大家说英语 第614期:电动汽车来啦!(1)

Conversation A

对话A

Susie: Rob¹, do you know anything about electric cars?

苏西：罗布，你了解电动汽车吗？

Rob: Well, they aren't very common. Are you interested in them?

罗布：这个嘛，电动汽车并不常见。你对电动汽车有兴趣吗？

Susie: Yes. Tesla is making a new kind of electric car this year.

苏西：是啊，特斯拉今年会生产一款新型电动汽车。

Rob: Is there something special about it?

罗布：那款车有什么特别吗？

Susie: Yes. It can drive much farther² than most electric cars.

苏西：有，那辆车的续航距离比大多数的电动汽车都还长。

Rob: It must be expensive.

罗布：那一定很贵。

Susie: Actually, it will be their least expensive car.

苏西：实际上，那会是他们最便宜的一款车。

Conversation B

对话B

Rob: Susie! I did some research³ on Tesla's new car.

罗布：苏西！我对特斯拉的新车做了些研究。

Susie: What did you find out?

苏西：你有什么发现？

Rob: Many people are excited about its design. Look at this picture.

罗布：很多人都对这款车的设计深感兴奋。你看这张图片。

Susie: Its top is all glass!

苏西：车顶全部是玻璃！

Rob: Electric cars don't use gas. That means⁴ less air pollution.

罗布：电动汽车不使用汽油，所以可以减少空气污染。

Susie: If more people had electric cars, it would change the world.

苏西：如果更多人开电动汽车，就会改变世界。

Rob: It would certainly change the car market!

罗布：至少一定会改变汽车市场!

1 rob   

v.抢劫；vi.抢劫，盗窃；vt.非法剥夺，使丧失，抢劫

参考例句：

• Two men formed a plot to rob the bank.两人制定了抢劫那家银行的秘密计划。
• They were scheming to rob the bank.他们在密谋抢劫银行。

2 farther   

adj.更远的，进一步的；adv.更远的，此外；far的比较级

参考例句：

• I can throw the ball farther than you can.这个球我能比你扔得远。
• The farther hill is five kilometres away.那座更远的小山在五公里以外。

3 research   

n.探索；调查；研究 vt./vi.调查；研究

参考例句：

• Research has shown that women live longer than men.调查表明女性比男性寿命长。
• The research group is ready to start its work.这个研究小组已准备好随时开始工作。

4 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。