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🔊South Korea's test run of an 'air taxi' 韓國「空中計程車」試飛 ​​[可開啟中文字幕] South Korea demonstrated a system for controlling urban air mobility vehicles, which it hopes will serve as taxis between major airports and downtown Seoul as soon as 2025, cutting travel time by two-thirds. 韓國展示了一種都市型空中機動交通工具，希望最快在 2025 年，將「空中計程車」作為往返首爾主要機場和市中心的交通工具，時間將縮短三分之二。 A pilot flew a two-seat model made by Germany's Volocopter at Seoul's Gimpo Airport to test and demonstrate its control and coordination. Powered by helicopter-like rotors for vertical take-offs and landings, the vehicle can be piloted or operate autonomously. 一名飛行員駕駛德國 Volocopter 製造的兩人座空中計程車，在首爾金浦機場進行試飛並展示它的操控性和協調性。由類似直升機的螺旋槳提供動力來垂直起降，空中計程車可以由飛行員操縱，也可以無人自動駕駛。 Last year, South Korea announced a roadmap to begin commercial urban air travel by 2025. The transport ministry estimates such services could cut travel time for distances between 19-31 miles from an hour by car to 20 minutes by air, and a trip from Incheon International Airport to central Seoul is expected to cost around 93 USD. 去年，韓國發表了都市空中交通路線圖，預計 2025 年開始供營業用。韓國交通部預估，原本19至31英里的路程，開車需要一小時，搭乘空中計程車只需20分鐘。而從仁川國際機場到首爾市中心的車資預估為 93 美元。 When passengers are onboard the urban air mobility vehicles, a pilot must man the craft to ensure safety, a transport ministry official said, adding it would also aid acceptance by the general public. 一位韓國交通部官員表示，當乘客登上都市型空中交通工具時，一定由飛行員來操控空中計程車以確保安全，他補充說，這將有助於提升大眾對此一新型交通工具的接受度。 urban (adj.) 城市的 vehicle (n.) 交通工具 coordination (n.) 協調 helicopter (n.) 直升機 rotor (n.) (尤指直升機的)旋翼 acceptance (n.) 接受 來源：Reuters 編譯：Ariel Shen (Washington, D.C.) 主編：William Chen (CAN) 配音：Eddie Wei (CAN) 🔠【大千英語新聞】播放清單歡迎+到媒體庫 http://bit.ly/3b9y352 細選自國際上新奇、趣味、具指標性的新聞報導，通過閱讀、收聽與影像記憶等多功能加速學習。短短的影片，讓忙碌的現代人也能通勤學英文，天天練聽力。在台灣迎向國際的浪潮下，看大千學英文培植國際素養，是普羅大眾快樂的好幫手。 🔔請訂閱我們 https://youtube.com/user/NTDAmazingWorld 🆗再開啟小鈴鐺 ✅定時來點正成長喔 官方網站👉https://www.ntdtv.com.tw/program/大千世界