SectionⅢLesson2&Lesson3—Pre-readingSolarCarRacingSolar①racers②havebeencoming③toAustraliaforyearsfortheWorldSolarCarChallenge.WeinterviewedMarieLoganfromBrisbane.Q：Well,thefirstquestionIhaveforyouissimple.Whatisasolarcar?A：Solarcarsarecarsthatusethesun'senergyforpower.Thatmeanstheydon'tusepetrol④，gas⑤oranyotherfuel,justthesunlight⑥.Q：Andwhyarepeopleinterestedin⑦solarcars?A：Peoplehavebeenworriedabout⑧pollutioncausedbyfuelslikepetrolandgasforalongtimenow⑨.Solarcarsarecleanandsafe,sothereisalotofinterestinthem.Q：You'vebeendesigningsolarracingcarsforalongtime.Whendidyoustart?A：Well,I'vebeeninterestedincarssincekindergarten⑩.WhenIwasatuniversity⑪，Istarteddesigningmycar.I'vedesignedfiveorsixdifferentcarssofar⑫.AndI'vebeentakingpartin⑬racesforaboutfouryears.Q：Howmanyraceshaveyoutakenpartin?A：Letmethink.Six.We'vewontwoofthem!Q：Wheredotheseracestakeplace⑭？A：Well,theoneIlikebestcrossesthewholeofAustraliafromnorthwest⑮tosoutheast⑯.It'sabout4,500kmlong！①solar/'sl/əʊəadj.太阳的，太阳光的solarbattery太阳能电池solarsystem太阳系②racer/'reIs/ən．赛车手③havebeencoming是现在完成进行时结构。④petrol/'petrl/ən．(英)汽油⑤gas/gæs/n．气体；煤气；汽油⑥sunlight/'snlaIt/ʌn．阳光，日光⑦beinterestedin...对……感兴趣⑧beworriedabout...为……担心beworriedthat...担心……worryv．担忧，使担心worrysb.使某人担心⑨causedby...是过去分词短语作定语，修饰pollution。⑩kindergarten/'kIndgɑtəːn/n．幼儿园⑪atuniversity上大学(英式)，university前无冠词。⑫sofar迄今为止，常与现在完成时连用。⑬takepartin参加participatein参加⑭takeplace举行；发生(多指事先安排的事情)taketheplaceof取代，代替⑮northwest/nθ'west/ˌɔːn．西北，西北方⑯southeast/saθ'ist/ˌʊːn．东南，东南方太阳能汽车赛[以上部分译文]太阳能赛车手来澳大利亚参加世界太阳能汽车挑战赛已经很多年了。我们采访了来自布里斯班的玛丽·洛根。问：噢，我要问您的第一个问题很简单。什么是太阳能汽车？答：太阳能汽车就是使用太阳能做动力的汽车。也就是说，这种汽车不用汽油、煤气或任何其他燃料，就用太阳光。问：人们为什么对太阳能汽车感兴趣呢？答：人们一直为汽油、煤气等燃料带来的污染担忧。太阳能汽车既干净又安全，因此，人们才会对它们这么感兴趣。问：您从事太阳能赛车设计工作已经很长时间了。您是什么时候开始的呢？答：嗯，从上幼儿园的时候我就对汽车感兴趣了。上大学的时候，我开始设计我的汽车。到目前为止，我已经设计了五六款不同的汽车。我参加汽车赛大约有4年了。问：您参加过多少次比赛呢？答：让我想想。6次。我们赢过其中的两场比赛！问：这些比赛都是在哪里举行的？答：噢，我最喜欢的那次是从西北向东南穿过整个澳大利亚，行程约4500千米！Q：Wow!Howlong⑰doesthattake?A：Thesedaysthefastestcarscandoitinsixdays.Q：Andwhathaveyoubeendoingrecently?A：I'vebeenbuildinganewcarwithateamfromQueensland⑱University.We'vedonealotofworkonit,butwehaven'tfinishedyet.Q：Andyou'vebeenwritingabookaboutsolarcars.A：Well,sofarI'veonlywrittenthefirstfewchapters⑲！Iwantpeopletohaveagoodimpression⑳ofsolarcars.Q：Butalotofpeoplethinkthatsolarcarsaretooslowornotveryreliable○.Howcanyoupersuade○themoftheadvantagesofsolarcars?A：Solarcarsaregettingbetterallthetime○.Theyhavereachedspeedsofnearly80k．p.h.Intests,onecarwebuilthasaveraged○over40k．p.h.,evenincloudyweather.Q：You'vebeenworkinghard—goodluckintherace!A：Thanksalot.⑰howlong“多长时间”，回答常用for...或since...howoften多久一次howsoon多久以后⑱Queensland/'kwinzlænd/ː昆士兰州⑲chapter/'tæpt/ʃən．章节⑳impression/Im'...
