VOA慢速英語(yǔ)：Uber 發(fā)明飛行汽車

This is What’s Trending Today…

這里是今日時(shí)事。

Flying cars may soon become a reality.

汽車飛機(jī)有可能很快就能變?yōu)楝F(xiàn)實(shí)。

The rideshare service Uber has asked an expert from NASA, the American space agency, to help the company develop cars that can fly.

共享打車服務(wù)中心Uber曾邀請(qǐng)美國(guó)航空機(jī)構(gòu)——美國(guó)航空航天局(NASA)的一位專家來(lái)協(xié)助公司發(fā)明一種可以飛行的汽車。

NASA engineer Mark Moore will work on the Uber Elevate project, Bloomberg Technology reported.

NASA工程師馬克·摩爾將為Uber電力工程工作，彭博社報(bào)道。

The Bloomberg show said the project aims to support other businesses that are developing flying vehicles as well.

彭博社說(shuō)，這項(xiàng)工程能夠幫助其他嘗試發(fā)明飛行汽車公司。

Last October, Uber announced plans to use flying vehicles in the future to avoid traffic in and around cities. The company wants to use small, fully electric aircraft that could take off and land like a helicopter.

去年十月，Uber曾宣布發(fā)明飛行汽車的汽車，以避免城市周圍交通擁堵。公司打算安裝小型電動(dòng)飛行器，能夠使汽車像直升飛機(jī)那樣起飛和降落。

Uber said its flying vehicles would be much quieter, cost less to operate and produce less pollution than helicopters.

Uber表示，飛行汽車比直升飛機(jī)操作起來(lái)噪音小、耗能低且污染少。

Moore has worked at the space agency for 30 years. His research has dealt mainly with vertical takeoff and landing vehicles – the kind of vehicle Uber now hopes to develop.

摩爾在航空航天局工作了30年了。其研究領(lǐng)域主要是機(jī)器起飛和降落，這正是Uber 公司目前想要發(fā)明的機(jī)器。

Talk of plans for a flying car made Uber and NASA trending topics on social media.

Uber制造飛行汽車和NASA協(xié)助成為社交媒體上的一大流行詞。

One person in San Francisco wrote on Twitter, “I used to think flying cars was a ridiculous idea. This morning I sat in SF traffic. I changed my mind.”Another person tweeted from Mumbai, India: “Reading about Uber hiring a NASA engineer to build flying cars, while I’m stick in traffic at the legendary Sakinaka signal. There is hope.”Moore told Bloomberg Technology that he predicts there will be several early models of flying cars – with human pilots – within one to three years.

舊金山的一位網(wǎng)友在推特上寫道，“我一直以為飛行汽車很荒唐。今天上午我親眼目睹了舊金山的交通狀況，我改變了我的看法。”另一位來(lái)自印度孟買的網(wǎng)友寫道，“我在Sakinaka 中等待紅綠燈的時(shí)候看到了這條關(guān)于Uber請(qǐng)NASA工程師幫忙制造飛行汽車的消息。”摩爾向彭博社透露，飛行汽車將在三年內(nèi)制造幾種需要飛行員的早期模型。

And that’s What’s Trending Today.

以上是今日新聞。