In terms of efficiency and cleanness, buses, trains and other forms of public or mass transportation are superior to the private automobile.

在效率和清洁方面，公共汽车、火车和其他形式的公共或大众交通工具优于私家车。

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Owning an automobile provides freedom of movement and the luxury of avoiding the limited schedules and cramped quarters offered by mass transportation options such as buses and subways.

拥有一辆自己的汽车就意味着行动的自由，没有了限制，也不用为交通系统总让你投币感到头疼，比如公交车和地铁。

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Nearly 80 percent of all automobile crashes happen within three seconds of the driver having been distracted, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

根据国家交通安全委员会的报告，几乎80%的汽车相撞事故都发生在驾驶员分心后三秒钟之内。

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Only a handful of individuals could conceive that the automobile would soon put most horse-based transportation out to pasture.

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