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Unit 2 A-1 Atomic Cars 原子汽车 Every motorist dreams of a car of the future that does not have to be refuelled every few 每个司机的梦想未来的汽车,它不必被refuelled每隔几 hundred miles, a car that will cost little to run because there is no outlay on petrol. 100英里,一辆汽车那将花费小跑,因为没有经费油。 Of course, you hear it said by an optimistic motorist, the answer is the atom. Harness “当然”,你听到持乐观的司机,“回答是原子。治理 atomic power in a car, and youll have no more worries about petrol. The thing will run for 原子能在一辆车里,你就不再担心汽油。将竞选的东西 years without a refill. 年却抓点药。” And, theoretically, he is right. The answer is the atom. If atomic power could be used in a 而且,从理论上来讲,他是对的。答案是原子。如果原子力量能被用于 car, one small piece of uranium would keep the engine running for twenty or more years. Of 车,一件小的铀要保持发动机正在运转了20年或以上。的 course, this would cut the cost of running a car by quite a few hundred pounds, depending 历程,这将把运行成本相当一辆按不同,几百英镑 upon how much you spend on petrol. 在汽油花了多少钱。 But is this science-fiction-like picture of the atom exploding peacefully beneath the bonnet 但这是原子爆炸的照片science-fiction-like和平在阀盖 of a car possible? In theory it is, since already the atom has been harnessed to drive 一辆汽车可能吗?理论上说,既然已是推广香港的原子开车 submarines, and an atomic engine is already in existence. But, say the experts, there are 潜水艇和原子引擎已经存在。但是,专家们说,那儿有 many problems still to be conquered before such an engine can in fact be fixed into a car. 许多问题仍然是征服主动力前确实可以被固定到一辆汽车上。 Now what exactly are these problems that stand between you and a car that you will never 现在那是什么问题,站之间你和一辆车,你永远不会 have to refuel? Frankly, most of them can be summed up in one word—radiation. An atomic 需要加油吗?坦白地说,他们中的大多数可以归结为一个word-radiation。原子 reactor, the kind of engine that would produce energy by atom-splitting, throws off 反应堆,这种引擎,会产生能源atom-splitting、摔投了 radiation, extremely dangerous radiation. These rays are just as dangerous as when they are 辐射,非常危险的辐射。这些射线一样是危险的,因为当他们 released from an atomic bomb. This radiation penetrates anything except the thickest 释放原子弹。除了这种辐射穿透