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干货：2021考研英语双语阅读:飞行汽车 摘要：今天的考研英语双语阅读资料内容是飞行汽车。该公司希望这 款飞行车辆有助于缓解交通拥堵，并在在搜救任务中，以及在常规基 础设施无法使用的紧急情况下，飞行交通工具可能会有所帮助。 2021考研英语双语阅读:飞行汽车 A Japanese startup called SkyDrive Inc. has begunconducting test flights of their prototype flying carwith a human pilot. 日本一家名为天空驾驶的初创公司已开始对其飞行汽车原型进 行试飞，试飞时有一名驾驶员在车内。 The company hopes to be able to make a full publicdemonstration of the vehicle later this summer. 该公司希望能在今年夏天对这款车进行全方位的公开展示。 The test flights are being conducted at a protectedindoor facility at the companys research flightcenter outside of Nagoya. 试飞是在该公司位于名古屋郊外的飞行研究中心的一个受保护 的室内设施中进行的。 There have bee na number of previous test flights, but they were all conducted via remotecontrol and no huma npilot on-board. 该公司之前已进行过数次试飞，但都是通过遥控进行，无人驾驶。 According to a report in The Asahi Shimbun, SkyDrive says the car could beready for a limitedretail releaseas early as 2023, and mass production by 2026. 据《朝日新闻》报道，该公司表示，这款车最早将于 2023 年开 始限量出售，2026年开始量产。 SkyDrive was founded by former engineers from Toyota and they intend their vehicle to be the worlds smallest flying car. 1 这家公司由日本丰田公司的前工程师创立，公司希望这款汽车成 为世界上最小的飞行汽车。 In 2017, Toyota gave the company an infusion of around $350,000 to help develop flyingvehicles. 2017 年，丰田向该公司注资约 35 万美元(约合人民币 241 万元)， 帮助研发飞行车辆。 The company said it wont say more about how the test flights have been proceeding so far, butsays things are going we enough to continue making them. 该公司表示，不会透露更多有关试飞的目前进展，但表示一切顺 利，可以继续进行。 While concept renders of the flying car present a glossy and slim cabin with four horizontaldrone-style prope ers at each corner, the testing vehicle looks more like a go kart. 虽然按照概念描述，飞行汽车有光滑细长的机舱，四个角上还各 有一个水平的无人机风格的螺旋桨，但测试车辆看起来更像一辆卡丁 车。 The prototype is around five feet