They saw first a cloud of dust and then the car that was stirring it up.

他们先是看到一团尘土，接着就看到扬起尘土的那辆车。

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Yet car crime can be cut drastically if motorists follow a few simple rules to keep thieves out of their cars in the first place.

然而，如果司机刚开始就遵循一些简单的规则，以把小偷挡在车外，汽车犯罪就会大幅减少。

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It is usually agreed that a German, Karl Benz, built the first motor car in 1885.

人们通常认为是德国人卡尔·本茨在1885年制造了第一辆汽车。

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The first thing he did was buy a costly new car.

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General Motors was the first auto company in the United States to mass produce a modern electric car.

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This TV station caught on tape what was a first in Mexico's fight against drugs - a car bomb targeting police detonated in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso,Texas.

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But its solar panel is not the first for a car company.

CNN: Solar cars still a way off

The writers clearly connect the first feeling of freedom that often comes with a first car and learning to drive to the freedom that mobile phones have given consumers.

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It was fun driving the car, although it obviously takes time to get used to things when it's your first time in a car and working with a new team.

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