Unit 29

UNIT 29 WORD LIST automobile An automobile is a car. The first automobiles were very different from the ones that exist today. candidate A candidate is a person who is competing to win something such as a job. Alice is the best candidate for the job. confidential If something is confidential, it must be kept secret. The information from the meeting is confidential. corporate If something is corporate, it is related to a large business. Tom enjoys working in the corporate world. enhance To enhance something is to make it better. Amy's blue shirt really enhances the color of her eyes. era An era is a period of time that has something special about it. During the medieval era, knights wore protective armor. guideline A guideline is a rule about how to do something. Before they began the project, the teacher gave them some guidelines. incorporate To incorporate is to add something to another thing. I decided to incorporate a new ingredient into my cake recipe. interact To interact is to talk to or do something with another person. The kids began to interact when the adults left the room. interval An interval is the time between two things happening. Tony rested for brief intervals while he worked in the yard.

automobile汽车就是汽车。 第一批汽车与今天的汽车大不相同。 candidate（候选人）是指为赢得某物（如工作）而竞争的人。 爱丽丝是这份工作的最佳人选。 confidential adj .机密的如果某件事是机密的，就必须保密。 会议上的信息是保密的。 corporate的意思是与大企业有关。 汤姆喜欢在企业界工作。 enhance增强某物就是使它变得更好。 艾米的蓝衬衫使她的眼睛更显颜色。 era是指有特殊意义的一段时间。 在中世纪时期，骑士们穿着防护盔甲。 指导方针是关于如何做某事的规则。 在他们开始这个项目之前，老师给了他们一些指导方针。 合并是把某物加到另一物上。 我决定在我的蛋糕食谱中加入一种新配料。 互动就是和另一个人交谈或做某事。 大人们离开房间后，孩子们开始互动。 间隔是指两件事发生之间的时间间隔。 托尼在院子里干活时休息了一会儿。

mobile If something is mobile, it can be moved easily. Mobile phones are convenient because you can use them anywhere. modify To modify something is to change it a little bit. I modified my outfit by adding a belt to it. parallel If two things are parallel, they are the same distance away from each other (along their entire length). There are two yellow parallel lines dividing both sides of traffic. phenomenon A phenomenon is something that can be seen as it is happening. I thought the lights were a strange phenomenon, but they were just shooting stars. pollute To pollute means to make air, water, or land dirty, unclean, or foul. The careless factory polluted the river with chemicals. ridicule To ridicule is to make fun of something in a mean way. The other students ridicule Peter's foreign accent. solar If something is solar, it is related to the sun. Using solar energy is good for the environment. territory A territory is a piece of land that belongs to a country but isn't a state. Gibraltar is a territory of Great Britain. tournament A tournament is a competition, usually with many people participating. My dad is playing in a golf tournament tomorrow. transportation Transportation is any type of vehicle that can carry people or things. I don't have a car, so my normal transportation is the train.

mobile adj .移动的如果某物是移动的，它可以很容易地移动。 手机很方便，因为你可以在任何地方使用。 modify修饰修饰某物就是稍微改变它。 我给我的衣服加了一条腰带。 parallel adj .平行的如果两个物体是平行的，它们彼此之间的距离是相同的（沿着它们的整个长度）。 有两条黄色平行线分隔交通的两边。 现象是指正在发生的事情可以被看到。 我以为这些光是一种奇怪的现象，但它们只是流星。 污染是指使空气、水或土地变脏、不洁净或恶臭。 粗心的工厂用化学物质污染了河流。 “嘲笑”是用一种卑鄙的方式取笑某事。 其他学生嘲笑彼得的外国口音。 如果某物是solar，它与太阳有关。 使用太阳能对环境有益。 territory领土是属于一个国家但不是一个州的一块土地。 直布罗陀是英国的领土。 锦标赛是一种比赛，通常有很多人参加。 我爸爸明天要参加高尔夫球锦标赛。 交通工具是指任何一种可以运载人或物的交通工具。 我没有车，所以我通常的交通工具是火车。

The Solar Car Race We live in a mobile society. But the cars we drive require too much gas, plus, they pollute the air. Eventually, the natural resources used to make gas will run out. So, what happens then? Many people think solar-powered automobiles are the answer. To learn more about this type of transportation, teams from universities and corporate organizations gather in Australia every two years for a solar car race. The race is called the World Solar Challenge. Candidates for this tournament must design their own cars. The teams keep all their plans confidential. They don't interact with other teams because the race is very competitive. And these cars aren't just enhanced and modified versions of normal cars. They are completely different. The cars only have room for one person and are very simple inside—they don't even have a cushion for the driver to sit on. These cars are shorter and much more flatter normal cars. Most importantly, the outside of the cars incorporate solar panels that lie parallel to each other. These panels are made from materials that take in light from the sun and turn it into electric energy. The cars use this energy to move. These cars race over 3,000 kilometers across the Australian territories. The drivers have to follow strict guidelines. They must stop at certain intervals to charge their batteries. And unlike normal race cars, they can't go very fast. They have to drive at the normal speed limits. Although the drivers want to finish the race quickly, that is not the main goal. The objective is to see how well the cars work under normal driving conditions. Because of the World Solar Challenge, a new era in car making and driving is beginning. People may ridicule the solar cars because they look strange, but this is a phenomenon that isn't going away. Using the technology from the vehicles, car makers will eventually create solar cars for the rest of us.

我们生活在一个流动的社会。 但是我们驾驶的汽车需要太多的汽油，而且它们污染空气。 最终，用于制造天然气的自然资源将会耗尽。 那么，接下来会发生什么？许多人认为太阳能汽车是解决之道。 为了更多地了解这种交通工具，来自大学和公司组织的团队每两年聚集在澳大利亚参加一次太阳能汽车比赛。 这场比赛被称为世界太阳能挑战赛。 参加这次比赛的候选人必须设计自己的汽车。 这些团队对他们所有的计划都保密。 他们不与其他车队互动，因为比赛竞争非常激烈。 这些汽车不仅仅是普通汽车的改进版。 它们是完全不同的。 这种车只有一个人的空间，而且内部非常简单——它们甚至没有给司机坐的坐垫。 这些车更短，更平坦的普通汽车。 最重要的是，汽车的外部集成了彼此平行的太阳能电池板。 这些电池板是由吸收太阳光并将其转化为电能的材料制成的。 汽车使用这种能量来移动。 这些汽车在澳大利亚境内的比赛超过3000公里。 司机必须遵守严格的指导方针。 他们必须每隔一段时间停下来给电池充电。 与普通赛车不同的是，它们不能跑得很快。 他们必须以正常速度行驶。 虽然车手们想要快速完成比赛，但这并不是主要目标。 目的是观察汽车在正常驾驶条件下的工作情况。 因为世界太阳能挑战赛，一个汽车制造和驾驶的新时代开始了。 人们可能会嘲笑太阳能汽车，因为它们看起来很奇怪，但这是一个不会消失的现象。 利用汽车上的技术，汽车制造商最终将为我们普通人制造太阳能汽车。