We were deliberate whether we should buy a new motorcar.

我们正考虑是否买一部新车。

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。

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。

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。

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

1886 年，德国人卡尔·本茨发明了名为奔一号的三轮汽车。

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

但是如果去很远的地方旅行，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。

D. trains are as good as motorcars and planes.

D. 火车和汽车、飞机一样好。

'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！

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

“我们可以没有铁路，”人们说，好像汽车和飞机使铁路变得不必了。

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. 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。

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。

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

想车子，就从树下拖一台。

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。

It's all these trucks and motorcars now.

现在都是卡车和汽车。

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。

The' poop-poop' rang with a shout in their ears, and an enormous, long, shining motorcar roared past them and disappeared over the hill.

伴随着震耳欲聋的扑扑-扑扑声，一辆巨大的、长长的、锃亮的汽车从他们身边呼啸而过，消失在山那边。

It was three o'clock in the morning, but there were several people about and the courtyard of the Casino was still lined with motorcars.

时间是凌晨三点， 但是周围已经有好几个人了， 赌场的院子里还停满了汽车。