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What is it about flying cars? [00:12]
We've wanted to do this for about a hundred years. [00:16]
And there are historic attempts that have had some level of technical success. [00:19]
historic:adj.有历史意义的;历史上著名的; attempts:n.企图,试图;尝试(attempt的复数);v.试图;努力去做(attempt的三单形式); technical:adj.工艺的,科技的;技术上的;专门的;
But we haven't yet gotten to the point where on your way here this morning you see something that really, truly seamlessly integrates the two-dimensional world that we're comfortable in with the three-dimensional sky above us -- that, I don't know about you, but I really enjoy spending time in. [00:25]
seamlessly:adv.无缝地; integrates:v.(使)结合;(使)一体化;(使)合并(integrate的第三人称单数形式); two-dimensional:adj.二维的;缺乏深度的; three-dimensional:adj.三维的;立体的;真实的;
We looked at the historical attempts that had been out there and realized that, despite the fact that we have a lot of modern innovations to draw on today that weren't available previously -- we have modern composite materials, [00:41]
historical:adj.历史的;史学的;基于史实的; despite:prep.尽管,不管;n.轻视;憎恨;侮辱; innovations:n.创新(innovation的复数);改革; previously:adv.先前;以前; composite:n.复合材料;合成物;菊科;adj.复合的;合成的;菊科的;vt.使合成;使混合;
we have aircraft engines that get good fuel economy and have better power-to-rate ratios than have ever been available, we have glass cockpit avionics that bring the information you need to fly directly to you in the cockpit -- [00:54]
aircraft:n.飞机,航空器; economy:n.经济;节约;理财; ratios:n.比率(ratio的复数); v.以比率表示; cockpit:n.驾驶员座舱;战场; avionics:n.航空电子设备;航空电子学,航空电子技术; directly:adv.直接地;立即;马上;正好地;坦率地;conj.一…就;
but without fundamentally addressing the problem from a different perspective , we realized that we were going to be getting the same result that people had been getting for the last hundred years, which isn't where we want to be right now. [01:06]
fundamentally:adv.从根本上;基础地;重要地 perspective:n.观点;远景;透视图;adj.透视的;
So instead of trying to make a car that can fly, we decided to try to make a plane that could drive. [01:17]
And the result is the Terrafugia Transition . [01:24]
Transition:n.过渡;转变;变革;变迁;v.经历转变过程;过渡;
It's a two-seat, single-engine airplane that works just like any other small airplane. [01:27]
single-engine:单引擎; airplane:n.飞机;
You take off and land at a local airport . [01:31]
airport:n.机场;航空港;
Then once you're on the ground, you fold up the wings, drive it home, park it in your garage . [01:33]
fold:v.折叠;包;可叠平(以便贮存或携带);裹;n.褶;褶层;折叠部分;褶痕; garage:n.车库;汽车修理厂;飞机库;v.把…送入车库;把(汽车)开进车库;
And it works. [01:39]
After two years of an innovative design and construction process , the proof of concept made its public debut in 2008. [01:41]
innovative:adj.革新的,创新的; construction:n.建设;建筑物;解释;造句; process:v.处理;加工;列队行进;n.过程,进行;方法,adj.经过特殊加工(或处理)的; proof:n.证据;证实;adj.能抵御;可防护; debut:n.初次登台;开张;vi.初次登台;
Now like with anything that's really different from the status quo , it didn't always go so well testing that aircraft. [01:48]
status quo:n.现状;原来的状况;
And we discovered that it's a very good thing that, when you go home with something that's been broken, you've actually learned a lot more than when you managed to tick off all of your test objectives the first time through. [01:55]
objectives:n.目的(objective的复数形式);目标;宗旨;
Still, we very much wanted to see the aircraft that we'd all helped build in the air, off the ground , like it was supposed to be. [02:06]
off the ground:已开始的;在进行中; supposed:adj.误信的;所谓的;v.认为;假设;设想;(suppose的过去分词和过去式)
And on our third high-speed testing deployment on a bitter cold morning in upstate New York, we got to do that for the first time. [02:14]
deployment:n.调度,部署; bitter:adj.苦的; n.苦味; v.激烈地; v.使变苦; upstate:adj.北部的;偏僻的;n.州的北部;adv.在州的北部;在州内远离大城市地区;
The picture behind me was snapped by the copilot in our chase aircraft just moments after the wheels got off the ground for the first time. [02:21]
