Driverless Cars – Cool or Spooky?
Hi, Everyone! One time in Kaohsiung, I saw a bus. 我在高雄看過一種小巴士…
the little bus drove around for a few minutes and …… WAIT, Wait, wait! This
is a cool story! … I promise!
The bus had NO driver!!
YEAH! I’m not joking! It was an electric-powered bus … without a
driver!用電腦來控制的
Maybe someday … ALL of our cars and buses won’t need drivers! They will have
a computer driver!
In English, we call cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles, “vehicles.” Taiwan
has a lot of vehicles!
Some people like to drive … they think driving is fun. But I really don’t
like driving … Driving makes me feel nervous! 有些人喜歡開車，但我會緊張 In
Taiwan we have so many vehicles…Every time I drive my car … um … I feel a
little scared!
So, I’m happy to hear about cars that don’t have drivers! These vehicles have
a super smart computer … and the computer is the driver!
Computers are getting smarter and smarter …. and in the future, maybe every
vehicle … every car, bus, or truck … will have a computer driver!
電腦越來越聰明，未來也許每種車子都會是靠電腦開車
Just imagine! Your car can take you to school … with no driver! Just get in,
put on your seatbelt, maybe do your homework … or watch a video on the way
to school. 坐這種車去上學，也許還可以在車上打電動、看影片
I think that sounds great! 這真的太棒了！
BUT …. Vehicles with no drivers need to be 100% safe, right? What if the
computer driver makes a mistake? HMM… what do you think? Is a computer
driver scary … or cool?
Well, I think it sounds pretty cool! BUT … I’m always going to wear my
seatbelt … even if my computer driver is super smart!
Vocabulary
Cars moving around with no driver-does it make you nervous?
1) Nervous緊張。I feel nervous about tomorrow’s contest 明天的比賽讓我好緊張!
He’s nervous and scared of the test 考試讓他緊張害怕。
2) Scared 害怕。 Are you scared of spiders 你怕蜘蛛嗎? Yes, I am
怕，我會怕。Don’t be scared, I’m right here別怕，有我在。
3) Scary讓人害怕的。I don’t like scary movies我不喜歡恐怖電影。Earthquakes
are scary地震讓人害怕。
4) Electric 電動的。電動車就是electric car, 電動腳踏車electric bike.
5) Smart聰明的。The driverless car is controlled by a super smart
computer無人駕駛車是由超級聰明的電腦控制。Super smart超級聰明。
Okay, you smart girls and boys, let’s read the words together: nervous緊張的
scared害怕scary讓人害怕的 electric電動的 smart 聰明的
Quiz
- What do we call cars and buses and trucks in English?
A: Motorcycles B: Vehicles C: Seatbelts - What drives a vehicle with no driver?
A: A computer B: A monkey C: Homework - What should you always wear if you are in a vehicle?
A: A T-shirt B: A motorcycle C: A seatbelt
Answers
1: B 2: A 3: C