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汽車的未來：電池 vs. 燃料電池 THE FUTURE OF CARS: BATTERIES OR FUEL CELLS?

哪一個更環保？哪一個較可行？Which is greener? Which is more viable?

你是否曾待過一個以電動車取代大量傳統化石燃料動力汽車的大城市？

差別相當明顯。

舉例來說，你可以在人行道上聊天，但卻不用因為車流噪音而大聲喊叫，或者是不會因為廢氣車煙而感到不適。

一個社會愈能擺脫使用內燃機，從而減少空氣和噪音汙染，就愈能提高居民生活品質。

燃燒的化石燃料愈少，釋放到大氣中的碳含量就愈低，這樣就能減少人類對氣候變化的影響。

汽車的未來 擺脫化石燃料的相關作為正處於持續進行中。

現在最大的問題是，什麼種類的車會成為未來的汽車。

瞄準環保汽車冠冕的有兩個主要競爭者：EV電池電動車以及FCV氫燃料電池電動車。

電池電動車使用鋰離子充電式電池驅動行駛。

氫燃料電池電動車則用燃料電池自行發電，燃料電池從可填充式的油罐提取氫氣並將其轉化成為電能。

EV及FCV行駛時都很安靜，且幾乎不會產生有害排放氣體。

哪一種更好？仍有待商榷

Have you ever spent time in a big city that has replaced large numbers of traditional vehicles powered by fossil fuels with electric ones? The difference is stark. For example, you can chat on the sidewalk without yelling over traffic

noise or feeling sick from gas fumes.

The more a society gets rid of internal combustion engines, the more it increases its residents' quality of life by reducing local air and noise pollution. And the fewer fossil fuels that are burned, the less carbon is released into the atmosphere, reducing humanity's contribution to climate change.

The future of cars

The shift away from fossil fuels is well underway. Now the big question is what kind of vehicle will become the car of the future. There are two main competitors for the green-vehicle crown:

battery-powered electric vehicles (EVS) and hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs).

Electric vehicles run on rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles make their own electricity in a fuel cell that draws hydrogen from a refillable tank and transforms it into electricity. Both run quietly and produce almost no harmful emissions. 

Which is better? That's up for debate.

fume（n.）有害的或難聞的氣體或煙霧

The fumes from the factory made the people that lived nearby sick.讓附近的居民生病

When Ian was painting his hallway, the smell of paint fumes filled the whole house.油漆揮發出來的氣味

fume（v.）冒煙；發怒

Fuming about someone else’s behavior is of no use.為別人的行為發火是沒有甚麼用的

carbon（n.）碳

The more fossil fuels that are burned, the more carbon is released into the atmosphere.

carbon footprint 碳足跡

Buying local products is one way to help reduce your carbon footprint. 購買在地產品

 carbon copy 複寫本；極為相似的人或物【翻版】

This is not an original painting by van Gogh; it is a carbon copy.

a viable option

it’s a possibility. Because if something is viable, that means it's capable of working successfully

viable  （胎兒）能養活的；（卵等）能發育的；可實行的.

stark contrast  與之形成鮮明對比

the stark contrast between two things

to get rid of ＋（n.）

quality of life

If we're talking about the quality of life, it means that as you're going about your daily life, kind of the rate or the way you feel how good your life is.

internal combustion engine （ICE）內燃機

fuming 形容某人氣到冒煙；火大

Martha is  still fuming about last week’s argument. 

underway（adj.）正在發生的；正在進行的

The construction of the new building is well underway. 建設工程正進展得非常順利

get underway 開始

Once the  train got underway, we took out our lunch and began to eat. 

The tourist season gets underway in southern Thailand around the beginning of November. 旅遊旺季

rechargeable（adj.）可充電的；蓄電的

When you go to the store, please buy some rechargeable batteries  for the flashlight.

recharge（v.）給電池充電

The computer mouse should work fine now that I recharge its batteries.

recharge 恢復體力【用在人身上】

After Sandy completed the long and demanding project, she spent a week at the beach to recharge her batteries. 讓自己恢復體力

the big question is …

We use this phrase to talk about the factor that is probably the most important or most decisive thing for the future. 

the ＋（n.）＋of the future

If something is something of the future, that means that it may just be getting started now, but in the future, in later years, it will be more and more popular, and it will be something that everybody uses.

But now smartphones... at that time we could have said, "Oh, smartphones are the phone of the future."  

to compete for the crown

tank

gas tank

Oh, yeah. The ones that said they wanted to check with our competitors before signing?

All hands on deck

call for everyone’s help

I understand that you are under the gun. How can I help you? 因為須在限定時間內（或以特定方式）完成任務而倍感壓力

I was just saying that you're under the gun, you know, because this is an important meeting, and you only have a short amount of time to get everything ready. 

Don’t worry. I'm sure this isn't the first time your team has been under the gun like this

Sure, right! The clock is ticking! 

字面意思是「時鐘在滴答響」，表示時間不等人、「時間緊迫」的意思，用來催促某人應該儘速做某事

noise pollution

exhaust 排氣

a kind of fumes