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今日の話題はgoogleが開発した、自分で運転するという車だ。
聞き取りに先立ち、poulが映像を見せてくれた。
さすがにのせてもらっているレポーターは不安そうだ。
ハンドルを握らなくてもいいというのはナーバスになるものだろう。
眠っていてもいいわけ？子供が飛び出してきたら？
まさに「little game of chicken」ちょっとした肝試しだ。
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[words]
motoring........ driving
extension....... addition
concerned........worried
plans............strategy
solve............answer
unfortunate.......reggretable
branch out........diversify
prevent...........stop
foundamentally.....basically
giant..............colossus
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今日は趣向を変えグループごとに、poulが壁に貼った１２個の質問に
答えるという方式になりました。
聞き取れたはずの部分でも明確な答えとなると確信を持てない部分も多くけっこうchallengeingなものになりました。

Ｑ１　Is Google Animal testing what testing?
A Self driving car itself.

Ｑ２　この問いは不適当とのことで飛ばします

Ｑ３　Where has the car been driven?
A Public road of California　

Ｑ４　How does the drive it self?
A It's driven by sensers, lasers, video cameras.

Ｑ５　What did Google apokesperson have to say?
A　the car has never been driven “unmanned,” it had test drivers, just in case things went wrong.
(unmannedは無人状態のこと）

Ｑ６　What stage or level are these vehicles at?
A Experimental level

Ｑ７　With Google having a car what type of intelligence?
A Artficial intelligence

Ｑ８　This is a clear sign that google wants to do what?
A It wants to branch out beyond the web.

Ｑ９　This project will be an extension to what?
A Street view project

Ｑ１０　Google interests in Automotive technolgy means what?
A It means `make the world a better place"

Ｑ１１　Acording to the article what was the main reason google was founed?
A To help solve really big problem useing technology.

Ｑ１２ What is one of the big problem google trying to solve?
A Safety and efficiency, prevent traffic accidents, free up people’s time ,reduce carbon emissions.

Ｑ１３　What were google CEO's comment toward the end of the article?
A it was unfortunate that cars were invented before computers.