Unit 5 How Driverless Cars Could Reshape Cities（课件）- 《当代商务英语综合教程2》同步教学（华师大版·第2版）

当代商务英语综合教程 2 （第2版） Unit 5 How Driverless Cars Could Reshape Cities Contents 2 Text A How Driverless Cars Could Reshape Cities Language in Use Text B How to Greate a Powerful Marketing Plan Warm-up Questions: 3 Warm-up Questions: 1. Have you heard a driverless car? What does a driverless car look like in your imagination? 2. Do you think that a driverless car will become true in the future? Why? Pre-class Task 1 4 Pre-class Task 1 Read the text once for the main idea(s). Do not refer to the notes, the glossary or dictionaries. Text A How Driverless Cars Could Reshape Cities 5 Passage By now, seeing one of Google's experimental, driverless cars zipping down Silicon Valley's Highway 101, or parking itself on a San Francisco street, is not all that unusual. Indeed, as automakers like Audi, Toyota and Mercedes-Benz make plans for self-driving vehicles, it is only a matter of time before such cars become a big part of the great American traffic jam. 1 6 Passage While driverless cars might still seem like science fiction outside the Valley, the people working and thinking about these technologies are starting to ask what these autos could mean for the city of the future. The short answer is “a lot.” 2 Text A How Driverless Cars Could Reshape Cities 7 Passage Imagine a city where you don't drive in loops looking for a parking spot because your car drops you off and scoots off to some location to wait, sort of like taxi holding pens at airports. Or maybe it is picked up by a robotic minder and carted off with other vehicles, like a row of shopping carts. Inner-city parking lots could become parks. Traffic lights could be less common because hidden sensors in cars and streets coordinate traffic. And, yes, parking tickets could become a rarity since cars would be smart enough to know where they are not supposed to be. 3 Text A How Driverless Cars Could Reshape Cities 8 Passage As scientists and car companies forge ahead — many expect self-driving cars to become common