snapped:v.断裂,绷断; (snap的过去分词和过去式) copilot:n.副驾驶员;
And we were all very flattered to see that image become a symbol of accomplishing something that people had thought was impossible really the world over. [02:27]
flattered:adj.感到满意的,觉得荣幸的; v.奉承; (flatter的过去式和过去分词) symbol:n.象征;符号;标志; accomplishing:完成;
The flight testing that followed that was as basic and low-risk as we could make it, but it still accomplished what we needed to to take the program to the next step and to gain the credibility that we needed [02:36]
low-risk:adj.低危的,低风险的; accomplished:adj.完成的;有技巧的;有学问的;v.完成;(accomplish的过去分词和过去式) credibility:n.可信性;确实性;
within our eventual market, the general aviation community , and with the regulators that govern the use of design of aircraft, particularly in the States. [02:46]
eventual:adj.最后的,结果的;可能的;终于的; aviation:n.航空;飞行术;飞机制造业; community:n.社区;[生态]群落;共同体;团体; regulators:n.调整者;调节阀(regulator的复数形式); particularly:adv.特别地,独特地;详细地,具体地;明确地,细致地;
The FAA, about a year ago, gave us an exemption for the Transition to allow us to have an additional 110 lbs. [02:54]
exemption:n.免除,豁免;免税; additional:adj.附加的,额外的;
within the light sport aircraft category . [03:01]
category:n.种类,分类;[数]范畴;
Now that doesn't sound like a lot, but it's very important, because being able to deliver the Transition as a light sport aircraft makes it simpler for us to certify it, but it also makes it much easier for you to learn how to fly it. [03:03]
certify:v.证明;保证;
A sport pilot can be certificated in as little as 20 hours of flight time. [03:15]
certificated:adj.具有证明文件的;立有证据的;业经证明的;
And at 110 lbs., that's very important for solving the other side of the equation -- driving. [03:19]
equation:n.方程式,等式;相等;[化学]反应式;
It turns out that driving, with its associated design implementation and regulatory hurdles , is actually a harder problem to solve than flying. [03:26]
associated:adj.有关联的; v.联想; (associate的过去分词和过去式) implementation:n.[计]实现;履行;安装启用; regulatory:adj.管理的;控制的;调整的; hurdles:n.障碍;跨栏;跨栏跑;障碍赛跑(hurdle的复数);
For those of us that spend most of our lives on the ground, this may be counter-intuitive , but driving has potholes , cobblestones , pedestrians , other drivers and a rather long and detailed list of federal motor vehicle safety standards to contend with. [03:34]
counter-intuitive:adj.反直觉的;违反语感的; potholes:n.凹坑;坑槽;洞坑(pothole的复数形式); cobblestones:n.鹅卵石;圆石; pedestrians:n.行人(pedestrian的复数); federal:adj.联邦的;同盟的;联邦政府的;联邦制的;adv.联邦政府地; motor vehicle:n.机动车; standards:n.标准,水平,规格(standard的复数) contend:v.主张,认为;竞争;争夺;
Fortunately , necessity remains the mother of invention, and a lot of the design work that we're the most proud of with the aircraft came out of solving the unique problems of operating it on the ground -- [03:48]
Fortunately:adv.幸运地; unique:adj.独特的,稀罕的;[数]唯一的;n.独一无二的人或物;
everything from a continuously-variable transmission and liquid-based cooling system that allows us to use an aircraft engine in stop-and-go traffic, to a custom-designed gearbox [03:59]
transmission:n.传输;传染;播送;发射;广播;传动装置; stop-and-go:adj.定期而不断被迫停止的,走走停停的; custom-designed:adj.专门设计的;定做的; gearbox:n.变速箱;齿轮箱;
that powers either the propeller when you're flying or the wheels on the ground, to the automated wing-folding mechanism that we'll see in a moment , to crash safety features. [04:09]
propeller:n.[航][船]螺旋桨;推进器; automated:adj.自动化的;v.(使)自动化;(automate的过去式和过去分词) mechanism:n.机制;原理,途径;进程;机械装置;技巧; in a moment:立刻;
We have a carbon fiber safety cage that protects the occupants for less than 10 percent of the weight of a traditional steel chassis in a car. [04:16]
carbon:n.[化学]碳;碳棒;复写纸;adj.碳的;碳处理的; fiber:n.纤维;光纤(等于fibre); occupants:n.居住者;购买者;租赁人(occupant的复数); traditional:传统的,惯例的, chassis:n.底盘,底架;
Now this also, as good as it is, wasn't quite enough. [04:24]
The regulations for vehicles on the road weren't written with an airplane in mind. [04:27]
