夏说英语新闻晨读 第289期:新型汽油发动机
时间：2019-02-13 作者：英语课 分类：夏说英语新闻晨读
本期内容：
One of the world's largest automotive firms has hailed a technological 1 breakthrough for the petrol engine, in an engineering twist for an industry racing 2 to embrace the electric car. Japanese car manufacturer Mazda claims to have designed a vehicle that will largely eliminate the need for spark plugs in petrol engines, increasing fuel efficiency by as much as 30%. The development also increases the existential threat facing diesel 3 engines because its fuel economy could match diesel’s performance without high emissions 4 of nitrogen oxides or sooty particulates 5.
Hail：庆祝
Twist：改变
Embrace：拥抱
Spark plug：火花塞
Petrol：汽油
Existential：存在的
Emission：排放
Nitrogen oxides：氮氧化物
Sooty：烟状的
Particulate：颗粒物
- A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
- Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。
- I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
- The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。
- We experimented with diesel engines to drive the pumps.我们试着用柴油机来带动水泵。
- My tractor operates on diesel oil.我的那台拖拉机用柴油开动。
- Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
- Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。
- Techniques for controlling particulates include filtering, washing, centrifugal separation, and electrostatic precipitation. 控制颗粒污染物的技术包括过滤、洗涤、离心分离、静电沉降。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- Only micronic particulates penetrate to the depth of the lung. 只有微细粒子穿透到肺深部。 来自辞典例句