英国政府力推电动汽车

 　　By announcing a 57-million US dollar extension of its current programme, the UK is signaling that it wants to make electric cars a mainstream¹ option for car buyers.

　　The money will go towards four areas, with proposals like building street lights that double as charging points, more free car parking spaces, and free use of bus lanes.

　　Prospective² buyer Sarah Wilkinson is interested enough to have a test drive. She says there are environmental reasons behind her decision.

　　"I think really the environment, I think it's the way forward for cars generally and the price, not to have to fill up at a petrol station, just to plug it in on my drive and go. It's brilliant."

　　They're attractive to some because of the availability of free car parking spaces with plug in points.

　　"I go out, so the first thing that's on my mind is, you know, you've got to pay for the parking as well. So if I have an electric car and I don't have to pay for the parking as well, or somewhere I can find free parking, that would actually encourage me."

　　The UK Department of Transport says Britain is a world leader in the uptake of low emission³ vehicles. It's aiming for every new car and van in the UK to be ultra-low emission by 2040.

　　英国政府力推电动汽车

　　However, with some car models needing to be charged around every 85 miles, many drivers remain unconvinced. Some critics claim the investment is a waste of public money while cuts are being made to other budgets.

　　Jonathan Isaby is from the Taxpayers⁴' Alliance.

　　"The government at the moment is spending way beyond its means, it hasn't balanced the nation's books, the money is simply not there to fund extravagant⁵ schemes which are frankly⁶ vanity projects aimed at a very small number of people who've chosen to buy a very expensive vehicle,"

　　The UK government anticipates five percent of new car registrations⁷, or around 100,000 units, will be ultra low emission by 2020.

　　In 2015, sales of alternatively fuelled vehicles rose by 40 percent from the previous year to nearly 73,000.

　　For CRI, this is Li Jianhua.

1 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。

2 prospective   

adj.预期的，未来的，前瞻性的

参考例句：

• The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers.这篇报道应该对其他潜在的购买者起到警示作用。
• They have all these great activities for prospective freshmen.这会举办各种各样的活动来招待未来的新人。

3 emission   

n.发出物，散发物；发出，散发

参考例句：

• Rigorous measures will be taken to reduce the total pollutant emission.采取严格有力措施，降低污染物排放总量。
• Finally,the way to effectively control particulate emission is pointed out.最后，指出有效降低颗粒排放的方向。

4 taxpayers   

纳税人，纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
• She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。

5 extravagant   

adj.奢侈的；过分的；(言行等)放肆的

参考例句：

• They tried to please him with fulsome compliments and extravagant gifts.他们想用溢美之词和奢华的礼品来取悦他。
• He is extravagant in behaviour.他行为放肆。

6 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。

7 registrations   

n.登记( registration的名词复数 )；登记项目；登记（或注册、挂号）人数；（管风琴）音栓配合（法）

参考例句：

• In addition to the check-in procedures, the room clerks are customarily responsible for recording advance registrations. 除了办理住宿手续外，客房登记员按惯例还负责预约登记。 来自辞典例句
• Be the Elekta expert for products registrations in China. 成为在中国注册产品的医科达公司专家。 来自互联网