英语新闻听写 通用斥5亿美元牵手Lyft

Lyft and Uber are in a race to boot drivers off the road.

Uber与Lyft展开无人轿车之战。

Lyft, the friendly ride-hailing competitor to Uber, announced Monday that it has entered into a strategic partnership¹ with automotive giant General Motors to create a network of self-driving cars that can pick up and drop off passengers as Lyft's fleet of drivers does today.

周一，Uber死对头Lyft宣布与通用汽车达成战略合作，双方将打造无人驾驶网络，与Lyft打车服务一样，自动驾驶汽车也同样可以搭载用户。

The hope is that more people may be willing to hail an occasional ride in a self-driving car than to actually buy one of these vehicles for themselves.

我们希望能有更多的人乘坐无人驾驶轿车，而不是人人拥有汽车。

In addition to helping² Lyft develop autonomous³ vehicles, General Motors is also investing $500 million in the ride-hailing startup and taking a seat on its board of directors.

除了帮助Lyft研发无人轿车，通用还将向Lyft投资5亿美元，并加入Lyft董事会。

1 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

2 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

3 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。