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1、Unit14.HybridCarshybrid/'haibrid/n.acompositeofmixedoriginsorspecies杂交accessory/^ek^esari/n.asupplementarycomponentthatimprovescapability附件recharge/ri:fta:d/v.chargeelectricityagain充电subsidize/'sbsidaiz/v.supportfinancially以津贴补助hassle/'h&sol/n.anangrydisturbance麻烦事TapescriptThew
2、ordhybridmeansamixtureoftwo'species'.Forexample,it'spossibletobreedatigerandalion,andtheresultingoffspringisn't100%tigerandisrft100%lion一it'sahybrid,amixbetweenthetwoanimals.Whenwetalkaboutcarsbeinghybrid,wemeantheyaremixesbetweencarswhicharepoweredbypetrolandcarswhicharepowered
3、byelectricity.Mostvehiclesare,technically,hybrids,astheyhavebatterieswhichareresponsibleforstartingthecarandpoweringheadlightsandotheraccessories.Manybussystemsusehybridtechnology一theymaybepartlypoweredbypetrol,andpartlypoweredbyoverheadelectricallines.However,wetendtousetheterm
4、hybridtodaynottomeanthesetypesofvehicles,butratheracarwhichusesabattery(thatis,electricity)tokeeptheenginegoingsothatitdoesn'tneedtouseasmuchpetrolasothercars.ManypeoplethinkthatyouneedtorechargeahybridcareverydaybypluggingitintoanelectricaloutletThisisnottrue一infactthebatteryis
5、automaticallyrechargedwhenyouusethecanIt'sabitcomplicated,butbasically,thecartakestheenergygeneratedwhenyouusethebrakesandaddsittothebattery.Iwillmention,however,thatsomecarmanufacturersarenowaddingthisasanoption一Ownersofsomemodelscanplugintheircarovernightandrunononlyelectricit
6、yforshorttrips.Sowhataresomeargumentsinfavorofhybrids?Well,firstofall,peopletodayareinterestedintheenvironment,talkabouttheenvironment,areconcernedabouttheenvironment,andwanttoviewthemselvesaspartofthesolution,notpartoftheproblem・Probablythemostpopularreasontobuyhybridcarsisthat
7、itsayssomethingaboutyourattitudetowardsenvironmentalconcerns.Adriverofahybridcarisadvertisinghisorherconcernfortheenvironmentandissignalingthatheorsheisdoingtheirparttosolvetheproblemofairpollution.Ofcourse,hybridcarsdohelpreduceairpollution.Hybridcarstypicallyemithalfthepolluti
8、ngparticlesofaregularcanOfcourse,weshouldnoteth
