汤姆汉克斯开电动车支持环保

    Tom Hanks goes green as he cruises around LA in his electric eBox car汤姆·汉克斯的绿色环保时尚：驾驶着配有嵌入式系统的电动汽车游走于洛杉矶街头。
    He's been a huge advocate of electric cars for a number of years now.
    这么多年来，他一直都是电动汽车的忠实拥护者。
    And Tom Hanks shows no sign of switching back to diesel¹ any time soon, after he was spotted² today cruising around Los Angeles in his environmentally-friendly vehicle.
    而且今天，我们发现了汤姆·汉克斯开着自己的环保车在洛杉矶街头兜风，他丝毫没有想要换回柴油机汽车的迹象。
    But the actor might have gone for something a little more attractive than the ugly, teal green monstrosity he was zooming³ around in.
    然而，吸引这位演员的应该不仅仅是他所驾驶的那辆丑陋的蓝绿色怪物！
    Hanks, 54, was snapped in the Brentwood district of the city running errands in the huge hybrid⁴ Scion⁵ XB, which was converted to run on electricity using a system called eBox.
    54岁的汉克斯在洛杉矶城的布伦特伍德市过着轻松愉快的生活，外出办事时，他就开着那辆大型混合丰田Scion XB汽车。经过改装后，这辆汽车依靠电能运转并配有嵌入式电脑系统。
    And while it may not be the most attractive car on the road, it is also not the cheapest, with Hanks forking out $55,000 (?34,000) for the vehicle.
    在路上行驶时，它也许不是最吸引人的一款车型，当然它也不便宜，汉克斯花了5万5千美元（合3万4千英镑）才买到它。
    It uses 625 pounds of lithium-ion batteries that enable the vehicle to run for 140-180 miles between charges.
    625磅的锂离子电池可以让汽车行驶140至180英里。
    Its top speed is 95 mph, and charging the 355 volt⁶ pack takes between 2 and 5 hours.
    汽车的最高时速可达每小时95公里，并且355伏的电池组需要花费2到5个小时来充电。

1 diesel   

n.柴油发动机，内燃机

参考例句：

• We experimented with diesel engines to drive the pumps.我们试着用柴油机来带动水泵。
• My tractor operates on diesel oil.我的那台拖拉机用柴油开动。

2 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

3 zooming   

adj.快速上升的v.（飞机、汽车等）急速移动( zoom的过去分词 )；（价格、费用等）急升，猛涨

参考例句：

• Zooming and panning are navigational tools for exploring 2D and 3D information. 缩放和平移是浏览二维和三维信息的导航工具。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Panning and zooming, especially when paired together, create navigation difficulties for users. 对于用户来说，平移和缩放一起使用时，产生了更多的导航困难。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

4 hybrid   

n.(动，植）杂种，混合物

参考例句：

• That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
• The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。

5 scion   

n.嫩芽，子孙

参考例句：

• A place is cut in the root stock to accept the scion.砧木上切开一个小口,来接受接穗。
• Nabokov was the scion of an aristocratic family.纳博科夫是一个贵族家庭的阔少。

6 volt   

n.伏特，伏

参考例句：

• You may use 100 and 110 volt appliances in your room.您可以在房间使用100及110伏特的电器。
• The common service voltage of electric power in our country is 220/380 volt.我国普通供电电压为220/380伏。