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每年,有82萬7千名司機(jī)忽略燃油箱的警告燈,耗干燃油,最后汽車拋錨。然而,這樣做不僅會(huì)帶來不便,還可能讓你付出昂貴的代價(jià),下面就來看看吧~~
CONTENT:
In fact, the driving test should
arguably involve being quizzed on the perils of running out of petrol rather than being made to
reverse around a corner: under-35s were revealed as making up two-thirds of the drivers you will see standing glum, and vulnerable, by the roadside having exhausted their petrol.
So what are the risks and if you are a long way from a forecourt, what is the best way to conserve the last drops? The first thing to realise is that fuel gauges are not precise instruments. Even in the most modern and snazzy cars, the technology is relatively basic: the level in the tank is measured by a float, like the
ballcock in a lavatory cistern.
The height of this float is then relayed to your gauge either electronically, or through the use of metallic
strips and
coils.
It explains why the level of petrol in your tank can fall or rise depending if your car is on a gradient. And it means that when your car tells you how many miles you have left in the tank, or that you are about to run out, it can only ever be a rough guide.
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KEY POINTS:
arguably 可以說
peril 極大危險(xiǎn)
reverse 倒車
glum 悶悶不樂的
vulnerable 易受傷害的
forecourt 加油站
gauge 測(cè)量?jī)x表
snazzy 時(shí)髦的
tank 箱,槽
float 浮標(biāo),浮子
ballcock 浮球閥
lavatory 廁所
cistern 儲(chǔ)水箱
metallic 金屬的
coil 線圈
gradient 斜坡,傾斜度
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REFERENCE
Why-never-drive-quarter-tank-fuel-827-000-break-year-ig
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本期節(jié)目參考譯文:(參考譯文由該節(jié)目主持人提供,僅供參考,歡迎大家討論)
參考譯文1:
事實(shí)上,駕駛測(cè)試可以說涉及到測(cè)試用完汽油而不是在拐角處倒車的危險(xiǎn):測(cè)試結(jié)果顯示,因?yàn)橛猛暧汀瀽灢粯?、脆弱地站在路邊的司機(jī)中,35歲以下人群占了三分之二。
那么,危險(xiǎn)究竟是什么,如果你距離加油站還有一段距離,節(jié)約最后一些汽油的最佳方式是什么呢?要意識(shí)到的第一件事是測(cè)量汽油剩余量?jī)x器并不是精確的裝置。即使在最現(xiàn)代最潮的汽車中,這項(xiàng)技術(shù)也是相對(duì)簡(jiǎn)單的:油箱的水平是由一個(gè)浮標(biāo)測(cè)量的,就好像廁所蓄水箱里面的浮球閥。
然后,要么通過電子方式,要么通過金屬條或金屬線圈,浮標(biāo)的高度在傳遞給測(cè)量?jī)x。
這解釋了為什么當(dāng)你的汽車在斜坡上時(shí),油箱的水平會(huì)時(shí)低時(shí)高。這意味著,當(dāng)你的車告訴你油箱還可以跑多少公里或汽油將要耗干時(shí),也只是一個(gè)粗略的指示。
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