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ID: 2472 Advanced
工作日的早晨，是开混合动力的普锐斯，还是开拉风的马沙拉蒂？因为这关系到别人怎么看待你。现在，特斯拉来了！马丁·艾伯哈德决定将两者合二为一。你将驾驶的是一辆崭新的、外形超酷的、并且超级环保的纯电动车。等等！生产电动车的时候不是同样会污染环境吗？一起来听听今天的中文高级课是怎么说的。
Wed Jun 25 2014 | Vera, David
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新兴 xīnxīng rising, up-and-coming
定位 dìngwèi position
高端 gāoduān high-end
消费品 xiāofèipǐn consumer goods
王涛，这个周末一起去看车展吧，不看可就亏大了！
Wángtāo ，zhè gè zhōumò yīqǐ qù kàn chēzhǎn ba ，bù kàn kě jiù kuī dàle ！
Wang Tao, let's go together to the car show this weekend. It would be a big loss not to go!
有那么夸张？等等，你说的该不会是世界知名新兴汽车品牌“特斯拉”吧？它可是汽车界的“苹果”啊！
yǒu nàme kuāzhāng ？děngdeng ，nǐshuōde gāi bùhuì shì shìjiè zhīmíng xīnxīng qìchē pǐnpái “tèsīlā ”ba ？tā kěshì qìchē jiè de “píngguǒ ”ā ！
Isn't that an overstatement? Wait, what you are talking about couldn't be the world famous up-and-coming car brand "Tesla"? It is the "Apple" of the car world!
是啊，它的定位确实是高端消费品。据我了解他们的主要目标客户群是公众人物这类高收入人群。理由很简单，现在公众的环保意识日益增强，对于公众人物来讲，开一部环保的电动车出现在镜头里肯定要比开一部V12的超级跑车来得更体面，更能赢得好感。
shì a ，tāde dìngwèi quèshí shì gāoduān xiāofèipǐn 。jù wǒ liǎojiě tāmende zhǔyào mùbiāo kèhùqún shì gōngzhòngrénwù zhè lèi gāoshōurù rénqún 。lǐyóu hěn jiǎndān ，xiànzài gōngzhòng de huánbǎo yìshi rìyì zēngqiáng ，duìyú gōngzhòngrénwù lái jiǎng ，kāi yī bù huánbǎo de diàndòngchē chūxiàn zài jìngtóu lǐ kěndìng yào bǐ kāi yī bù Vshíèr de chāojí pǎochē láide gèng tǐmiàn ，gèng néng yíngdé hǎogǎn 。
Yes, it really is positioned as a high-end consumer product. According to my knowledge, their main targeted customer base is public figures, that is, the kind of people that typically have high income. The reason is very simple. The public awareness of environmental protection is increasing day by day. For public figures, an image of them driving an environmentally-friendly electric car definitely appears even more honorable and gives an even better impression that driving a V12 super sports car.
到底环不环保，我看还是仁者见仁，智者见智吧。如果从长远来看，它可能相当绿色；但放在今天，它就不那么绿色了。电动汽车不是烧汽油的，所以它相当绿色，这没错。没有引擎，没有油箱，没有废气排放，它基本上是零排放的。但是如果考虑到汽车对环境的影响，就不能只看排气管了。特斯拉不是靠空气跑动的，它用电，而电来自不同的燃料如核电、天然气、还有最污染环境的煤。
dàodǐ huán bù huánbǎo ，wǒ kàn háishì rénzhějiànrén，zhìzhějiànzhì ba 。rúguǒ cóng chángyuǎn lái kàn ，tā kěnéng xiāngdāng lǜsè ；dàn fàngzài jīntiān ，tā jiù bù nàme lǜsè le 。diàndòng qìchē bùshì shāo qìyóu de ，suǒyǐ tā xiāngdāng lǜsè ，zhè méi cuò 。méiyǒu yǐnqíng ，méiyǒu yóuxiāng ，méiyǒu fèiqì páifàng ，tā jīběnshang shì líng páifàng de 。dànshì rúguǒ kǎolǜ dào qìchē duì huánjìng de yǐngxiǎng ，jiù bùnéng zhǐ kàn páiqìguǎn le 。tèsīlā bùshì kào kōngqì pǎodòng de ，tā yòng diàn ，ér diàn láizì bùtóng de ránliào rú hédiàn 、tiānránqì 、háiyǒu zuì wūrǎn huánjìng de méi 。
Whether it is environmentally friendly in the end or not, I still think people will have differing viewpoints. If you view it from the long-term, perhaps it is fairly green; but for the present, it isn't that green. Electric cars don't burn gas, so they are quite green. That's true. There is no engine, no gas tank, no exhaust emission. It has basically zero emissions. But if you consider the effect of the car on the environment, you can't just look at exhaust pipes. Tesla doesn't run on air, it uses electricity. And electricity comes from different fuels: for example, nuclear power, natural gas, and coal, which pollutes the environment the most.
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