VOA慢速英語：未來的交通系統(tǒng)逐漸向現(xiàn)實邁進

In the United States, a company is working on a project that could change the way we think about public transportation. Its planned system would move people around in steel tubes. Those passengers would be traveling at speeds of up to 1,200 kilometers per hour.

在美國，一家公司正在運作一個項目，它可以改變我們對公共交通的看法。它的計劃體制能使人們通過金屬管就可以外出。這些旅客在旅行時，其時速可達每小時1,200公里。

The futuristic steel tube transportation system is called Hyperloop. Workers plan to test the system next year in a specially built community called QuayValley. The town will be powered entirely by energy from the sun.

未來的鋼管運輸系統(tǒng)被稱為超回路列車。明年，工作人員打算在特別建造的社區(qū)，稱為碼頭谷，測試這一系統(tǒng)。該鎮(zhèn)將完全使用太陽能。

Hyperloop Rapid Transit System Construction to Start in 2016

The Hyperloop transport system is the idea of businessman Elon Musk. Dirk Ahlborn is head of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. He says his company has taken Mr. Musk's idea and is de

veloping a system that will be safe, environmentally friendly and fast.

該超回路列車運輸系統(tǒng)是商人伊隆·馬斯克（Elon Musk）的想法。德克愛爾邦（Dirk Ahlborn）是超回路列車運輸技術(shù)負責(zé)人。他說，他的公司已經(jīng)采取了馬斯克先生的想法，并正在開發(fā)一個安全、環(huán)保、快捷的系統(tǒng)。

"It's 100 percent solar powered...we're not going to get up to 760 miles per hour, but we believe we can actually break the records that are existing right now."

“它完全由太陽能提供動力…我們并不打算達到每小時760英里。但我們相信，我們一定可以打破現(xiàn)在現(xiàn)有的記錄。

This means that a four-hour drive from Los Angeles, California to Las Vegas, Nevada, could someday take only 30 minutes by Hyperloop.

這意味著，總有一天，從美國加利福尼亞州洛杉磯到內(nèi)華達州拉斯維加斯，其四個小時的車程乘坐超回路列車可能只需30分鐘。

The system involves a series ofcapsules that float inside a long tube. These containers would not need to travel along a pathway or track. The system has been designed to operate above or below ground.

該系統(tǒng)包括一系列漂浮在長管內(nèi)的太空艙。這些太空艙不需要沿一條通路或軌道行進。該系統(tǒng)已被設(shè)計為地上或地下操作。

"Inside the tube you create a low pressure environment very similar to an airplane that's at high altitudes. So now the capsule travelling inside the tube doesn't encounter as much resistance, and therefore can travel really fast with very little energy."

“鋼管內(nèi)部，在高海拔地區(qū)，會創(chuàng)建一個非常類似于飛機的低壓環(huán)境。所以現(xiàn)在在鋼管內(nèi)的太空艙旅行并沒有遇到很大的阻力。也因而能耗很低，但其速度卻很快。

Dick Ahlbornand his company will use an eight-kilometer track in Quay Valley to find the best way to set up passenger traffic and repair capsules. A larger system will cost an estimated six to $10 billion to build.

德克愛爾邦與他的公司將在碼頭谷使用8公里的軌道來發(fā)現(xiàn)建立客運和維修太空艙的最佳途徑。這個更大的系統(tǒng)估計將耗資60億至100億來打造。

If Mr. Ahlborn and his company succeed, we may one day see these very fast Hyperloop capsules speeding through tubes around the world.

如果愛爾邦先生和他的公司取得成功，或許有一天，我們可以看到這些快速的超回路列車太空艙在世界各地的鋼管中超速行駛。

I'm Jonathan Evans.

我是喬納森·埃文斯。

Maia Pujara wrote this story for VOANews.com. Jonathan Evans adapted it for Learning English. George Grow was the editor.

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Words in this Story

altitude – n. the height of something such as an airplane above the level of the sea

capsule – n. a small container that has something inside of it