Conversation A
對話A
Rob: Alex, do you like to drive?
羅布:阿萊克斯,你喜歡開車嗎?
Alex: Sure. But I don't like to sit in traffic!
阿萊克斯:當然。但是我不喜歡堵在路上。
Rob: When I'm tired, I avoid driving.
羅布:當我比較疲憊的時候,我會避免開車。
Alex: I know. It is not safe. I don't drive when the weather is bad.
阿萊克斯:我了解。疲勞駕車不安全。當天氣糟糕的時候,我不會開車。
Rob: So a self-driving car would be really great.
羅布:所以一輛自動駕駛的汽車真的會很棒。
Alex: A what?
阿萊克斯:一輛什么?
Rob: A self-driving car. You can go places at the push of a button.
羅布:一輛自動駕駛的汽車。你只要按下一個按鈕,就可以去別的地方了。
Conversation B
對話B
Rob: Susie, what do you know about self-driving cars?
羅布:蘇西,你了解自動駕駛的汽車嗎?
Susie: Not much. Isn't Google developing one?
蘇西:不是很多。是谷歌正在研發的那個嗎?
Rob: Yes. I was just reading about it online. It's really great.
羅布:是的。我剛剛在網上讀到了有關它的信息。真的太棒了。
Susie: How does it work?
蘇西:那它是如何操作的?
Rob: Choose a place you want to go and program the car. Then you push a button. And the car takes you there.
羅布:選擇一個你想去的地方,然后把車子設定好就可以了。然后你按下一個按鈕。之后汽車就會帶你去那里了。
Susie: You don't have to do anything?
蘇西:你什么都不必做嗎?
Rob: No. You just enjoy the ride!
羅布:不必。你只需要享受旅途就可以了!
Conversation C
對話C
Linda: Rob is really excited about self-driving cars.
琳達:羅布對自動駕駛汽車感到很興奮。
Taylor: I know. He's talking to everyone about them.
泰勒:我知道。他和每個人都在談論它們。
Linda: What do you think about them? Would you want one?
琳達:你覺得自動駕駛汽車怎么樣?你想要一輛嗎?
Taylor: They sound scary to me. I like to control my car myself.
泰勒:我覺得它們聽起來很可怕。我喜歡自己控制我的汽車。
Linda: But not everyone can control their car well. So people have accidents.
琳達:但是不是每個人都能把車開得很好。所以會有車禍的發生。
Taylor: I know. But don't trust a self-driving car to avoid an accident.
泰勒:的確。但是不要認為自動駕駛汽車就能避免車禍。