历史英雄名人演讲 第99期:汽车的未来(2)

 　　We're talking about obsoleting¹ the internal combustion² engine--and do it in terms of its affordability³, add skill volumes, its performance and its durability⁴.

　　我们打算淘汰内燃机，并在提高可购性，增加技能，提高性能和耐用性方面努力。

　　So that's what we're driving to for 2010.

　　这就是2010年我们要傲的工作。

　　We haven't seen anything yet in our development work that says that isn't possible.

　　目前还没发现在研发过程中有任何迹象表明我们的想法不可行。

　　We actually think the future's going to be event-driven.

　　我们相信未来将成为具体事件的导向。

　　So since we can't predict the future, we want to spend a lot of our time trying to create that future.

　　虽然我们无法预测未来，所以我们会努力花时间去创造未来。

　　I'm very, very intrigued⁵ by the fact that our cars and trucks sit idle 90 percent of the time: they Parked all around us.

　　我们的汽车以及卡车有90%的时间是停放着的，我对如何挖掘这段时间内车子的潜能很感兴趣。

　　They're usually parked within 100 feet of the people that own them.

　　这些车就停在我们周围，停在距离他们的所有者不到100英尺的范围内。

　　Now, if you take the power-generating capability⁶ of an automobile⁷ and you compare that to the electric grid⁸ in the United States, the power in 4 percent of the automobiles⁹, equals that of the electric grid of the U.S.

　　比较汽车和美国电网的发电能力，汽车电力的四分之一相当于美国电网的供电能力。

　　That's a huge power-generating capability, a mobile power-generating capability.

　　所以由此可看出汽车发电能力的强大，而且还是可移动的发电。

　　And hydrogen and fuel cells give us that opportunity to actually use our cars and trucks when they're parked to generate electricity for the grid.

　　氢燃料电池让我们能够充分利用资源，即使汽车和卡车停着的时候也能发电，为电网所用。

　　And the key to all of this is to make it affordable¹⁰, to make it exciting, to get it on a pathway where there's a way to make money doing it.

　　但最重要的是我们要让汽车物美价廉，变得令人兴奋，并且有足够的资金进行研发。

　　And again, this is a pretty big march to take here. And a lot of people say: how do you sleep at night when you're rustling¹¹ with a problem of that magnitude?

　　要实现我们的设想还有很长的路要走。许多人担心，如果考虑这样一个巨大的工程，晚上怎么睡得着。

　　And I tell them I sleep like a baby: I wake up crying every two hours.

　　我告诉他们我睡觉时就像小婴儿一样，每两个小时就醒来哭一次。

　　Actually the theme of this conference, I think, has hit on really one of the major keys to pull that off--and that's relationships and working together. Thank you very much.

　　我认为这次研讨会的主题，实际上就是策划出关键要素，并予以实现。那就是关系网的建立与相互合作。谢谢。

1 obsoleting   

v.已不用的，已废弃的，过时的( obsolete的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Newer media are obsoleting the book. 更新的传播媒介正在逐步淘汰书籍。 来自辞典例句

2 combustion   

n.燃烧；氧化；骚动

参考例句：

• We might be tempted to think of combustion.我们也许会联想到氧化。
• The smoke formed by their combustion is negligible.由它燃烧所生成的烟是可忽略的。

3 affordability   

可购性

参考例句：

• Performance-Based Logistics Affordability: Can We Afford Categorical Conversion to Performance-Based Acquisition? 基于性能的后期的可承受性：能否担负得起向基于性能的采办的无条件的转变？
• There would be no crisis of affordability, as't for food or clothing. 就想食物与服装一样，因为供给没有危机。

4 durability   

n.经久性，耐用性

参考例句：

• Nylons have the virtue of durability.尼龙丝袜有耐穿的优点。

5 intrigued   

adj.好奇的，被迷住了的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的过去式)；激起…的兴趣或好奇心；“intrigue”的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• You've really intrigued me—tell me more! 你说的真有意思—再给我讲一些吧！
• He was intrigued by her story. 他被她的故事迷住了。

6 capability   

n.能力；才能；(pl)可发展的能力或特性等

参考例句：

• She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
• Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。

7 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• 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。

8 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

9 automobiles   

n.汽车( automobile的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• When automobiles become popular,the use of the horse and buggy passed away. 汽车普及后，就不再使用马和马车了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Automobiles speed in an endless stream along the boulevard. 宽阔的林荫道上，汽车川流不息。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

10 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。

11 rustling   

n. 瑟瑟声，沙沙声 adj. 发沙沙声的

参考例句：

• the sound of the trees rustling in the breeze 树木在微风中发出的沙沙声
• the soft rustling of leaves 树叶柔和的沙沙声