We were deliberate whether we should buy a new motorcar.

我们正考虑是否买一部新车。

We're very pleased to welcome Professor Isaac Nebworth to our tutorial group today, and he's come to share one of his pet passions with us, city traffic and our western dependence on the motorcar.

今天我们幸邀请到艾萨克·内布沃思教授来到我们辅导小组，他将与我们分享他最感兴趣的两个话题：城市交通和西方社会对汽车的依赖。

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

比如，汽车曾使我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·本茨发明了名为奔驰一号的三轮汽车。

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

“我买房子。我买汽车。我为我的人民工作。”

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

但是如果你需要去很远的方旅行，开车会更快一些。

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。

It was the first motorcar Saab had ever manufactured, although it had not been in production since the significantly upgraded Saab 93 had come onto the market.

这是萨博生产的第一辆私家车。那时候这款车停产，因为大幅升级的萨博93市。

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

想看美国南部典汽车，就到库特博物馆一窥影集《正义前锋》的收藏。

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

C. 汽车和飞机不如火车。

'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，我下半生再也不想见到汽车了！

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。

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

如果我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。

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激烈。

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。

D. trains are as good as motorcars and planes.

D. 火车和汽车、飞机一样好。

D. No motorcar or plane can carry as many goods as a train does in a cheap way.

D. 没有一辆汽车或飞机能像火车一样以便宜的方式运送那么多的货物。

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。

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。

Prior to the disaster, the motorcar  had been a novelty item of the wealthy, but they had proven to be instrumental in fighting  the flames.

在灾难发生之前，汽车一直是富人的新奇物品，但事实证明，它们在灭火方面发挥了重要作用。