Conversation A
對(duì)話A
Alex: So, Linda, what do you think about self-driving cars? Everyone is talking about them.
阿萊克斯:琳達(dá),你怎么看自動(dòng)駕駛汽車?所有人都在談?wù)撍鼈儭?/div>
Linda: I think they are a great idea. Just think. Blind people could use them. And old people could use them, too.
琳達(dá):我認(rèn)為這是一個(gè)好想法。想想看。盲人可以使用這種汽車。老年人也可以使用。
Alex: Right. Now many seniors give up their cars because they're no longer safe drivers.
阿萊克斯:沒錯(cuò)。現(xiàn)在許多老年人放棄了自己的汽車了,因?yàn)樗麄儾辉倌軌虬踩{駛了。
Linda: I'd like to ride in a self-driving car.
琳達(dá):我想搭乘自動(dòng)駕駛的汽車。
Alex: So would I. But it would be strange. I hear they don't have steering wheels!
阿萊克斯:我也是。但是可能會(huì)很奇怪。我聽說這種汽車沒有方向盤!
Conversation B
對(duì)話B
Alex: Rob, have Google's self-driving cars been in any accidents?
阿萊克斯:羅布,谷歌的自動(dòng)駕駛汽車發(fā)生過車禍嗎?
Rob: Yes, a few. I read that other drivers have sometimes hit Google's self-driving cars. But self-driving cars have rarely caused accidents.
羅布:有,發(fā)生過幾次。我讀到過說其他司機(jī)有時(shí)候會(huì)撞上谷歌的自動(dòng)駕駛汽車。但是自動(dòng)駕駛汽車幾乎沒有造成過事故。
Alex: That's amazing.
阿萊克斯:真是驚人。
Rob: Yes. It is amazing considering that the Google cars drive about 10,000 miles a month!
羅布:是的。想想谷歌的汽車一個(gè)月行駛1萬英里,多么令人吃驚。
Alex: That's more than many people drive in a year!
阿萊克斯:這個(gè)數(shù)字要比許多人一年駕駛的還要大!
Conversation C
對(duì)話C
Taylor: Why would anyone want a self-driving car? If I want someone to drive me, I'll take a bus!
泰勒:為什么所有人都想要一輛自動(dòng)駕駛汽車?如果我想要?jiǎng)e人開車載我,我會(huì)乘坐公交車!
Linda: Buses stop many places. A self-driving car would just take you where you want to go.
琳達(dá):公交車會(huì)停靠很多站。一輛自動(dòng)駕駛汽車可以只帶你去你想去的地方。
Taylor: I don't think they're safe.
泰勒:我不認(rèn)為這種汽車足夠安全。
Linda: Self-driving cars have driven over 1 million miles with only minor accidents.
琳達(dá):自動(dòng)駕駛汽車已經(jīng)行駛了超過一百萬英里的路程,只發(fā)生過一些小事故。
Taylor: Fine. But I'm not ready to let a computer drive me around just yet!
泰勒:好吧。但是我現(xiàn)在還沒準(zhǔn)備好讓一臺(tái)電腦載著我滿處跑!