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Electric buses: greener public transport 電動(dòng)公交車(chē)：更環(huán)保的公共交通

學(xué)習(xí)要點(diǎn)

有關(guān) “buses（公交車(chē)）” 的詞匯

邊看邊答

In the long term, how many buses per year does the company wish to sell?

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Richard Westcott, BBC Science and Technology Correspondent
If we are going to clean up the air in our towns and cities, we've got to attract more people onto public transport. And that means getting rid of all those diesel buses chugging around. And that is where this new piece of technology comes in.

理查德·韋斯科特       BBC科技通訊員
“如果我們要凈化城鎮(zhèn)的空氣，就必須吸引更多的人乘坐公共交通工具。這就意味著要廢棄所有突突作響的柴油公交車(chē)。而這項(xiàng)新技術(shù)正好可以派上用場(chǎng)。”

Designed by an ex-Formula One engineer and his team, it looks like a normal double-decker. But they say they found a way of boosting how far it can go on one charge.

它由一名前一級(jí)方程式賽車(chē)工程師和他的團(tuán)隊(duì)設(shè)計(jì)，看起來(lái)像一輛普通的雙層公交車(chē)。但設(shè)計(jì)者稱他們找到了在充一次電的情況下提高電池續(xù)航能力的方法。

Richard Westcott, BBC Science and Technology Correspondent
It's got five batteries like this one secreted around the vehicle, but that's not the clever bit. The clever bit is at the back because apparently with electric buses they can use as much energy just heating and cooling the cabin as they do physically driving along. So, they have developed much more efficient air conditioning. And that means, overall, it's got a much longer range.

理查德·韋斯科特       BBC科技通訊員
“車(chē)身藏有五塊這樣的電池，但這還不是它的妙處。妙就妙在車(chē)的后部，因?yàn)殡妱?dòng)公交車(chē)在給車(chē)廂供暖和制冷時(shí)，所消耗的能量與實(shí)際行駛時(shí)一樣多。因此，他們開(kāi)發(fā)出了效能更高的空調(diào)。這意味著，總體上看，大大提高了它充一次電可行駛的距離。”

Ian Foley used to work for Williams and Lotus, until he decided to turn his skills to something a bit less racy.

伊恩·弗利曾為一級(jí)方程式賽車(chē)隊(duì)威廉姆斯和路特斯（又譯 “蓮花”）工作，直到他決定轉(zhuǎn)而將一技之長(zhǎng)用在不那么驚險(xiǎn)刺激的地方。

Ian Foley, Managing Director, Equipmake
It's still a big challenge. Interestingly, weight is an issue just like in Formula One, because the batteries we need for the electric bus are very heavy. We still need to be able to carry 87 passengers. And so, it's quite a big challenge to get the weight distribution right on the vehicle for the electric bus.

伊恩·弗利       英國(guó) Equipmake 公司總經(jīng)理
“這仍然是一項(xiàng)巨大的挑戰(zhàn)。有意思的是，就像一級(jí)方程式賽車(chē)一樣，重量是個(gè)難題，因?yàn)殡妱?dòng)公交車(chē)所需的電池非常重。除此之外，還要搭載87名乘客。因此，對(duì)于電動(dòng)公交車(chē)來(lái)說(shuō)，在車(chē)身正確分配重量是一個(gè)相當(dāng)大的挑戰(zhàn)。”

Richard Westcott, BBC Science and Technology Correspondent
So, some of that learning from your earlier career has helped you with this?

理查德·韋斯科特       BBC科技通訊員
“那你之前的職業(yè)生涯中學(xué)到的東西對(duì)你的設(shè)計(jì)有幫助嗎？”

Ian Foley, Managing Director, Equipmake
Absolutely. And we've got quite a few of the guys who I worked with earlier on in my career here, kind of working on weight saving and a very efficient mechanical design.

伊恩·弗利       英國(guó) Equipmake 公司總經(jīng)理
“當(dāng)然很有幫助。而且，這里有很多人都是我早期職業(yè)生涯中的同事，他們的工作就是減輕重量和創(chuàng)造高效的機(jī)械設(shè)計(jì)。”

The key technology has been designed at a factory near Norwich [UK].

這項(xiàng)關(guān)鍵技術(shù)是在英國(guó)諾里奇附近的一家工廠設(shè)計(jì)的。

Long term, they want to make 200 vehicles a year to be sold all over the world, but still built locally.

從長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)來(lái)看，他們希望每年生產(chǎn)200輛汽車(chē)，銷(xiāo)往世界各地，但仍在英國(guó)本土生產(chǎn)。

Ian Foley, Managing Director, Equipmake
We've got the resources here. We've got the people here. Our batteries are made locally here. So, it's really important for us to make everything here in the UK. 90% of our product is actually made on this site.

伊恩·弗利       英國(guó) Equipmake 公司總經(jīng)理
“我們這里有資源，有專(zhuān)業(yè)人員。我們的電池是本地生產(chǎn)的。所以對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō)，在英國(guó)制造一切部件非常重要。我們90%的產(chǎn)品都是在這個(gè)地點(diǎn)生產(chǎn)的。”

Bus giant, Go Ahead, is trialling one on a London route.

公交車(chē)巨頭 “Go Ahead” 正在倫敦的一條線路上進(jìn)行試駕。

So, the vehicle is going to be taking its first passengers later in the spring.

這輛車(chē)將在今春晚些時(shí)候搭載首批乘客。

詞匯

chugging （車(chē)輛）突突地響

double-decker 雙層公交車(chē)

secreted 藏起來(lái)

cabin 車(chē)廂

range （一次充電）行駛的距離

問(wèn)題答案

It wants to sell 200 vehicles a year.