Thanks to the automobile, Americans soon had a freedom of movement previously unknown.

由于有了汽车，美国人很快就获得了前所未有的行动自由。

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"The automobile killed our downtown," claims Jim Snyder, city editor of the Parkersburg News.

“机动车破坏了我们的商业区，”杰姆•斯奈德，《帕克斯堡新闻》主编断言说。

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Some pessimistic experts feel that the automobile is bound to fall into disuse.

一些悲观的专家认为，汽车注定会被废弃。

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It is still the center of the automobile industry in America.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

When somebody invented the automobile, before you knew it everyone was driving automobiles and they all looked pretty much the same.

有人发明了汽车,不知不觉,每个人都开上汽车了,而且那些汽车外形看起来都差不多

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Actually, the automobile insurance is more important than the homeowners' insurance, even though homes are so much more valuable, because--I think that's because cars move and they drive around and they bump into each other.

实际上,尽管住宅要比汽车值钱的多,但是,汽车保险要远比,住宅保险重要,我觉得这是因为汽车是可以移动的,车主们开着车到处跑,容易相互碰撞

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He even tried to rewrite the history of his position on rescuing the automobile industry.

WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the President and Vice President in Dayton, OH

More than any other product, the automobile has been conceived and named to evoke the future.

ECONOMIST: Car design

Musk isn't a fan of the automobile, and suggests its creators put form over function.

ENGADGET: CE-Oh no he didn't!: Tesla's Elon Musk calls the Fisker Karma a 'mediocre product at a high price'