日本飛行汽車載人試飛成功

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A Japanese company has announced the successful test drive of a flying car.SkyDrive Inc.conducted the public demonstration on August 25, the company said in a news release, at the Toyota Test Field, one of the largest in Japan and home to the car company's development base. It was the first public demonstration for a flying car in Japanese history.

The car, named SD-03, manned with a pilot, took off and circled the field for about four minutes.

“We are extremely excited to have achieved Japan's first-ever manned flight of a flying car in the two years since we founded SkyDrive... with the goal of commercializing such aircraft,” CEO Tomohiro Fukuzawa said in a statement.

“We want to realize a society where flying cars are an accessible and convenient means of transportation in the skies and people are able to experience a safe, secure, and comfortable new way of life.”

The SD-03 is the world's smallest electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle and takes up the space of about two parked cars, according to the company. It has eight motors to ensure“safety in emergency situations”.

“In designing an unexplored, new genre of transportation known as the flying car, we chose the keyword ‘progressive’for inspiration,”Design Director Takumi Yamamot said.

“We wanted this vehicle to be futuristic,charismatic and desirable for all future customers, while fully incorporating the high technology of SkyDrive.”

The company hopes to make the flying car a part of normal life and not just a commodity.More test flights will occur in the future under different conditions to make sure the safety and technology of the vehicle meet industry standards.

The success of this flight means that it is likely that the car will be tested outside the Toyota Test field by the end of the year.

The company will continue to develop technologies to safely and securely launch the flying car in 2023, the news release said. No price has been announced.

Reading Check

1. Where did SkyDrive Inc. conduct the public demonstration for a flying car?

A. In Tokyo.

B. At the Toyota Test Field.

C. Outside the Toyota Test Field.D. In Tokyo Airport.

2. What's SkyDrive's goal according to CEO Fukuzawa?

A. Experimenting such aircraft.

B. Commercializing such aircraft.

C. Buying such aircraft.

D. Selling such aircraft.

3. What does the underlined word “progressive”in paragraph 6 probably mean?

A. Forward.

B. Before.

C. Modern.

D. Advanced.

4. What can be inferred from the successful test flight?

A. Humans take a step closer to flying cars.

B. SkyDrive can produce flying cars.

C. Flying cars will be sold soon.

D. Flying cars will be expensive.

Language Study

Difficult sentence

We want to realize a society where flying cars are an accessible and convenient means of transportation in the skies and people are able to experience a safe, secure, and comfortable new way of life. 我們希望這樣一個社會成為現實，在那里，飛行汽車是便利、可用的空中交通工具，人們可以體驗安全、可靠和舒適的新的生活方式。

【點石成金】句中where引導的是定語從句，修飾抽象化的地點名詞society， 類似的地點名詞還有stage、scene、work、situation等。