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This is no ordinary house, so I'm standing in front of the first permitted 3D-printed home in America.
这可不是普通的房子，我现在站在美国第一所经许可的3D打印房屋前。
This house is actually printed in high winds, blowing dust and rain.
这所房子是在强风暴雨中打印出来的。
The technology to build a 3D-printed house must be able to withstand extreme weather conditions
通过3D打印出来的房屋必须能够承受极端天气条件，
because the goal is to build them in developing countries where conditions are not always ideal.
因为我们的目标是在条件不怎么理想的发展中国家建造。
We work with really the poorest families in the world that don't have shelters.
我们与世界上最贫穷的家庭一起协作，他们没有遮风挡雨的地方。
Bringing 3D-printed homes to the poorest in the world such as this tent community in Haiti is possible
就像海地的帐篷区，让那里实现3D打印住房是非常有可能的，
because of the partnership between a robotics construction company named ICON and the nonprofit organization New Story.
这得益于一个名为“ICON”的机器人技术建造公司和非营利组织“新故事”之间的合作。
The magnitude of the problem that we face is so big.
我们面临的问题是非常巨大的。
It's about a billion people that don't have one of life's most basic human needs, and that's safe shelter
大约有10亿人缺乏最基本的生活需求，那就是遮风挡雨的地方。
What we really need for the size of the issue is exponential growth,
所以问题的规模是非常巨大的，
and that has to come through significantly decreasing cost, increasing speed while doing that without sacrificing quality.
所以我们要大大降低成本，提高速度，但又要保证质量。
The solution may lie with a new 3D printer and the unique mortar material used to print this house.
解决办法就要落在3D打印机身上，还有建造房屋所需要的特殊砂浆材料。
We ran this printer at about a quarter speed to print this house, and we were able to complete the house in less than 48 hours of print time.
如果我们用大约四分之一的速度来打印这栋房子，我们能在48小时内完成打印。
At full speed, it could be as little as 12 hours to print a house.
而如果全速打印的话，将只需12小时。
Compare that to the 15 days, it would normally take New Story to build a traditional home.
而建造一栋传统的房子，“新故事”大概要花十五天。
Instead of it taking about a year to build a community, we could do it in just a few months.
我们不需要花一年的时间来建立一个社区，我们可以在几个月内完成。
A 3D-printed home is also cheaper.
3D打印的房子也更便宜。
Traditional style on a New Story home is about 6,500 dollars per home. Right, we believe over time, we can get the new home below 4,000 dollars.
“新故事”建造的传统房屋每栋大约要6500美元，我们相信随着时间的推移，我们可以把价格降到4000以下。
Bringing housing to the poor and underserved of the world usually those are the last people to get advanced technologies and advanced materials
世界上的贫民和穷人通常是最后一批享受高科技产品和先进材料的群体，但这次为他们建造房屋，
and it's awesome that we're starting their first.
我们很高兴能从他们首先开始。
New Story is working with local nonprofits, governments and families to help fund these homes.
“新故事”正在与当地非营利组织，政府和家庭一起为3D打印住房筹款。
The nonprofit plans to start printing homes in El Salvador this year.
非营利组织计划今年在萨尔瓦多开始打印房屋。
The goal is to create permanent 3D-printed homes in developing countries that will last for generations.
其目标是在发展中国家建立永久性的3D打印房屋，这些房屋将能持续使用几代人。
Elizabeth Lee, VOA News, Austin Texas.
VOA新闻，伊丽莎白·李德州奥斯汀报道。
