In the first part of the discussion, they're talking about city traffic and the motorcar.

在讨论的第一部分，他们将谈论城市交通和汽车。

We were deliberate whether we should buy a new motorcar.

们正考虑否买一部新车。

The motorcar, for example, promised unimaginable levels of personal mobility.

比如，汽车曾使们希望个人出行会方便得让人难以想象。

Karl Benz, the German inventor of a three wheeled motorcar called the Motorwagen, in 1886.

1886 年，德国人卡尔·本茨发明了名奔驰一号的三轮汽车。

" I buy house. I buy motorcar. I do the job for my people."

“买房子。买汽车。的人民工作。”

But if you have to travel a far, you're faster again in a motorcar.

如果你需要去很远的地方旅行，开车会更快一些。

It doesn't hold you up as a motorcar does, in endless traffic jams.

它不会像汽车那样，在无休止的交通堵塞中耽误你。

In these days when oil is expensive, the railways have become highly competitive with motorcars and planes.

在石油价格昂贵的今天，铁路与汽车和飞机的竞争非常激烈。

'Oh my! 'cried poor Toad. 'I'll never look at another motorcar for the rest of my life! '

哎呀！可怜的癞蛤蟆哭喊道，下半生再也不想见到汽车了！

" We can do without railways, " people say, as if motorcars and planes made the railways unnecessary.

“们可以没有铁路，”人们说，好像汽车和飞机使铁路变得不必要了。

To see the South’s most iconic motorcar, head to Cooter’s Place, a museum dedicated to the Dukes of Hazzard.

想看美国南部经典汽车，就到库特博物馆一窥影集《正义前锋》的收藏。

And a single train can carry goods which no plane or motorcar could ever do.

一列火车可以运送飞机或汽车无法运送的货物。

Well, by continuing to encourage this dependence on the motorcar, we simply create more congestion and more urban sprawl.

如果们继续鼓励大家依赖汽车，只会导致更严重的交通拥堵和城市扩张。

Copenhagen is a wonderful example of a city that has learned to live without the motorcar.

哥本哈根堪称城市成功摆脱汽车依赖的典范。

B. trains have much in common with motorcars and planes.

B. 火车与汽车和飞机有许多共同之处。

C. motorcars and planes are not as good as trains.

C. 汽车和飞机不如火车。

D. trains are as good as motorcars and planes.

D. 火车和汽车、飞机一样好。

The fire had shown people the value of the motorcar.

这场大火让人们看到了汽车的价值。

By contrast, Ford, which pioneered the modern motorcar, is worth just over $35bn.

相比之下，现代汽车的先驱福特公司的市值刚刚超过 350 亿美元。

If you need a motorcar, you pluck it from the trees.

你想要车子，就从树下拖一台。