时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:访谈录2009


英语课

Autos. Well, let's set the world on fire or just catch fire. For anyone who doubt the auto 1 industry’s ability to ride itself, behold 2 GM’s bold new vehicle.


They are calling it the Personal Urban Mobility 3 and Accessibility Project, or PUMA 4, if you are in a rush. GM teamed with Segway to develop the adorable electric car, which is designed to be faster and cheaper than looking stupid. They’d all reach speeds at 35 miles per hour and go 35 miles on a single electric charge. Even more, it can fold up and fit inside your ear. Already a number of potential buyers have already signed up including this little guy here. Oh, he’s so cute.


Next year, GM plans to release an even more economical PUMA model shown here.


It’s awesome 5.


I just love the dog. Karl, what the hell happened to awesome American cars? Somewhere when the environmental movement became bigger, our cars became wheezier?


Yes. Well, I drive, I drive a rascal 6 myself, so that actually too big to me. But I think also this was, uh, Vin Diesel 7 drives one of these in the Fast & Furious Three.


Well why did you bashing this? Finally your little legs can reach the pedal. (Unnecessary, Bill, unnecessary) It’s true. No more riding a big wheel will work for you little eye.


Bill, unnecessary. I was gonna go to you with the question and now you know what, I’m not, I’m not. Hey, Patti, and I bet you have strong feelings over this. And do you believe in this anti-Hummer?


Well, first of all, you’re using the wrong video. That’s the video from when the car from the amusement park ride, got loose and well, rolling down the street. No, I don’t really think, if anything, this reminds me of the movie WALL-E, I think this is gonna encourage people to, like ride to some place that they could have walked or biked and it’s truly scary to me.


That’s an incredible point, it's like it’s not replacing gas-guzzlers, it’s just replacing walking.


Yea, coz you’re not gonna take that thing on a highway. If you’re billed for local, and you can, wow, just walk away.


Find them always, totally.


Yes. I bet Pinch would well, er, would drive one. Wouldn’t you, Pinch?


Well, I'll tell you something, Greg. This car actually reminds me of the Nano, currently been made in Mumbai. It’s the cheapest car in the world and by the way, Greg, Mumbai happens to be in India. Don’t you know.


I understand that.


You might wanna read an international section to know such thing.


I saw Slumdog Millionaire, don’t you know.


Oh, your stereotypical 8 hum.


Yeah.


There are much more than that. It’s not just squalor. They don't all just live in houses made of feces.


Yes, they do.


No, they do not.


All right. Hey, Baker 9, last word on this, would you drive one?


Oh, first of all, three things. One, you went to Pinch before you came to me. Two, I don’t think anybody on Red Eye has ever been an anti-Hummer. And three, when I saw this story in the preshow briefing I thought just no way in hell it’s gonna stay on the program. So I didn’t read it.


Ah, ah… At least you’ve been honest, my friend. (I don’t apply that.) Bill, what it’s so handsome. I don’t know what I do.



1 auto
n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车
  • Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
  • The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
2 behold
v.看,注视,看到
  • The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
  • The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。
3 mobility
n.可动性,变动性,情感不定
  • The difference in regional house prices acts as an obstacle to mobility of labour.不同地区房价的差异阻碍了劳动力的流动。
  • Mobility is very important in guerrilla warfare.机动性在游击战中至关重要。
4 puma
美洲豹
  • The police and the volunteers combed the forest for the lost puma from the zoo.警察和志愿者们在森林里到处寻找动物园迷失的美洲狮。
  • A businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.一位商人去钓鱼,看见那只美洲狮在树上。
5 awesome
adj.令人惊叹的,难得吓人的,很好的
  • The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
  • That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.
6 rascal
n.流氓;不诚实的人
  • If he had done otherwise,I should have thought him a rascal.如果他不这样做,我就认为他是个恶棍。
  • The rascal was frightened into holding his tongue.这坏蛋吓得不敢往下说了。
7 diesel
n.柴油发动机,内燃机
  • 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。
8 stereotypical
n.常规
  • Personas should be typical and believable, but not stereotypical. 人物角色应该是典型和可信赖的,但不是一成不变的。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
  • Anything could be stereotypical, so I guess it could be criticism. 任何东西都可以变的老套,所以我猜那就是一种批评。 来自互联网
9 baker
n.面包师
  • The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
  • The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。
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-maniac
A-zone(A-horizon)
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