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赛力斯的新专利：车里有一个马桶
Seres's New Patent: A Toilet Inside the Car
HSK 1 Chinese listening practice. A Chinese car company called Seres made a car with a toilet inside. People say this is very strange.
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说到车，我们来说一个很好笑的事。
Speaking of cars, let me tell you something very funny.
你坐过车吗？
Have you ever ridden in a car?
坐车去很远的地方。
Riding a car to a far away place.
有时候要坐很长时间。
Sometimes you have to ride for a very long time.
一个小时。
One hour.
两个小时。
Two hours.
三个小时。
Three hours.
坐了很长时间以后。
After riding for a very long time.
你想做什么？
What do you want to do?
你想上厕所。
You want to use the toilet.
对。
Yes.
上厕所。
Use the toilet.
但是你在车里。
But you're in a car.
车里没有厕所。
There's no toilet in the car.
怎么办？
What do you do?
你要跟开车的人说。
You have to tell the driver.
"停一下。
"Stop for a moment."
"我要上厕所。
"I need to use the toilet."
然后他停车。
Then they stop the car.
你下车。
You get out.
去找厕所。
Go find a toilet.
有时候很远的地方没有厕所。
Sometimes in far away places there are no toilets.
你找不到。
You can't find one.
很难受。
It's very uncomfortable.
这个问题很多人都有。
Many people have this problem.
坐车坐很久。
Riding in a car for a long time.
想上厕所。
Wanting to use the toilet.
但是找不到厕所。
But can't find a toilet.
在中国有一个做车的公司。
In China there's a company that makes cars.
公司就是很多人一起工作的地方。
A company is a place where many people work together.
这个公司叫赛力斯。
This company is called Seres.
赛力斯是它的名字。
Seres is its name.
它做电的车。
It makes electric cars.
电的车就是不用油的车。
Electric cars are cars that don't use oil.
用电。
They use electricity.
这个公司想了一个办法。
This company thought of a solution.
一个很特别的办法。
A very special solution.
他们说："我们在车里放一个厕所吧。
They said: "Let's put a toilet in the car."
是的。
Yes.
车里放厕所。
Put a toilet in the car.
你没有听错。
You heard right.
一个厕所。
A toilet.
在车里面。
Inside the car.
在你坐的椅子下面。
Under the chair you sit on.
你说一句话。
You say one sentence.
厕所就出来了。
And the toilet comes out.
说什么话呢？
What do you say?
你对车说话。
You talk to the car.
就像你跟人说话一样。
Just like you talk to a person.
你说："我要上厕所。
You say: "I need to use the toilet."
然后椅子下面。
Then under the chair.
一个东西会滑出来。
Something slides out.
滑出来就是从里面慢慢出来。
Slides out means slowly comes out from inside.
像你拉一个抽屉一样。
Like pulling open a drawer.
这个东西就是厕所。
This thing is the toilet.
你可以在车里上厕所了。
You can use the toilet in the car now.
用完以后呢？
After you're done?
它会自己回去。
It goes back by itself.
回到椅子下面。
Back under the chair.
看不见了。
Can't see it anymore.
但是里面的东西呢？
But what about the stuff inside?
你上厕所以后的东西。
The stuff from after you used the toilet.
去哪里了？
Where does it go?
有一个小的盒子。
There's a small box.
东西在盒子里。
The stuff is in the box.
有一个热的东西。
There's something hot.
会把水变干。
It makes the water dry.
还有一个东西会把不好闻的味道送到车外面。
There's also something that sends bad smells outside the car.
不好闻就是味道不好。
Bad smell means the smell is not good.
臭。
Stinky.
没有人想闻那个味道。
Nobody wants to smell that.
所以有一个管子把味道送出去。
So there's a pipe that sends the smell out.
这样车里不会臭。
This way the car won't be stinky.
但是那个盒子。
But that box.
最后还是要你自己拿出来。
In the end you still have to take it out yourself.
自己倒掉。
Empty it yourself.
自己洗。
Wash it yourself.
嗯。
Hmm.
这个部分不太好。
This part is not great.
这个厕所是真的吗？
Is this toilet real?
现在还不是。
Not yet.
现在只是一个想法。
Right now it's just an idea.
这个公司把这个想法写下来了。
This company wrote the idea down.
告诉了政府。
Told the government.
政府说："好，这个想法是你的了。
The government said: "OK, this idea is yours."
"别人不可以用你的想法。
"Other people can't use your idea."
这个叫"专利"。
This is called a "patent."
专利就是一个想法只有你可以用。
A patent means an idea only you can use.
但是有专利不是说他们会做。
But having a patent doesn't mean they will make it.
很多公司有很多想法。
Many companies have many ideas.
有专利。
Have patents.
但是最后没有做出来。
But in the end never make them.
这个车里的厕所也可能不会做出来。
This car toilet might never be made either.
我们不知道。
We don't know.
但是这个想法本身就很有意思。
But the idea itself is very interesting.
也很好笑。
And very funny.
你想一想。
Think about it.
你坐在车里。
You're sitting in a car.
旁边坐着你的朋友。
Your friend is sitting next to you.
然后你说："我要上厕所。
Then you say: "I need to use the toilet."
一个厕所从你的椅子下面滑出来。
A toilet slides out from under your chair.
你的朋友在旁边。
Your friend is right there.
看着你。
Watching you.
这个画面太好笑了。
This image is too funny.
在中国做车的公司很多。
In China there are many companies that make cars.
他们想了很多很多办法。
They think of many many solutions.
让车变得更好。
To make cars better.
有的车可以在里面睡觉。
Some cars let you sleep inside.
有的车可以在里面做饭。
Some cars let you cook inside.
有的车有很大的电视。
Some cars have very big TVs.
现在有的车还有厕所。
Now some cars even have toilets.
中国的车越来越不像车了。
Chinese cars are less and less like cars.
越来越像一个小房子。
More and more like a small house.
一个会走的小房子。
A small house that can move.
里面什么都有。
With everything inside.
也许有一天。
Maybe one day.
你不用买房子了。
You don't need to buy a house.
你买一辆车就够了。
You just buy a car and that's enough.
在车里吃饭。
Eat in the car.
在车里睡觉。
Sleep in the car.
在车里上厕所。
Use the toilet in the car.
在车里看电视。
Watch TV in the car.
这是一个笑话。
This is a joke.
但是看看中国的车。
But look at Chinese cars.
也许不全是笑话。
Maybe it's not entirely a joke.
HSK 1. we; us.
HSK 1. they; them.
HSK 1. what.
HSK 1. time / moment.
HSK 1. now.
HSK 1. friend.
The fixture you sit on in the bathroom.
Legal protection for an invention or idea.
Operated by speaking commands.
A track that lets something slide in and out.
Pushing air or smells out of a space.
When liquid turns into gas and disappears.
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