12 First Cars

First Cars written by Julie Ellis

朱莉·埃利斯写的《第一辆车》

horse and cart There were no roads before cars were invented. Most people rode horses or walked on dirt tracks. Some people rode in carriages pulled by horses. The horses got tired and needed rest, food, and water. People wanted a carriage that could move along without horses.

在汽车发明之前，没有路。 大多数人骑马或走土路。 有些人乘坐马拉的马车。 马累了，需要休息、食物和水。 人们想要一种不用马也能行走的马车。

steam car Inventors tried to make a carriage that could move without horses. One carriage had a sail, but it could only move on windy days. A carriage that used coal gas moved too slowly. Some carriages had steam engines. They were heavy and hard to steer, so they often crashed!

发明家试图制造一种不用马也能移动的马车。 一辆马车有帆，但它只能在刮风的日子里行驶。 使用煤气的马车走得太慢。 有些车厢有蒸汽机。 它们很重，很难驾驶，所以经常坠毁!

petrol engine, 1888 About 150 years ago, an inventor found a new way to move a carriage. He built an engine that used petrol, and he put it on a hand cart. Other men thought that petrol could be a good way to move carriages. Soon more engines were made.

汽油发动机(1888年)大约150年前，一位发明家发现了一种移动马车的新方法。 他造了一台使用汽油的发动机，并把它放在手推车上。 另一些人则认为汽油可能是移动马车的好方法。 不久，更多的发动机被制造出来。

One inventor put an engine onto a three-wheeled carriage. The first time he drove it, he crashed into a wall! So the next petrol engine was put on a four-wheeled carriage. first car, 1888 All these engines had been put on horse carriages. Then one inventor had a better idea. He made a new body for his engine. It was the first real car ever made.

一位发明家把发动机装在三轮马车上。 他第一次开的时候就撞到了墙上!于是，下一代汽油发动机被装在四轮马车上。 所有这些引擎都被安装在马车上。 后来一个发明家有了一个更好的主意。 他为他的发动机做了一个新的机体。 这是有史以来第一辆真正的汽车。

The first cars were very different from the cars we have today. Some didn't have steering wheels, and they were steered by a stick. They only had one speed, and that was slow! Some were made without a roof, doors, a windshield, or lights. You had to pay more for extra things. The first cars cost a lot of money.

第一辆车与我们今天拥有的车非常不同。 有些车没有方向盘，靠一根棍子操纵。 他们只有一种速度，那就是慢速!有些车没有屋顶、门、挡风玻璃或灯。 你得为额外的东西付更多的钱。 第一批汽车花了很多钱。