杰夫的一天 第52期：開車上班講解(3)

Usually it makes a certain sound — a certain noise, 通常發(fā)動(dòng)它時(shí)會(huì)發(fā)出特定聲音，

and once the engine starts, then you don't have to put the key forward, you just leave the key there, you take your hand off of it. 一旦引擎發(fā)動(dòng)了，你就不必轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)鑰匙了，你把鑰匙放在那不動(dòng)就可以了。

The word ignition comes from the verb to ignite, "ignite," which means to start a fire — to start something burning, “Ignition”一詞源自動(dòng)詞“ignite”，“ignite”是點(diǎn)火——點(diǎn)著某物的意思，

and of course, a car burns gasoline, that's what the engine does in order to make the car move. 當(dāng)然，汽車燃燒汽油，而為了讓汽車運(yùn)動(dòng)就得讓引擎燃燒汽油。

After I put the keys into the ignition, I "find the gas pedal." 我將鑰匙插入點(diǎn)火開關(guān)里后，我“找到油門踏板。”

A pedal, "pedal," is something you use to control with your feet usually the speed of something. 踏板(pedal)，一般是你用腳控制某物速度的裝置。

So the gas pedal is the pedal that you press down to go faster, it gives the engine more gas. 所以油門踏板是你踩下加速用的，它給引擎更多的汽油。

That word, pedal, can also be used as a verb. “Pedal”這詞也可用作動(dòng)詞。

If you are on a bicycle, in order to make the bicycle move, you have to pedal, 如果你騎自行車，為了讓自行車運(yùn)動(dòng)，你得蹬踏它的踏板，

because the things that your feet are on on a bike, or a bicycle, are called pedals. 因?yàn)椴仍谀隳_下的東西在自行車上叫做踏板。

Well, you don't pedal your car, but you do have a gas pedal. 那個(gè)，你雖然不用“蹬踏”汽車，但是你的車有油門踏板。

I "start the car," and because "My wife drove the car last night, I have to re-adjust the rear view mirror." 我“發(fā)動(dòng)汽車”，因?yàn)?ldquo;我妻子前一天晚上開過車，因此我得重新調(diào)整后視鏡”。