VOA常速英语2018--英国推新款电动自行车

The makers¹ of the costly² electric powered bikes say it’s the most technologically³ advanced motorcycle on the market. At the launch, ARC’s founder⁴ Mark Truman explained why. It’s the safest, it’s the cleanest, it’s the most sustainable. It’s got super bike pace. Hand-built at the firm’s Coventry British headquarters, the futuristic-looking bike Vector has a lightweight carbon composite structure.

这类电动自行车成本高昂，其制造商表示，它是市面上技术最先进的电动自行车。在新品发布会上，ARC创始人马克·杜鲁门解释了个中缘由。这类电动自行车安全性、清洁性、可持续性都是最高的。这类车速度极快，是在ARC考文垂英国总部制造的。作为未来的自行车代表的Vector系列重量很轻，是碳复合结构。

Jordan Gibbon, editor of motorcycle news, says, it’s revolutionary. It’s very light. It’s only about 220 kilos. It’s quite powerful, it’s talky. It got a good range. If you ride it like a motorcycle, it’s meant to be ridden. It’ll do about 200 miles and amazingly, will recharge in about 45 minutes. So it’s sort of broken the mold for electric vehicles.

乔丹·吉本是《摩托车新闻》的编辑，他表示，这款车具有变革性。它重量很轻，只有220千克。其功能强大，互动性强，范围很广。如果只把它当自行车来骑，就大材小用了。因为这款车可以跑近200英里，而且令人震惊的是只需要45分钟就能充满电。可以说，这款车打破了电动自行车的固有窠臼。

ARC has received financial backing from a heavy weight Jaguar⁵ Land Rover. We’ve had, you know, blue chip investment from companies like Jaguar Land Rover, and that’s really gonna see us through a multi-year plan to take up forward over the next few years. Cutting-edge haptic sensory⁶ technology is used via what is called an intelligent rider jacket. It vibrates to alert of a potential hazard and even provides some other unique benefits.

ARC得到了重量级后盾捷豹路虎的支持。我们有蓝筹股投资，投资方包括但不限于捷豹路虎等公司。这些投资将助力我们通过长达几年的计划来发展自己。尖端的触觉感知技术的使用是通过智能骑手夹克来实现的。这款车会通过震动来警报可能出现的危险，甚至还能提供其他独一无二的好处。

I really like the concept with a haptic suit, and that gives you that feedback, and I think there’s a euphoria mode which makes your hair stand up at the, you know, on your back when you ride the bike. The helmet has three settings including euphoric mode which lets riders play music through the haptics as they ride. It also allows the riders to see what’s behind them thanks to a rear view camera. The company plans to build about 400 of the motor bikes in its first year of sales.

我喜欢这款车的一个理念，那就是配套触觉服，这样就能得到反馈。此外还有兴奋模式，在这个模式下，头发会在骑车时竖起。头盔包括兴奋模式在内，有3种设置模式，这样骑手骑车的时候可以通过触感来播放音乐。此外，骑手还能看到背后的视野，因为配有后视相机。ARC公司计划明年生产大约400辆这款车来进行首年的销售。

1 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 costly   

adj.昂贵的，价值高的，豪华的

参考例句：

• It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
• This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用，左不过贵了些。

3 technologically   

ad.技术上地

参考例句：

• Shanghai is a technologically advanced city. 上海是中国的一个技术先进的城市。
• Many senior managers are technologically illiterate. 许多高级经理都对技术知之甚少。

4 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

5 jaguar   

n.美洲虎

参考例句：

• He was green with envy when he saw my new Jaguar car.看见我那辆美洲虎牌新车，他非常妒忌。
• Should you meet a jaguar in the jungle,just turn slowly,walk away.But slowly,never look back.你在丛林中若碰上美洲虎，就慢慢转身走开，可一定要慢，切莫回头看。

6 sensory   

adj.知觉的，感觉的，知觉器官的

参考例句：

• Human powers of sensory discrimination are limited.人类感官分辨能力有限。
• The sensory system may undergo long-term adaptation in alien environments.感觉系统对陌生的环境可能经过长时期才能适应。