时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2014年(三月)


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Cars of the Near Future on Display in Geneva 未来汽车在日内瓦进行展示


Car shows around the world increasingly suggest that in the not-too-distant future, cars will feature autopilots handling some of the driving. The auto 1 show now under way in Geneva, Switzerland, is showcasing other possible trends - including cars manufactured by 3D printers.


The future of automobile 2 travel - for the wealthy, at least - may look like very different. Swiss design firm Rinspeed is exhibiting a luxury vehicle, based on the U.S. electric car Tesla Model S, with swiveling recliner seats, a large TV screen and an espresso maker 3.


Rinspeed’s CEO Frank Rinderknecht says, in a car with autopilot, he does not want to just sit and watch the steering 4 wheel turn left and right.


“I want to sleep, relax, watch movies, news, anything else. So that's the vision, which we have," he said. "That one day on the boring motorway 5 traffic, you just do anything which makes your life better.”


One of the most intriguing 6 ideas on display is a car built on a 3D printer. The chassis 7 of the ‘Genesis’ - by German engineering firm EDAG - is printed in one piece out of thermoplastic.


“To create a car without the use of any tool. This would be a real revolution for the industry,” said EDAG’s spokesman Cristoph Horvath.


EDAG says its design is based on the turtle shell, providing the required strength and stiffness.


Other automakers did not look so far into the future. Skoda's model ‘Vision C’, with an eco-friendly compressed natural gas engine, is due to be launched in two years, says the company's European media relations manager, Jo Davidson.


"It demonstrates sub-100 grams of CO2 and shows what the brand can do for the environment in the future,” she said.


Volvo is showcasing its Estate Concept car which, as design manager Cecilia Stark 8 says, is all about comfort and creativity.


“It's to show the Scandinavian arts and crafts and music scene, and fashion and things like that," she said. "To be emotional, expressive 9, charm-full.”


 


But it’s also about technology. All the functions in this car are controlled either by voice commands or from a large centrally-positioned touch screen, which analysts 10 say is close to being ready for market.



n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车
  • Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
  • The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
n.汽车,机动车
  • He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
  • The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。
n.制造者,制造商
  • He is a trouble maker,You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼,你不要跟他在一起。
  • A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
n.操舵装置
  • He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration. 他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
  • Steering according to the wind, he also framed his words more amicably. 他真会看风使舵,口吻也马上变得温和了。
n.高速公路,快车道
  • Our car had a breakdown on the motorway.我们的汽车在高速公路上抛锚了。
  • A maniac driver sped 35 miles along the wrong side of a motorway at 110 mph.一个疯狂的司机以每小时110英里的速度在高速公路上逆行飙车35英里。
adj.有趣的;迷人的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的现在分词);激起…的好奇心
  • These discoveries raise intriguing questions. 这些发现带来了非常有趣的问题。
  • It all sounds very intriguing. 这些听起来都很有趣。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.汽车等之底盘;(飞机的)起落架;炮底架
  • The new parts may include the sheet metal,the transmission,or the chassis.新部件可能包括钢壳,变速器或底盘。
  • Can chassis and whole-vehicle manufacturers co-exist peacefully?底盘企业和整车企业能相安无事吗?
adj.荒凉的;严酷的;完全的;adv.完全地
  • The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
  • He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。
adj.表现的,表达…的,富于表情的
  • Black English can be more expressive than standard English.黑人所使用的英语可能比正式英语更有表现力。
  • He had a mobile,expressive,animated face.他有一张多变的,富于表情的,生动活泼的脸。
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
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air-mass thunderstorm
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Aphragmus
Arabian capital
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archaize
backrer
Bayfield, Mt.
begin doing
cappo status
Castleroe
categories of countryside taxes
cathine
central gelatinous substance
ceratobranchial bone
cholestane-diol
cold air pipe
Coldan
combinatorial inequality
conscripting
constraint-based generalization
Coon Rapids
corel ventura
corporisation
creep repture test
crystal wavemeter
departiculated
describeless
desmoceratid
direct positive reaction
direction bias sampling method
diversionist
double end standstill
dourada
Dutchman's pipe
dynamic pressure transducer
ebosia bleekeri
educational games
end-around carry shift
exploitabilities
first passage
fist products
flooey
force rate
galofaro
gertel
gold number
hxdrated sodium sulphide
imbraces
inflation rate
Itaporanga
Jennings L.
kalson
Kopachevo
linen roughs
liquid phase sintering
McCainiacs
microdispersions
Microsoft certification
mobility of capital
multi lingual
multipath reflection
nonisochronicity
nonpapal
object lens
objuring
osteogenetic cell
paleoclimatic evidence
palletized cargo
period closing date
peritectic equilibrium diagram
Putranjiva
raising with salvage pontoons
rocker type die
second-price auction
secondary
secretarius
Seleucias
sematech
sequestre
Sečovlje
Shepherd's fracture
Socratic
spacer tube
spindle tree
step-kiln
stereo microscopes
steuer
termitidaes
the RAF
Thomistic
tumoured
two-stroke marine diesel engine
unhealthiest
unsaturated fatty acids
vesicorectal
vident
voltamperometer
way end pressure
with my might and main
ywets