英语新闻听写 丰田投资优步 共同研发无人驾驶车

According to AutoNews.com, Toyota is going to invest around $500 million in Uber Technologies Inc. to combine research in developing driverless vehicles.

据“AutoNews.com”报道，丰田将向优步科技公司投资大约五亿美元，来共同研发无人驾驶机动车。

Carmakers, tech companies and other service providers have started to partner on self-driving projects over the past two years, due to the difficulty and high cost of developing the technology alone.

由于难度和单独开发这一技术的高成本，在过去两年里，汽车制造商、科技公司和其他服务提供商开始在自动驾驶项目上合作。

Uber is going to combine its autonomous¹ driving system with Toyota's Guardian² system, which is an automated³ system that offers safety features but does not allow a vehicle to drive completely autonomously⁴.

优步将把其自动驾驶系统与丰田的“Guardian”系统结合起来，它是一个提供安全性能，但又不让机动车完全自动驾驶的自动化系统。

1 autonomous   

adj.自治的；独立的

参考例句：

• They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
• This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。

2 guardian   

n.监护人；守卫者，保护者

参考例句：

• The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
• The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。

3 automated   

a.自动化的

参考例句：

• The entire manufacturing process has been automated. 整个生产过程已自动化。
• Automated Highway System (AHS) is recently regarded as one subsystem of Intelligent Transport System (ITS). 近年来自动公路系统(Automated Highway System,AHS)，作为智能运输系统的子系统之一越来越受到重视。

4 autonomously   

adv. 自律地，自治地

参考例句：

• To learn autonomously in the network environment is totally new to students. 基于网络环境下的自主学习对学生来说，是一种全新的学习方式。
• The QC-RS can operate autonomously or by remote control. QC-RS能实现自动操作或通过遥控来操作。