BBCLEARNINGENGLISHTakeAwayEnglish随身英语Driverlesscars无人驾驶汽车关于台词的备注:请注意这不是广播节目的逐字稿件。本文稿可能没有体现录制、编辑过程中对节目做出的改变。請注意：中文文字内容只提供簡體版TakeAwayEnglish©BritishBroadcastingCorporation2015bbcukchina.com/learningenglishPage1of4Vocabulary:technology词汇:科技Ipassedmydrivingtestatthefourthattempt.YoumightthinkthatmeansI'mnotassafeassomeonewhopassedfirsttime.Butwouldyoufeelsaferwithnodriveratall?Maybenot,andit'sforthisreasonthatautomotivefirmshaveincludeddriver-assistfunctionsintheirprototypedriverlesscars.Thisallowsthehumandrivertotakeoverifthereisaproblem.Googleisonemanufacturerthathasprototypedriverlesscars.Thesehavebeenretrofittedwithsteeringwheelsandconventionalcontrolstoallownormaldriving.Butthisisjustastage–thevisionistohavefullyautomatedcarsverysoon.ThedirectorofGoogle'sself-driveproject,ChrisUrmson,hopeshis11-year-oldsonwillneverhavetotakeadrivingtest.Toachievethat,thecarsneedtobeontheroadsinfiveyears.Hesaysdriverlesscarswilldrasticallyreduceaccidentsandtrafficjams.AccordingtoChris"Some1.2millionpeoplearekilledontheroadsaroundtheworldeachyear.Thatnumberisequivalenttoajetfallingoutoftheskyeveryday."Hethinksgradualchangestoexistingcardesignsarenotenoughtodealwiththeproblem."Ifwearereallygoingtomakechangestoourcities,getridofparkinglots,weneedself-drivecars,"hesays.Google'sprototypeshaverackedupoveramillionkilometresontheroad.Theyhavealsohadtodealwithunexpectedsituations,suchasachilddrivingatoycarintheroad,andawomaninanelectricwheelchairchasingaduck.Ineachcase,thecarreactedsafely.Somearenotconvinced.SvenBeikerofStanfordUniversitythinksdriverlesscarswillstillneedhumaninputinextremecircumstances.Healsoworriesthatpeoplemayforgethowtooperatetheirvehiclesiftheydonotdoitregularly.IguessIshouldn'tthrowawaymydriver'slicencejustyet.词汇表请参看答案与词汇部分Where'sthedriver?!TakeAwayEnglish©BritishBroadcastingCorporation2015bbcukchina.com/learningenglishPage2of4Quiz测验阅读短文并回答问题。1.Howmanytimesd...