regulations:n.章程;规则;法规;管理,控制;(regulation的复数) vehicles:n.车辆;飞行器;运行工具;(vehicles是vehicle的复数)
So we did need a little bit of support from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. [04:31]
Now you may have seen in the news recently , they came through with us at the end of last month with a few special exemptions that will allow the Transition to be sold in the same category as SUVs and light trucks. [04:36]
recently:adv.最近;新近; exemptions:n.[税收]免税额,免除(exemption复数形式);
As a multi-purpose passenger vehicle, it is now officially "designed for occasional off-road use." [04:46]
multi-purpose:adj.多功能的;多用途的; passenger:n.旅客;乘客;白吃饭的人;闲散人员; occasional:adj.偶然的;临时的;特殊场合的; off-road:adj.越野的;adv.越野地;
(Laughter) [04:51]
Now let's see it in action. [04:53]
You can see there the wings folded up just along the side of the plane. [04:59]
You're not powering the propeller, you're powering the wheels. [05:02]
And it is under seven feet tall, so it will fit in a standard construction garage. [05:11]
And that's the automated wing-folding mechanism. [05:16]
That's real time . [05:18]
real time:adj.实时的;接到指示立即执行的;
You just push a few buttons in the cockpit, and the wings come out. [05:20]
Once they're fully deployed , there's a mechanical lock that goes into place, again, from inside the cockpit. [05:23]
deployed:v.部署(deploy的过去式);展开; mechanical:adj.机械的;力学的;呆板的;无意识的;手工操作的;
And they're now fully capable of handling any of the loads you would see in flight -- just like putting down your convertible top. [05:29]
capable:adj.能干的,能胜任的;有才华的; convertible:adj.可改变的;同意义的;可交换的;n.有活动折篷的汽车;
And you're all thinking what your neighbors would think of seeing that. [05:38]
(Video) Test Pilot : Until the vehicle flies, 75 percent of your risk is that first flight. [05:44]
Test Pilot:n.(检验飞机性能的)试飞员;
Radio: It actually flew. Yes. [05:53]
Radio 2: That was gorgeous . [05:55]
gorgeous:adj.华丽的,灿烂的;极好的;
Radio: What did you think of that? [05:57]
That was beautiful from up here, I tell you. [05:59]
AMD: See, we're all exceedingly excited about that little bunny hop . [06:04]
exceedingly:adv.非常;极其;极度地;极端; bunny:n.(儿语)兔子 hop:n.啤酒花;单足短距离跳跃;;v.单脚跳行;齐足(或双足)跳行;突然快速去某处;
And our test pilot gave us the best feedback you can get from a test pilot after a first flight, which was that it was " remarkably unremarkable ." [06:07]
feedback:n.反馈;反馈意见;回授;[电子]反馈; remarkably:adv.非常;极为;格外;出乎意料地 unremarkable:adj.平凡的;不显著的;不值得注意的;
He would go onto tell us that the Transition had been the easiest airplane to land that he'd flown in his entire 30-year career as a test pilot. [06:15]
career:n.职业;事业;生涯;经历;
So despite making something that is seemingly revolutionary , we really focused on doing as little new as possible. [06:30]
seemingly:adv.看来似乎;表面上看来; revolutionary:adj.革命性的;革命的;彻底变革的;n.改革者;革命者;
We leverage a lot of technology from the state-of-the-art in general aviation and from automotive racing. [06:38]
leverage:n.影响力;杠杆作用;杠杆效力;v.举债经营;借贷收购; technology:n.技术;工艺;术语; state-of-the-art:adj.最先进的;已经发展的;达到最高水准的; in general:总之,通常;一般而言; automotive:adj.汽车的;自动的;
When we do have to do something truly out-of-the-box , we use an incremental design, build, test, redesign cycle that lets us reduce risk in baby steps. [06:43]
out-of-the-box:adj.拆盒即可使用的;开箱即用的; incremental:adj.增加的,增值的; redesign:vt.重新设计;n.重新设计;新设计;
Now since we started Terrafugia about 6 years ago, we've had a lot of those baby steps. [06:50]
We've gone from being three of us working in the basement at MIT while we were still in graduate school to about two-dozen of us working in an initial production facility outside of Boston . [06:54]
graduate school:研究所,研究院; initial:adj.最初的; n.(名字的)首字母; v.用姓名的首字母作标记(或签名)于; facility:n.设施;设备;特别装置;特色;场所;天资; Boston:n.波士顿(美国城市);
We've had to overcome challenges like keeping the weight below the light sport limit that I talked about, figuring out how to politely respond when a regulator tells you, [07:04]
