decided that certain days would be the 'Eco-Friendly Days', and selling electricity would be prohibited on those day. Today was one of those days. The husband replied, "As I said, I bought a special car equipment set which produces electricity. When I found it on Amazon, my heart began to pound fast." The wife thought that if that equipment was so good, why hadn't the equipment become popular; but, said nothing. The husband continued, "Now the solar panels on the roof of this car are
The sight changed into the coast area. The car was receiving a crosswind from the seaside. The father shouted triumphantly, "Look! The wind generating system started." He explained about another piece of equipment on the body. The pointer of the gauge moved to the right more steadily. When they got to the destination, a seaside campsite, their car's electricity refuel level was almost the same as when they started. They were enjoying swimming and barbecuing until they saw the beautiful sunset. On their way home that evening, when they were singing a popular CM song together, he saw the pointer of the gauge moving to the left fast. Noticing her husband become quiet, the wife asked, "Is something wrong?" The husband answered, "Nothing. But the electricity consuming speed is a little faster than I expected, maybe our air-conditioner is working too hard, as it's very hot today." He looked at his wife's worried face and added, "But you don't need to be worried. The equipment I bought is rather elaborate. It has two emergency functions to generate more electricity." The father passed a smaller kit set and its manual to his wife. At this point, the distance to their house was 30 km or so, and the pointer of the gauge was moving toward zero quickly. She read the first function, it read, 'Battery: If you have batteries, you can use them to charge with the attachment.' The mother asked the children to give her their games' batteries. They objected at first but the father showed them the pointer which was very near to zero, so they obeyed it. The mother connected the batteries and the pointer of the gauge started to move to the right but soon stopped. "That's it?" They were speechless. The father urged his wife to check the other, the last one. She flipped to the next page, and read, 'Voice Power Generation: In this method your voice can be transmitted into electricity. Use the special mic.' She cursed about this childish gadget and thought, "Shouldn't we stop at the nearest electricity station? They at least will start business tomorrow." She reluctantly connected the mic and said in a small voice, "Test, test. It's a fine day today. It's a fine day today. This is a test. This is a test." The pointer didn't move. The father asked her to hand the mic to one of the children and she passed it to her son. The father asked him to shout as loud as possible. The son asked, "Can I shout anything?" The father said in a concerned voice, "Say anything! Please hurry up!" The boy started to shout, "WHAT A MEAN BOY! JAMES! YOU BULLIED WEAK KIDS! I KNOW IT! I'll KILL YOU, IF YOU DON'T c." The pointer of the gauge started to move. The father excitedly said, "This is working! This is working!" After the boy shouted fully for ten minutes, it was the daughter's turn. She shouted about a teacher she hated. The parents felt this was not good but they knew this was an emergency, so they let her go. The next was the father. He shouted about his boss's tyrannical and arrogant treatment of the workers. It took also ten minutes. The next turn was the mother. She shouted complaints about some of their neighbors: they were too busy socializing, and, sometimes spread false rumors. They had turned off the air-conditioner in order to save electricity, and rolled down all of the windows. Suddenly a truck driver passed the car, and saw and heard the middle aged woman screaming in the car. The driver was shocked and lost control of his steering wheel for a second and almost had an accident. He quickly moved his car past theirs to keep distance from their car. In the end, the voice generation system worked well. When they got home, the electricity gauge had enough room from being on empty. The mother thanked her husband for his safety driving in this emergency situation and added, "This is an amazing invention, eco-friendly, and at the same time, human-friendly; I seem to be re-charged." All the others agreed. |
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*transmit :to send out electronic signals, messages etc using radio, television, or similar equipment (L)
*tyrannical :behaving in a cruel and unfair way towards someone you have power over (L)