When I wanted to stop my car, the brake wouldn't work.

当我想停车时，刹车失灵了。

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At last I found the brake but it was too late to stop: I was travelling fast and the hill was too steep.

最后，我找到了刹车，但是已经太晚停不下来了：开得非常快，山也非常陡峭。

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The maximum load for the brake parachutes has been fixed: Nine tonnes of drag sounds like a lot, but it's really not much to stop a five-tonne car from 1, 000mph.

为产生最大负载的制动伞所已经安装完毕：能产生9吨的阻力似乎听起来很多，但这仅仅够将重达5吨的汽车从1000英里/小时停下来。

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As it happens, Toyota later announced that it is planning to install as standard equipment a brake override system in which the brake will stop the car even if the accelerator is pressed simultaneously.

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Police said the driver had pulled the emergency brake but was unable to stop in time.

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As you approach the intersection, the traffic light above flashes yellow and you softly ease your foot onto the brake, coming to a nice, easy stop.

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