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Pro Racer and Taiwanese Celebrity Trapped in a Burning Tesla Car
On July 22, Taiwanese Pro Racer, beloved celebrity Jimmy Lin, and his son Jenson Lin were trapped inside a crashed Tesla car. Witnesses saw Lin’s car steer to the right abruptly before hitting a pedestrian island just before reaching a highway. By the time Jimmy Lin was pulled out of the flaming vehicle, he was already unconscious, with multiple injuries to his face and body.
The car in the incident is an electric Tesla Model X car.
Taiwanese passersby saw the accident and immediately went to rescue.
【譯文】特斯拉自撞起火燃燒 臺灣名人兼職業車手受困
7月22日,臺灣職業賽車手、知名藝人林志穎和兒子林簡森(Jenson Lin)受困在撞毀的特斯拉電動車內。目擊者看到林的車輛突然右偏轉向,然後在上高速公路前撞上分隔島。當林志穎從起火燃燒的車輛中被抬出時,他已經昏迷不醒,臉部和身體有多處受傷。
事故車輛是一臺特斯拉電動車Model X。
臺灣路人目擊事故,立即上前救援。
【單字/詞解析】
trap,動詞 /træp/ 陷入困境
自然發音:tr-ap
英解:If someone or something is trapped, that person or thing is unable to move or escape from a place or situation.
例句:The two men died when they were trapped in a burning building.(兩名男子困在起火燃燒的大樓裡而喪生。)
abruptly,副詞 /əˈbrʌpt.li/ 突然
自然發音:ab-RUP-tly
英解:suddenly
例句:He stood up abruptly and went outside.(他突然起身,向外走去。)
unconscious,形容詞 /ʌnˈkɑːn.ʃəs/ 昏迷的
自然發音:un-CON-scious
英解:in the state of not being awake
例句:She was hit on the head by a stone and knocked unconscious.(她頭部遭石頭擊中,昏了過去。)
electric,形容詞 /iˈlek.trɪk/ 電動的
自然發音:e-LEC-tric
英解:using electricity for power
例句:The noise from the electric guitar was deafening.(電吉他發出的噪音震耳欲聾。)
【慎思明辨】
您可以針對以下議題進行論述,甚至寫一篇英文短文,練習英文寫作或口語表達。
*科技日新月異,越來越多新型汽車配備不同程度的自動駕駛(等級0到5,5為完全自動),如果您正想買部新車,您會希望購入的新車擁有哪些自動駕駛功能?請發揮想像力。
*根據 SAE(國際汽車工程學會)制定標準,自動駕駛技術分為5個等級,試問目前臺灣主流自動駕駛等級為何?特斯拉自動駕駛等級又為何?◇