国际新闻讲义:

"I'm sure you have experienced people, just using their hand-phone while walking, and almost running into you. Would be so nice if you are just sitting down and checking your emails, and doing some things.“
我确定，你一定看过，有的人走路打手机而且从你身边走过。如果你坐下来检查邮件以及做些其他事情，那就会太棒了！
Experience
亲身参与；体验：
experience a great adventure; experienced loneliness.
经历一次伟大的冒险；体验寂寞
Run into
1. 撞到
Mary ran into the fence and scraped her elbow.
2. 偶遇
ran into an old classmate the other day
Would be so nice if you are just sitting down and checking your emails, and doing some things.
其实这个句子是，it would be so nice if
Would be 形容词+ if
It would be nice if you paid me a visit sometime.
你要是什么时候来看看我。那就太好了。
Check
1. 检查
gave the car an oil check. 检查一下汽车的汽油
2. 抑制；遏制：
check an impulse to laugh.抑止住想要笑的冲动

Ang demonstrated the technology and said the scooter has completed many successful tests at the university. He said the first model was built with "off-the-shelf" materials that did not cost a lot of money.
Angs证明这种技术并说这种摩托车已经完成大学内的测试。他说第一个模型用都是现成的材料，根本用不了多少钱
Complete
1. 形容词 ： 完全的：具有所有必要的或常规的部分、元件或步骤；全部的：
“In Cairo I have seen buildings which were falling down as they were being put up, buildings whose incompletion was complete”(&b{William H. Gass})
“在开罗，我曾见到过建造中就倒塌的楼房，以及全部未完成的建筑”(威廉H.加斯)
2. 动词，完成或结束：
She has completed her studies. 她已经完成了学业
off-the-shelf 现成不需要定制
I generally buy off-the-shelf clothing.

The researchers hope the scooter will decrease the need for automobiles, which can lower pollution and reduce accidents.
研究人员希望这种摩托车能减少对于汽车的使用，这能降低污染事故
Automobile 汽车
Auto-
1. 自己
Autobiography 传记
2. 自动
automat 自动售货机, 自动售票机; 自助餐厅
Lower 变小，减弱，降低
The temperature has lowered gradually this month. 这个月气温渐渐降低
Reduce
1. 降低
The store has drastically reduced winter coats. 商店对冬装大减价
2. 控制，征服：取得对……的控制权；征服：
“a design to reduce them under absolute despotism”(&b{Declaration of Independence})
“一个使他们沦落到极其专制统治下的计划”(独立宣言)
3. 迫使：被迫做孤注一掷的举动：
The Depression reduced many to begging on street corners.
大萧条使许多人沦落到街头乞讨
4. 攻陷，毁坏：遭到毁坏：
Enemy bombers reduced the city to rubble.
敌人的轰炸机把城市夷为平地

Earlier this year, Singapore became one of the first cities in the world to launch driverless taxi service. Developers of the scooter say it can work together with ride-sharing services to make trips completely seamless.
今年早些时候，新加坡变成世界第一个使用无人驾驶的出租车。对于scooter的开发者说，它能和驾驶服务结合在一起使得旅途完全无缝连接
Seamless
1. 没有接缝的：
seamless stockings.
无缝长统袜

2. 没漏洞的：完全连续的：
a seamless plot in the novel.
小说天衣无缝的构思

Kevin Xiangyu Hui, a university student, tested the scooter and said he found the ride was very smooth and safe.
大学生惠翔宇测试这种摩托车并且说这种驾驶非常平稳和安全
Smooth
1. 平稳的：运作或行动平稳或温和的：
a smooth ride. 平稳的驾驶
2. 平滑
a smooth surface such as glass...
3. 上好的：质地好的：
a smooth fabric. 上好的纺织品
4. 顺利的：没有阻碍或困难的：
a smooth operation，顺利操作

"When you sit on this machine, you feel really relaxed and it's really cool."
当你坐在这种机器上，你会非常舒服并且很酷。
The scooter has yet to complete a series of road tests so it is not available to buy... yet.
这种摩托车不得不完成道路测试，所以现在还不能卖。
Relaxed 轻松
As soon as I had made the final decision, I felt a lot more relaxed.
available
能得到的；可得到的：
a bedspread available in three colors. 现在有的三种颜色的床罩