overcome:vt.克服;胜过;vi.克服;得胜; respond:vi.回答;作出反应;承担责任;n.应答;唱和;
'"But that won't fit through a toll booth with the wings extended -- [07:12]
toll:n.伤亡人数; v.(缓慢而有规律地)敲(钟); (尤指)鸣(丧钟); extended:adj.延长了的;扩展了的;v.使伸长;扩大;扩展;(extend的过去式和过去分词)
(Laughter) [07:15]
to all of the other associated durability and engineering issues that we talked about on the ground. [07:18]
durability:n.耐久性;坚固;耐用年限; engineering:n.工程;工程学;v.密谋策划;设计制造;改变…的基因;(engineer的现在分词) issues:n.重要议题;争论的问题;v.宣布;公布;发出;(issue的第三人称单数和复数)
Still, if everything goes to our satisfaction with the testing and construction of the two production prototypes that we're working on right now, those first deliveries [07:22]
satisfaction:n.满意,满足;赔偿;乐事;赎罪; prototypes:n.原型;技术原型;雏型; deliveries:n.[贸易]交货(delivery的复数);已交付;
to the, about a hundred, people who have reserved an airplane at this point should begin at the end of next year. [07:33]
reserved:adj.内向的; v.预订,预约; (reserve的过去分词和过去式)
The Transition will cost in line with other small airplanes . [07:37]
in line with:符合;与…一致; airplanes:n.(美)[航]飞机(airplane的复数);
And I'm certainly not out to replace your Chevy , but I do think that the Transition should be your next airplane. [07:40]
Chevy:雪佛兰(Chevrolet);
Here's why. [07:46]
While nearly all of the commercial air travel in the world goes through a relatively small number of large hub airports , there is a huge underutilized resource out there. [07:48]
commercial:adj.贸易的;商业的;赢利的;以获利为目的的;n.(电台或电视播放的)广告; relatively:adv.相当程度上;相当地;相对地; hub:n.中心;毂;木片; airports:n.[航]机场;[航]航空港(airport的复数形式); underutilized:vt.未充分使用(underutilize过去式); resource:n.资源;资料;才智;财力;v.向…提供资金(或设备);
There are thousands of local airstrips that don't see nearly as many aircraft operations a day as they could. [07:57]
airstrips:n.飞机跑道;
On average, there's one within 20 to 30 miles of wherever you are in the United States. [08:02]
United:adj.联合的; v.联合,团结; (unite的过去分词和过去式)
The Transition gives you a safer, more convenient and more fun way of using this resource. [08:07]
convenient:adj.实用的;便利的;方便的;
For those of you who aren't yet pilots, there's four main reasons why those of us who are don't fly as much as we'd like to: the weather, primarily , cost, long door-to-door travel time and mobility at your destination. [08:15]
primarily:adv.首先;主要地,根本上; door-to-door:v.送货上门地; adj.送货上门的; mobility:n.移动性;机动性;[电子]迁移率;
Now, bad weather comes in, just land, fold up the wings, drive home. [08:27]
Doesn't matter if it rains a little, you have a windshield wiper . [08:32]
windshield wiper:n.雨刷;
Instead of paying to keep your airplane in a hanger , park it in your garage. [08:35]
hanger:n.衣架;挂钩;挂东西的人;
And the unleaded automotive fuel that we use is both cheaper and better for the environment than traditional avgas . [08:39]
unleaded:adj.无铅的;不包铅的;不插铅条的; avgas:n.航空汽油;
Door-to-door travel time is reduced, because now, instead of lugging bags, finding a parking space, taking off your shoes or pulling your airplane out of the hanger, you're now just spending that time getting to where you want to go. [08:45]
lugging:n.超载运转能力;v.使劲拉(lug的现在分词形式);
And mobility to your destination is clearly solved. [08:57]
Just fold up the wings and keep going. [09:00]
The Transition simultaneously expands our horizons while making the world a smaller, more accessible place. [09:02]
simultaneously:adv.同时地; expands:v.展开; (expand的第三人称单数) horizons:n.地平线;范围,眼界;(horizon的复数) accessible:adj.易接近的;可进入的;可理解的;
It also continues to be a fabulous adventure . [09:08]
fabulous:adj.难以置信的;传说的,寓言中的;极好的; adventure:n.冒险;奇遇;经历;冒险游戏;v.探险;以…冒险;大胆进行;闯;
I hope you'll each take a moment to think about how you could use something like this to give yourself more access to your own world, and to make your own travel more convenient and more fun. [09:11]
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share it with you. [09:21]
(Applause) [09:24]