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Stopped in the nick of time!

This road safety system uses lasers to detect potential hazards. If the driver doesn't brake, the car does.

Now a new Swiss project is looking to take things further by reading drivers' minds.

Researchers are testing its viability by monitoring brainwaves to see if they can predict the driver's next move.

The hope is technology could intervene to prevent accidents.

中文文字稿

车及时停下!

这种道路安全系统使用激光来探测潜在危险。如果司机不及时踩煞车，那么汽车会自动停下。

现在瑞士的这一新项目希望通过阅读司机的大脑活动将该系统向前推进一步。

研究人员正在测试这一系统的实用性。看看他们是否能够通过脑电波来监视并预测司机的下一个行动。

人们的希望是，这一技术能够代替司机来防止事故发生。

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in the nick of time / road safety / hazzards / viability / intervene

1. An iceberg of the size expected will need to be monitored carefully, and not just because it could eventually become a __________ to shipping. The biggest icebergs can have a major impact on their surroundings.

2. During the debate Mr Cameron said a no-fly zone had "effectively been put in place over Libya". He added: "It is also clear that coalition forces have helped to avert what could have been a bloody massacre in Benghazi. In my view they did so just _______________."

3. Twenty soldiers also died in fighting in the central city of Homs. Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, has warned western powers not to _________ - saying that could cause what he called an "earthquake" that would burn the whole of the Middle East.

4. Plans have been announced to improve ___________ in a Staffordshire town. The scheme includes installing a pedestrian crossing and improving a footpath close to where a person was knocked down and killed, in 2009.

5. Even the __________________ of the euro has always been in question, with its creation having been seen by many to have been driven by political rather than economic reasoning. The crisis has just brought all of these issues firmly into focus, but quite what will happen in the long run is of course speculation.

答案

1.
An iceberg of the size expected will need to be monitored carefully, and not just because it could eventually become a hazard to shipping. The biggest icebergs can have a major impact on their surroundings.

2.
During the debate Mr Cameron said a no-fly zone had "effectively been put in place over Libya". He added: "It is also clear that coalition forces have helped to avert what could have been a bloody massacre in Benghazi. In my view they did so just in the nick of time."

3.
Twenty soldiers also died in fighting in the central city of Homs. Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, has warned western powers not to intervene - saying that could cause what he called an "earthquake" that would burn the whole of the Middle East.

4.
Plans have been announced to improve road safety in a Staffordshire town. The scheme includes installing a pedestrian crossing and improving a footpath close to where a person was knocked down and killed, in 2009.

5.
Even the viability of the euro has always been in question, with its creation having been seen by many to have been driven by political rather than economic reasoning. The crisis has just brought all of these issues firmly into focus, but quite what will happen in the long run is of course speculation.