英语流利说之懂你英语Level3 Unit1 Part3 Learning Listening 《Buying a New Car 2》

Paul wants to help reduce（降低） pollution and smog（烟雾）.

He would like to buy a clean car,something good for the environment.

He is thinking about buying a Texla.

The texla is an all electric car.

It uses batteries（蓄电池） instead of gasoline.

There is no exhaust（排气）, so it doesn’t pollute the air.

However, the car can’t go very far without rechanging the battery（电池）.

To charge（使充电） the battery,you can plug（插入；塞住；接插头） it into an electrical outlet（电池插座；出口）.

Recharging the battery takes time.

One of Paul’s friends has one and is quite happy with it.

He says it’s reliable（可靠的，可信赖的） and well-engineered（设计的，工程）.

There are also several charging stations near Paul’s office.

So he isn’t worried about that.

The cost for charging the battery is low.

It’s less expensive than buying gasoline.

His wife, Kathy, also likes the idea of buying an electric car.

She likes the idea of driving a clean car.

So it makes sense（有意义；讲得通；言之有理）.

（Charging the battery is less expensive than paying for gasoline.）

In the future, there may be driverless cars.

These may be very safe, but Paul doesn’t like them.

He enjoys driving.

He likes to be in control of his car.