23.High School English Listening

My car is stupid, Don.
What do you mean, Yael?
I turn the key, the engine ignites.
I turn the steering wheel,the wheels move. And that's it!
Well, what you expect? That's how a car works.
I know, but cars are so rigidly mechanical,
you know, it's likewhen we removed the horses to make horseless carriages;
they took away the only intelligent partof the carriages!
So you want to go back to the horse-baggage days?
No, but it would be cool, if cars are more intelligent.
You mean like be able to sense things and react to them, like a horse mind?
Right, actually there are designers and engineers at MIT working on a new kind of three-wheeled car–a new kind of wheel actually.
It's a sort of “smart” wheel that contains most of themechanical parts of the car—drive train, suspension, and braking.
And the wheels have artificialintelligence–they can sense obstructions and potholes in the road.
And since these smart wheelscan communicate with each other, they could allow cars in cities to move in flocks, like birds orsheep.
Also, the wheels can turn 360 degrees, so the car can move in any direction.
That sounds kind of futurist.
Do these kinds of cars actually exist?
Sort of, there are computer models and prototypes, but it's not like you can buy one at a cardealership.
Well, let me know when you can.
译文：
我的车是愚蠢的，唐。
你是什么意思，雅儿？
我转动钥匙，发动机点燃了。
我转动方向盘，车轮就会动。就这样了！
好吧，你期待什么？汽车就是这样工作的。
我知道，但汽车是如此僵硬的机械。
你知道，这就像我们把马匹移走，做成无马的马车。
他们拿走了马车上唯一的智能部分!
所以你想回到马车时代？
不，但如果汽车更智能，那就很酷了。
你的意思是能够感知事物并对它们做出反应，像马的头脑一样？
对，实际上麻省理工学院的设计师和工程师正在研究一种新的三轮车--实际上是一种新的车轮。
这是一种 "智能 "车轮，包含了汽车的大部分机械部件--传动系统、悬挂和制动。
车轮具有人工智能--它们可以感知道路上的障碍物和坑洞。
由于这些智能车轮可以相互沟通，它们可以让城市中的汽车像鸟类或羊群一样成群结队地移动。
此外，车轮可以360度转动，所以汽车可以向任何方向移动。
这听起来有点像未来主义。
这类汽车真的存在吗？
算是吧，有电脑模型和原型，但不像你能在汽车经销商那里买到一个。
好吧，让我知道你什么时候可以。
重点词汇：
What do you mean 你是什么意思
steering wheel 方向盘 ; 舵轮
And that 而且，并且
you know 你知道 ; 你知道的 ; 你知道吗
want to 应该
go back to 恢复 ; 重新开始 ; 重操 ; 回到
be able to 能够 ; 能做到…的 ; 可以…的
react to 对…有反应
there are 有 ; 可数名词的复数形式 ; 许多重要事情要谈