双语阅读英语外刊精讲：汽车会飞吗(附音频)

2018-10-10 11:49:26来源：酷学英语

　　二、词汇和用法

　　1）Henry Ford：美国著名汽车工程师和制造商。

　　2）predicting the arrival of a machine：预测一种机器的到来

　　3）part-automobile and part-aeroplane：一半是汽车，一半是飞机

　　4）obsessed technologists：使得技术专家倍感困扰（keep thinking about it and find it difficult to think about anything else.）

　　5）but eluded their mastery. (fail to obtain something)：未能掌握这项技术

　　6）flying people in small pods：（小型豆荚形飞行器small pod: a long, narrow, flat part of some plants.）见下图：

　　7）for short trips：用于短途旅行

　　8）become a reality：成为现实

　　9）most are not fit to drive on land：不适合于在陆地上驾驶

　　10）but rather small vehicles：但是属于小型机动车辆

　　11）rise and land vertically：可以垂直升起和着陆

　　12）quiet helicopters：噪音较小的直升机

　　13）A prototype of a small electric plane：（原型机/原型产品：prototype: a new type of machine or device which is not yet ready to be made in large numbers and sold.）

　　14）be capable of：能够

　　15）up to 300 kilometers per hour：最高时速300英里

　　16）startup：新兴公司（暴发户）

　　17）start work on：开始着手做…

　　18）a ride-hailing service:叫车服务(ride：乘车/hail：大声打招呼)

　　19）showed off：展示(demonstrate/display)

　　20）the second version of its electric Volocopter:第二代电动车

　　21）be certified for flight：得到飞行许可

　　22）small flying vehicles in different guises（不同形状的小型飞行器，guise: the outward appearance or form of someone or something, which is often temporary or different from their real nature.）

　　23）Airbus：空中客车公司

　　24）an aerospace giant：computer giant/electrical giant/industrial giant/food giant/oil giant

　　25）a division of Volkswagen:大众的分公司

　　26）Many plan to have a certified pilot in command at the beginning

　　27）then move on to an autonomous set-up:拥有自主权的组织

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