Health systems around the world are in dire need of ventilators to help treat the most COVID-19 patients. These ventilators essentially breathe for a when their lungs become too inflamed or full to work by themselves and thus enough oxygen is continuing to circulate around the body as the patient recovers.

全球卫生系统都急需呼吸机来帮助治疗最危急的新冠患者。患者的肺部严重发炎或者充满黏液无法自主呼吸时，主要依靠呼吸机辅助呼吸，从而在病人康复期间确保有足够的氧气持续在体内循环。

Tesla is one of the many companies using their engineering know-how to turn to producing ventilators to be used on the front line, and in a posted yesterday engineers at the showed off their progress.

特斯拉是众多利用工程知识转向呼吸机生产的公司之一，呼吸机将供前线使用。在昨天发布的一段视频中，该公司的工程师展示了他们的进展。

In the video, you first see the Tesla prototype ventilator out over a table before seeing it fully assembled.

在视频中，你首先看到特斯拉呼吸机的雏形部件散落在桌子上，然后才被完全组装好。

What’s notable about Tesla’s ventilator efforts is the company is using parts from its Model 3 cars to build the devices. Tesla says it’s doing this because they know the car parts “really well” and know they are and are also already in volume.

特斯拉研制呼吸机这件事中值得注意的是，该公司使用了Model 3汽车的零件制造呼吸机。特斯拉说这样做是因为他们“真的很了解”这些汽车零件，它们很可靠，可以批量供应。

Model 3 parts used in the Tesla ventilators a mixing chamber and vehicle controllers and several components of its Model 3 infotainment system, the touchscreen and infotainment computer.

用在特斯拉呼吸机上的Model 3零件包括混合室、汽车控制器和Model 3车载信息娱乐系统中的一些部件，包括触摸屏和娱乐系统计算机。