O: are you ready for your first driving lesson? S: yes. Which one is the brake again? O: the pedal on your left is the brake and the one on your right is the gas. S: Im glad this car is an automatic. I don't like having to change gears. O: automatics

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(150) / 评论(0) 分类 生活英语情景口语

AS IT IS 2013-12-29 What Is Next for the Future of Cars? Welcome back to As It Is. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. Today we are talking about the future. More specifically, about the future of cars and driving. VOA reporter Mike OSullivan visited the Los Angele

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AS IT IS 2014-06-02 Connected Cars on the Highway to the Future 高科技使汽车连接未来 Modern automobiles and their drivers are becoming connected through wireless technology to entertainment and information systems. VOA recently visited the

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Who was that lady? Benny asked. She didnt seem very friendly. Than Mrs. Thorton, Jeff replied. She lives in that little yellow house across the street. And its not that shes unfriendly. She just worries a lot. What does she worry about? Violet asked.

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 107 The Giant Yo-Yo Mystery

Man: Hi, I made a reservation for a mid-size vehicle. The name is Jimmy Fox. Agent: Im sorry, we have no mid-size available at the moment. Man: I dont understand, I made a reservation, do you have my reservation? Agent: Yes, we do, unfortunately we r

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 纯正地道美语

You know, driving in New York city can be a heroin experience. Boldly run the streets of Manhattan or the suburbs of Atlanta, new technologies both enhance your car and power it are popping up everywhere. Recently, we got a chance to take some of the

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2011年

This is AP News Minute. Senator Bernie Sanders won Oregon's Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday. Kentucky's Democratic primary was a close battle with votes between Sanders and Hillary Clinton being counted late into the night. 2 people were k

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This is AP news minute. 1. French voters elected centralist Emmanuel Macron as the country's youngest president ever Sunday, delivering a resounding victory to the pro-European former investment banker. His far-right opponent Marine Le Pen called Mac

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AS IT IS 2015-12-01 Driving Safer, Easier With New Electronics for Cars 新汽车科技令驾驶更安全更容易 Improvements in electronics for autos are making cars safer and smarter. Some new car models are fashionable. Others can go a long way

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After emerging from bankruptcy last year, Detroit automaker General Motors promised to be a more efficient company, selling more vehicles customers want to buy. One vehicle the company is pegging its future success on is the gas and electric powered

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It is known as Cadillac One and 'The Beast' or, as President Trump now calls it, his personal limousine service. 它被称为凯迪拉克一号和野兽,如今成为特朗普乘用的豪华轿车。 These pictures show the brand new incarnation of

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JUDY WOODRUFF: But, first, hundreds of thousands of Volkswagen and Audi owners have been left in the dark about what to do after learning their diesel-fueled cars are emitting up to 40 times the amount of nitrogen oxide allowed by the federal governm

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An unmanned American Falcon-9 rocket has broken apart in flames minutes after lifting off from Cape Canaveral in Florida. 美国猎鹰9号火箭从佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角基地发射后数分钟内爆炸解体。该火箭并未载有乘员。

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The luxury home of one of the world's most famous sport stars, the scene of a bizarre sequence of events, now the subject of police inquiry. Just after two on Friday morning, 33-year-old Tiger Woods drove out of his house alone; his car first hit a f

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BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government has vowed to introduce more measures to prioritize the development of public transport systems in the country's increasingly congested urban areas. In downtown areas, there should be a bus stop every

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1.President Barack Obama has ended his eight-day international trip with an unannounced visit to Iraq. Obama met with the top US commander there along with hundreds of troops. He's urging Baghdad to take the leadership reins, saying it's time for Ir

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burn me up 使我发怒,惹火了我 It burns me up when I see him. 一看到他我就生气。 That really burns me up. 那真惹到我了。

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Science and technology: Vehicle engine management: Intelligence test 科技:车辆引擎管理:智能测试 A computer program that learns how to save fuel 一种习得省油的电脑程序 From avoiding jaywalkers to emergency braking to eventua

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mortgagee 承按人;承押人;受押人 mortgagee in possession 管有承按人 mortgagor 按揭人;抵押人 mother fund 母基金 Motor Insurers' Bureau of Hong Kong 香港汽车保险局 moto

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China's vehicle exports topped the one-million mark for the first time in 2012. Figures from China Association of Automobile Manufacturers show that the country delivered just over one million units abroad in 2012, an almost 30 percent rise on 2011.

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