NBC晚间新闻 优步称将提升无人驾驶汽车安全性

Tonight, uber promising¹ safety over speed for its self-driving cars. Now back on the road in Pittsburgh. The news nine months after uber driverless car killed a woman crossing a street in Tempe, the car's backup driver looking at her phone. Uber's got a long way to go to build that public trust particularly when we're talking about driverless cars.

A New York Times report showed the cars failing 10 out of 70 safety tests. In a statement² uber says we've made safety core³ to everything we do. We are ready to move forward. The safety changes significant⁴. Ubers slashing⁵ the top speed from 55 miles an hour to 25, promising to only drive during the day lights on weekdays. For now the self-driving cars are only for testing no passengers yet as uber tries to steer⁶ the program in a safer direction.

今晚优步公司保证，对于其生产的无人驾驶汽车，他们会将安全性置于速度之前。现在让我们回到匹茨堡的路上。9个月前，优步无人驾驶汽车在坦佩撞死了一名穿越街道的妇女，这辆车的后来的司机开车时竟还盯着手机看。优步要想取得公众的信任，还有很长的路要走，尤其是在无人驾驶汽车方面。纽约时报的一个报告称，这些无人驾驶汽车在70次实验中会失败10次。优步在一份声明中表示，我们将安全作为我们所做的一切事情的核心。我们已经准备好向前发展了。在安全方面，优步做了很大的改变，优步将最高速度每小时55英里大幅降至每小时25英里，并保证汽车将只在工作日的白天运行。现在，无人驾驶汽车还仅仅在测试阶段，还没有运载过乘客。优步也正为提升无人驾驶汽车的安全性做出努力。

1 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

2 statement   

n.陈述；声明；综述

参考例句：

• The government will put out a new statement tomorrow.政府将于明天发布一项新声明。
• Put down your statement in black and white.把你的话用白纸黑字写下来。

3 core   

n.中心；核心；(苹果、梨等果实的)果心

参考例句：

• We didn't get to the core of the subject.我们没触及问题的核心。
• The pear is rotten to the core.这梨全烂了。

4 significant   

adj.相当数量的；意义重大的；意味深长的

参考例句：

• Your success today may be significant for your whole future.你今天的成功对你的整个未来可能是重要的。
• She cast him a significant smile.她向他投去意味深长的一笑。

5 slashing   

adj.尖锐的；苛刻的；鲜明的；乱砍的v.挥砍( slash的现在分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减

参考例句：

• Slashing is the first process in which liquid treatment is involved. 浆纱是液处理的第一过程。 来自辞典例句
• He stopped slashing his horse. 他住了手，不去鞭打他的马了。 来自辞典例句

6 steer   

vt.驾驶，为…操舵；引导；vi.驾驶

参考例句：

• If you push the car, I'll steer it.如果你来推车，我就来驾车。
• It's no use trying to steer the boy into a course of action that suits you.想说服这孩子按你的方式行事是徒劳的。