California Says No to Gas Cars

Today is World Car Free Day! It's a time when some people stop driving their cars for a whole day. 今天是世界無車日！ Cars make a lot of pollution. There are lots of other ways to stop cars from making so much pollution. Like in California… they want to stop selling gas cars by 2035. 汽車製造了很多污染。美國加州想從2035年以後不賣燃油車了。 California won't stop selling all cars. They will just stop selling cars that use gas, which make lots of pollution. They will still sell cars that use electricity, of course. 不是所有車都不賣了，他們還會賣電動車。 Other states in America also want to ban the sale of gas cars. This means the air in these places will be cleaner. 美國有一些地方也想要不賣燃油車，這樣空氣會比較乾淨。 And now, Taiwan says it wants to ban the sale of gas cars too! Wow! That's great. Taiwan won't stop selling them as soon as California, though. Taiwan plans to stop selling gas cars by 2040. That's five years later than California. 現在台灣也想要這樣做，不過會從2040年開始，比加州慢五年。 Try walking home today, or taking the MRT! Have a happy and healthy World Car Free Day everybody! ________________________________ Vocabulary 把汽車改成使用電力而不用汽油，空氣會乾淨很多。 1. sell 賣 Do they sell electric bikes here? 他們這裡有賣電動腳踏車嗎？ I think so. 我想有吧。 They're also selling cute little bikes for children. 他們也賣小孩用的可愛小腳踏車。 2. stop 停止 People really should stop driving gas cars. 大家真的應該停止駕駛用汽油的車。 I'm driving a scooter. 我是用摩托車。 An electric one? 是電動的嗎？ Oh, yes. 是的。 3. drive 駕駛 Do you enjoy driving? 你喜歡開車嗎？ I do. 喜歡。 I feel free when driving. 我開車的時候覺得很自由。 4. ban 禁止 In Saudi Arabia, they ban women from driving. 沙烏地阿拉伯禁止女性開車。 Not anymore. 現在不會了。 The ban is over. 禁令結束了。 這些單字簡短好用。 sell 賣 stop 停止 drive 駕駛 ban 禁止 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What happens on World Car Free Day? A: Some people stop selling cars B: Some people stop buying cars C: Some people stop driving cars 2. Where do they want to stop selling gas cars? A: California B: France C: India 3. When do they want to stop selling gas cars? A: By next August B: By 2035 C: By 2040 Answers 1. C 2. A 3. B -- Hosting provided by SoundOn