1·Remember how I told you your ideas are kind of like fireflies?
还记得我说过你的想法有点像萤火虫吗?
2·Oddly enough, you can catch your ideas with the very same device I used to catch fireflies when I was a boy.
奇怪的是,你可以用我小时候用来捉萤火虫的装置来捕捉你的想法。
3·They took genes from fireflies and bioluminescent marine bacteria and modified them that can be easily added to other organisms to make them glow.
他们从萤火虫和海洋荧光细菌中提取基因,并对它们进行了修改,可以很容易地添加到其他生物体中,使它们发光。
4·Fireflies use their light for attracting mates.
萤火虫用它们的光来吸引配偶。
5·Fireflies and some fish have the power to manufacture their own light, but the process seems to consume a large amount of energy.
萤火虫和某些鱼类可以用自己的能量自身产生光,但这个过程似乎会消耗大量的能量。