Impact通用汽车公司的一款实验型电力汽车的名称.pptx

Unit 12 Transportation IIPart III The new trends of automobiles Class PlanWarming up News Broadcast: practice the ability of catching key points in the newDiscussion: the trends of the development of transportationText analysis Words and ExpressionsKey words electric car zero tailpipe emissions 零排放 batteryVocabularyCombustion: the process of burningIgnition: the raising of a substance to its ignition point, as by electric current, friction, or mechanical shockPiston: 活塞Surge: to increase suddenly, used of electric current or voltageHurdle: to overcome or deal with successfully; surmountImpact:通用汽车公司的一款实验型电力汽车的名称Part III Text AnalysisThe American auto industry has been looking for ways to rescue its sagging bottom line. Better design and better quality are contributing to the beginning of a turnaround, but long-term success is going to mean major changes for the entire industry. Ensuring that success involves planning for an entirely new type of automobile, one powered by electricity. The electric car is still some distance down the road. (topic presenting)Part III Text AnalysisIts rush hour in Detroit, and the interstate freeway, 1-94, is jammed with cars heading for home after another workday in the city. Looking down on the freeway from an overpass, one sees cars and trucks of every size, shape, and color. (description)But for all of their differences, these vehicles do have something in common: theyre all powered by an internal combustion engine running on gasoline or diesel fuel. Part III Text AnalysisBut as automobile-related pollution grows worse in major urban areas, governmental officials and environmentalists are pushing automobile manufacturers to design vehicles powered by electricity. You see, electric cars have absolutely zero tailpipe emissions. In Detroit, the big three U.S. car companies have spent millions researching electric vehicles. Chrysler has an electric version of its popular minivan; and Ford, a small electric wagon; but none has attracte