1、Test 17C 阅读理解The car producer Mercedes-Benz brought out its futuristic(超前新奇的)car at ashow in Munich in Sept.2021.It is called Vision AVTR.The four letters at the end ofits name are easy to make people think of the movie Avatar.In fact,the car takesinspiration exactly from it.Just like the Navi peopl
2、e from Avatar,who are able tocommunicate directly and wordlessly with their flying Mountain Banshees,driverscan just control the car using their brains through the brain-computer interface,orBCI(脑机接口).To drive the car,drivers or users of the Vision AVTR must wear the BCIdevice(设备)around their head.F
3、irst,the BCI needs a minute to“read”the driversbrain.Then,the device can pick up signals from the users brain that work to controlthe car.This means that users can directly control the car with just a thought.A Mercedes spokeswoman spoke about how exciting she thought the futuristiccar was.She said,
4、“Mercedes-Benz is setting another milestone in the merging(融合)of man and machine.”According to the Mercedes website,“As soon as you get in,thecar becomes a component of your own body and a tool to discover the environment.”2021 年 9 月，汽车制造商梅赛德斯奔驰在慕尼黑的一个展会上推出了其超前新奇的汽车。它被称为 Vision AVTR。其名字的后四个字母很容易让人想到
5、电影阿凡达。事实上，这款车的设计灵感正来自于它。就像阿凡达中能够与女妖翼兽直接进行无言交流的纳美人一样，司机可以通过脑机接口（BCI），直接用他们的大脑控制汽车。为了驾驶汽车，司机或Vision AVTR的用户必须在他们的头上佩戴BCI设备。首先，BCI 需要一分钟时间来“读取”司机的大脑。然后，该设备就可以从用户的大脑中选取用于控制汽车的信号了。这意味着，用户只需一个念头就能直接控制汽车。奔驰公司的一位女发言人说，她认为这款超前新奇的汽车是非常令人激动的。她说：“梅赛德斯奔驰正在为人与机器的融合树立另一个里程碑。”据梅赛德斯的网站称，“只要你一上车，该汽车就会成为你自己身体的一个组成部分，成为一个发现环境的工具。”
