Pre-reading

Question: How many motors does the vehicle have?

Intensive Reading

A US company makes a new vehicle. This vehicle can change how people travel. The vehicle looks like a disc. A disc is flat and round.

一家美国公司制造了一种新型交通工具。这种交通工具可以改变人们出 行的方式。这种交通工具看上去像一个圆盘。圆盘是又扁又圆的。

It is an electric vehicle. An electric vehicle uses electricity to drive. It makes no gases. It is better for the natural world than cars or planes.

这是一种电动交通工具。电动交通工具用电驱动。它不会产生气体。它比汽车或飞机对自然世界更好。

The vehicle has eight motors. They help it move straight up. It can travel as fast as 260 kilometers per hour. The vehicle has no pilot now. Engineers are working hard. They want to make a vehicle with a pilot.

这种交通工具有八个发动机。它们帮助它垂直升空。它的时速可达260公里。这种交通工具现在没有飞行员。工程师们正在努力工作。他们想生产一种有飞行员的交通工具。

In the future, rescuers and doctors can travel in the vehicle to a place of an accident. Some rich people will travel in it to their yachts and holiday homes. The price of the vehicle will be about 250,000 dollars.

未来，救援人员和医生可以乘坐这种交通工具去往事故地。一些富人门可以乘坐它去坐他们的游艇，去度假的住所。这种交通工具售价约25万美元。

Notes:

1. vehicle：n. 交通工具，车辆，electric vehicle即“电动车辆”。

2. disc：n. 圆盘，磁盘。

3. straight up：垂直向上，straight away是“立刻”的意思。

4. yacht：n. 游艇。

Exercise:

请根据文章内容，回答下述问题：

Why is the vehicle better to the natural world?