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Steve Shladover outlines the benefits to be gained from vehicles [vi??k(?)l] that could drive themselves and discusses how this could be achieved. 斯蒂夫·施多弗阐述了能自动运行的车辆的诸多裨益，并详细论述了如何将其变为现实。 Intelligent Vehicles [intelid?ent] Steve Shladover 1 Even when cars were still young, futurists [fju:t??rist] began thinking about vehicles that could drive themselves, without human help. Perhaps the best known of these conjectures [k?nd?ekt??] was the General Motors Futurama[,fju:t??r?m?], the hit of the 1939 New York Worlds Fair[fε?] . Now, at the start of the new century, its worth taking a fresh look at this concept and asking how automation might change transportation and the quality of our lives.[laivz] Fair[fε?]n. 展览会；市集；美人adj. 公平的；美丽的，白皙的；[气象] 晴朗的 adv. 公平地；直接地；清楚地公平的 集市 交易会 fresh [fre?] n. 开始；新生；泛滥adj. 新鲜的；清新的；淡水的；无经验的adv. 刚刚，才；最新地新鲜的 清新的 鲜艳的 concept [k?nsept] n. 观念，概念 智能车辆 斯蒂夫·施多弗 还在汽车问世之初，未来学家就开始设想无需人来操纵便能自动运行的车辆将是什么样儿的。这类设想最出名的或许是1939年纽约世界博览会上轰动一时的由通用汽车公司推出的“未来城市风光”。今天，在世纪之初，以新的目光去审视这样的设想，去探讨自动化将如何改变交通以及我们的生活质量，是颇具价值的。 2 Consider some of the implications of cars that could drive themselves.且来看一看能自动运行的汽车意味着什么 implication [,implikei??n] n. 含义；暗示；牵连，卷入网络释义含义 暗示 蕴含式 ● We might eliminate the more than ninety percent of traffic crashes that are caused by human errors such as misjudgments and inattention. ● 我们或许能消除90%以上由于判断失误以及疏忽等人为因素造成的交通事故。 crash [kr??] n. 碰撞；崩溃；坠落vt. 坠落；破碎；撞碎vi. 碰撞；坠毁；闯；突然倒台adj. 速成的网络释义崩溃 misjudgment [misd??d?m?nt] n. 估计错误；判断错误（等于misjudgement） inattention [,in?ten??n] n. 不注意；疏忽；粗心网络释义注意力不集中 疏忽 不注意 ● We might reduce antisocial driving behavior such as road rage, thereby significantly reducing the stress of driving. ● 我们或许能减少野蛮开车这类有害公众利益的开车行为，从而大大减轻行车压力。 reduce [ridju:s, -du:s] vi. 减少；缩小；归纳为vt. 减少；降低；使处于；把…分解 网络释义降低 减少 减量化 antisocial [,?ntis?u??l] n. 违背社会公德的人；反社会者扰乱社会的；不爱交际的网络释义不擅社交的 反社会的 不爱社交的 ● The entire population, including the young, the old, and the infirm, might enjoy a higher level of mobility wit