Planes Without Pilots
Narrator:
1.Hey, did you know people are making cars
that can go without drivers?
Many people think we will see these cars
without drivers on the roads soon.
沒有人在開就可以跑的車 … 好酷吧!
These cars are called driverless cars.
People say these driverless cars will be safe.
2.Driverless cars will stop by themselves
if someone walks in front of them ……
Even if a dog runs in front of them ……
they will stop.
If you think that’s cool,
here’s something even more incredible.
3.People are also making airplanes
that can fly without pilots.無人飛機!
Yes, that’s right – planes with no pilots.
They are called pilotless planes.
Some people think we will see pilotless planes
all around the world some day.
But some people think this is a bad idea.
That’s because a lot of people think
it is too dangerous.無人飛機感覺比較危險 …
Many people already think
flying is already a little scary.
Like me! I’m already very scared of flying,
I don’t know if I could fly in a pilotless plane.
That would be even scarier.
Would you fly in an airplane
that did not have a pilot?沒有飛行員的飛機 … 你敢坐嗎?
You might have to one day.
That’s because
airlines like the idea of a pilotless plane.
They like this idea
because then they don’t need to find pilots to fly their planes!
Maybe in future we can fly to other countries
without anyone flying the plane!
That would be pretty cool …
or maybe scary!
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Vocabulary
Would you like to grow up to be a pilot?
1. Pilot飛行員。
A pilot is the person that flies the plane.飛行員駕駛飛機。
Pilots are going on strike.
飛機駕駛罷工了。
2. Drive駕駛，
driver司機，
driverless沒有司機的。
A driverless car can be called a self-driving car.
無人駕駛車也可以叫做自駕車。
My father is a taxi driver.
我爸爸是計程車司機。
3. Without沒有。
You can’t go without me.
沒有我你不能去。
What is this? Beef noodle soup without beef?
這是什麼啊，牛肉麵卻沒有牛肉?
4. Scared害怕的，scary讓人害怕的。
Are you scared of horror movies?
你怕看恐怖電影喔?
Oh yes, I never go to scary movies.
對，我從來不看可怕的電影。
今天的字很有用喔。
Let’s read them together.
Pilot飛行員 drive駕駛 driver司機 without沒有 scared害怕的
scary讓人害怕的
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Quiz
1) What is this story mostly about?
A: Driverless car accidents
B: Pilotless airplanes
C: Boats
2) What do airlines think about pilotless planes?
A: They like it
B: They hate it
C: They don’t care.
3) What’s special about pilotless planes?
A: They don’t have pilots
B: They have many, many pilots
C: They are bigger