Lesson 3 Clean Machines
第三课 清洁机动车
Solar Car Racing
太阳能汽车比赛
Solar racers have been coming to Australia for years for the World Solar Car Challenge.
太阳能汽车赛手为了世界太阳能汽车挑战赛很多年来一直来澳大利亚。
We interviewed Marie Logan from Brisbane.
我们采访了来自布里斯班的玛丽·洛根。
Well, the first question I have for you is simple. What is a solar car?
嗯，我问你的第一个问题很简单。什么是太阳能汽车？
Solar cars are cars that use the sun's energy for power.
太阳能汽车是以太阳能为动力的汽车。
That means they don't use petrol, gas or any other fuel, just the sunlight.
就是说它们不用汽油、柴油或其他燃料，只用太阳光。
And why are people interested in solar cars?
那为什么人们喜欢太阳能汽车？
People have been worried about pollution caused by fuels like petrol and gas for a long time now.
人们一直为汽油、柴油等燃料带来的污染担忧。
Solar cars are clean and safe, so there is a lot of interest in them.
太阳能汽车既清洁又安全，所以有很多人喜欢它们。
You've been designing solar racing cars for a long time. When did you start?
很长时间以来，你一直在设计太阳能赛车。你是从什么时候开始的？
Well, I've been interested in cars since kindergarten.
嗯，我上幼儿园时就对汽车感兴趣了。
When I was at university, I started designing my car. I've designed five or six different cars so far.
上大学时，我开始设计汽车。到现在，我已经设计了5、6辆不同的汽车了。
And I've been taking part in races for about four years.
而我参加竞赛大概已经4年了。
How many races have you taken part in?
你参加了几个比赛？
Let me think. Six. We've won two of them!
我想想。6个。其中有两个我们获胜了！
Where do these races take place?
这些比赛都在哪进行？