科技动态:科幻小说中的智能汽车走进现实？

In the 80s, a talking car like knight¹ rider's kit² was pure fiction.

80年代的电影《霹雳游侠》中会说话的汽车只是科幻故事。

"My electronic sensors³ picked up a destination signal..."

“我的电子传感器收到目标地点信号……”

Not anymore. Modern cars are really computers on wheels. "You often hear the quotes about how they are more advanced than the space machinary that got us to the moon, back in the 1960s and 1970s. And that's true."

现在，智能汽车不再只是幻想。现代汽车正是电脑和车轮的组合。“在20世纪60,70年代，你总是听到人们幻想智能车比登月的设施还先进，现在成真了。”

It takes just one look under the hood⁴ to see for yourself. Compare the machinary of this 1966 Ford⁵, Mustang, to this, 2004 Volkswagen, Jetta.

你只需要掀开引擎盖看一眼，比较一下66年的福特野马和04年的大众捷达便知。

"Almost everything in a car relies on a computer, one kind or another now. You have the engine control monitor which controls the engine functions, the cooling fan, everything under the hood pretty much."

“现在，几乎车内的一切设施都依赖于电脑系统，电脑控制引擎，监控设备，冷气扇……几乎涉及引擎盖下的一切”

Mechanics say the more they are computerized, the easier they are to fix. Sometimes, they even fix themselves. "So the computer can sometimes be a little too helpful?"

电脑控制得越彻底，车辆就越容易修理。有时电脑对自身能进行自动修理。“因此，有时候电脑也过于有用了？”

"Yes, exactly. you still have to do your maintance, you still have to check. Follow the manual about things that have to be changed in certain specific intervals⁶."

“是的，没错。你还是需要对爱车进行日常护理，检查。定期对车辆进行手动检查。”

But what about when things go wrong with the ultra-computer itself?

但如果是电脑系统出问题了呢？

"There is nobody, no person to point to who designs the electronic system. There are multiple people in multiple teams all coordinating⁷ their efforts to design any different part of the vehicle."

“没人能说出是谁在汽车中设计使用了电子系统。是不同研究小组的不同人员共同向着这同一个目标努力，并设计出汽车的不同零部件。”

Some experts foresee the day when cars such as those in the moviedrive themselves.

许多专家都预见无人驾驶的智能汽车问世的一天。

"What kind of risks will it involve and will we see any fallout from that."

“智能汽车将带来怎样的风险，会有什么附加后果呢？”

The key they say is for drivers to remember who is behind the wheel. And act that way no matter how advanced the car.

避免智能车带来的负面影响只需要一点，就是驾驶者无论爱车有多先进，要始终牢记得坐在车子里面的是人，不管怎样都要爱惜生命。

Diana Alvear, ABC news, Chicago.

Diana Alvear芝加哥报道，ABC新闻

1 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。

2 kit   

n.用具包，成套工具；随身携带物

参考例句：

• The kit consisted of about twenty cosmetic items.整套工具包括大约20种化妆用品。
• The captain wants to inspect your kit.船长想检查你的行装。

3 sensors   

n.传感器，灵敏元件( sensor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were more than 2000 sensors here. 这里装有两千多个灵敏元件。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Significant changes have been noted where sensors were exposed to trichloride. 当传感器暴露在三氯化物中时，有很大变化。 来自辞典例句

4 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

5 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

6 intervals   

n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 )；间隔时间；[数学]区间；（戏剧、电影或音乐会的）幕间休息

参考例句：

• The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers. 预报间晴，有阵雨。
• Meetings take place at fortnightly intervals. 每两周开一次会。

7 coordinating   

v.使协调，使调和( coordinate的现在分词 )；协调；协同；成为同等

参考例句：

• He abolished the Operations Coordinating Board and the Planning Board. 他废除了行动协调委员会和计划委员会。 来自辞典例句
• He's coordinating the wedding, and then we're not going to invite him? 他是来协调婚礼的，难道我们不去请他？ 来自电影对白