快被壓垮的停車場
Green cars are all the rage in this modern world.
環保車在現代世界中越來越受歡迎。
all the rage風行、蔚為風潮
The Earth bears the weight of all the greenhouse gas produced by traditional cars and the environmental costs that go along with it.
地球承受著傳統汽車產生的所有溫室氣體和隨之而來的環境代價。
bear(v.)承受、承擔greenhouse(n.)溫室greenhouse gas溫室氣體(如水蒸氣、二氧化碳、甲烷跟一氧化二氮)produce(v.)生產traditional(adj.)傳統的environmental(adj.)環境的cost(n.)價錢；代價go along(with+O)伴隨(+人事物)；順應時勢、跟著裝蒜
This is why environmental-friendly versions of these popular vehicles are needed.
這就是為什麼我們必須針對這些普及率高的運輸工具改造環保版本。
environmental-friendly環境友善、環保(=environment-friendly=environmentally friendly)vehicle(n.)交通工具
Although such cars end up producing less carbon in the long run, they are a lot heavier than traditional cars — about 200 to 400 kg heavier.
雖然這些汽車從長遠來看碳排放量較低，但它們比傳統汽車重得多——大約多重了200到400公斤。
in the long run 長遠來看、長期而言a lot+(compar. adj.)還要～得多(=much)kilogram(n.)公斤(=kg)gram(n.)公克、克(=g)
In England, where electric cars are becoming more popular, the extra weight from these cars is crushing vertical parking lots.
在電動汽車越來越受歡迎的英國，環保車的額外重量正在壓垮立體停車場。
crush(v.)壓碎；重壓；(口語)輾壓vertical(adj.)垂直的horizontal(adj.)水平的park(v.)停車
These old buildings were built to hold cars with combustion engines, which are lighter than electric cars that use heavy batteries.
這些老舊建築是為了容納使用內燃機的汽車而建造的，而這些車子比使用沉重電池的電動車還要輕。
combustion(n.)燃燒
This means that parking lots will have to be rebuilt, or they will collapse.
這意味著這些停車場必須重蓋，否則它們將倒塌。
rebuild(v.)重蓋、重建collapse(v.)倒塌、塌陷
Chris Whapples, a car park consultant, and Russell Simmons, the head of the British Parking Association’s structures group, suggest that car parks’ concrete floors should support 3,000 Newtons of force per square meter instead of 2,500.
停車場顧問Chris Whapples和英國停車協會結構小組負責人Russell Simmons建議，停車場的混凝土地板應改支撐每平方公尺3,000牛頓的力，而不是2500牛頓。
car park停車場(=parking lot)consultant(n.)諮詢人員、顧問association(n.)協會structure(n.)結構concrete(n.)混凝土cement(n.)水泥support(v.)支持、支撐Newton(n.)牛頓(=N=公斤·公尺／秒平方)Pascal(n.)帕斯卡(=Pa=公斤／秒平方·公尺)
This adds to the series of challenges that the British government is currently facing, including the building of both US$2 billion worth of infrastructure and more electric vehicle charging stations.
這便為英國政府所面臨的一系列挑戰增添一筆，其中還包括斥資20億美元興建基礎設施和更多的電動車充電樁。
add to添一筆series(n.)一連串、一系列government(n.)政府currently(adv.)目前、當前face(v.)面臨worth of價值～的～infrastructure(n.)基礎建設charge(v.)充電charging station充電站、充電樁gas station加油站gasoline(n.)汽油 (=gas)