【看新聞學英語】振奮英國學子的綠色賽車

【新唐人2011年10月27日訊】【看新聞學英語】

Green Car Race Electrifies British Students

振奮英國學子的綠色賽車

By Daniel Chen, David Lee

【新聞關鍵字】

1. Electrify [ɪˋlɛktrə͵faɪ] v. 使充電；使激動

2. Endurance [ɪnˋdjʊrəns] n. 耐久

3. Identical [aɪˋdɛntɪk!] adj. 同一的

4. Quarantine [ˋkwɔrən͵tin] n. 隔離

5. Pit [pɪt] n. （賽車中途的）維修站

6. Lap [læp] n. 圈數

7. Springboard [ˋsprɪŋ͵bord] v. 成為跳板

8. Aerodynamics [͵ɛrodaɪˋnæmɪks] n. 空氣動力學

9. Aptly [ˋæptlɪ] adv. 適切地

Designed, built and raced by teenagers.

由青少年設計、建造、比賽。

This is the Greenpower Education Trust's annual endurance race - a four hour test of engineering and teamwork - with all the cars using identical batteries and electric motors, says Greenpower's Emma Tyler.

綠色能源的艾瑪泰勒表示，這是綠色能源教育信託基金的年度耐久賽 – 一項四小時的工程技術和團隊合作測驗。所有車子都使用相同的電池和電子馬達。

[Emma Tyler, Greenpower Education Trust]:

"They have two batteries on the car, they have four batteries in quarantine -- they can swap them over in a series of pit stops. So they've also got to work out their pit strategy and their team work as well as all the engineering."

綠色能源教育信託基金的艾瑪泰勒說：「他們車上有兩組電池，有四組電池在隔離區。他們可以在賽道上一系列的維修站更換。所以他們也得思考進站的策略、他們的團隊合作，以及所有的工程面。」

Teams must have six drivers and six pit staff and cars must have a maximum speed of 25mph (40kmh) - the test is how many laps can you complete within the timescale.

團隊必需要有六名駕駛和六名維修站工作人員，而且車子必須有每小時25英里的最高速度（每小時40公里）– 測驗你能在時間表內完成多少圈。

80 teams from around the country won a place at the Goodwood race track final - racing creations made from wood to aluminium - inspiring the next generation of British engineers and their parents, according to Tom Bollard from the Malting School in Essex.

據雅息士郡麥町學校的湯姆波蘭德表示，來自全國各地的80組隊，最後贏得了古德伍德賽道的席位 – 從木製到鋁製的賽車創作 – 激勵了下一世代的英國工程師和他們的家長。

[Tom Bolland, Maltings Academy]:

"We started off two years ago with a kit car which we purchased through Greenpower, that allowed us to springboard into a competitive region so that we could teach the students about aerodynamics, about physics about the general design principle behind creating a race car."

麥町學院的湯姆波蘭德說：「我們從兩年前跟綠色能源購買汽車工具包開始，這使我們成為一個邁向競爭區塊的跳板，使我們能教導學生有關空氣動力學，也就是製造一輛賽車背後一般設計原則的物理知識。」

This year's race was won by Chipping Sodbury School's Rotary Racer - aptly numbered No 1.

啟平沙伯瑞學校的旋轉賽車贏得了今年的比賽 – 很巧妙地，它的編號是1。

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【佳句精選】

We could teach the students about aerodynamics, about physics about the general design principle behind creating a race car.

我們可以教學生有關空氣動力學，有關製造賽車背後一般設計原則的物理學。

【每日一句】

We started off two years ago. 我們從兩年前開始