This new car I’m test-driving boasts all the latest bells and whistles(花哨的附加功能) – or, rather, beeps and bings. Peer sideways for too long checking traffic and the car emits an irritating sound. Should I take a hand off the wheel to scratch an ear, I’m admonish(训诫；警告)ed with a strident(刺耳的；尖锐的) beep.
我正在试驾的这辆新车，号称配备了所有最新花哨功能——更准确地说，是各种哔哔声。侧头多看一会儿路况，车子就发出烦人的声响。要是把手从方向盘上拿开挠一下耳朵，它就会用刺耳的哔声训斥我。
When the car determines it’s too near a white line, it tug(用力拉；拽)s the wheel against my hands and brakes as a car slows ahead. Its haptic “buttons” feel like fingers pressing back – as if an invisible presence has its hands and feet on the controls: a ghost in the machine I’m inside.(它的触觉“按钮”摸起来像有手指在往回按——仿佛有个看不见的存在把手脚搭在操控装置上：一个我置身其中的机器幽灵。)
当车子判定离白线太近时，它会逆着我的手拽动方向盘；前方有车减速时，它也会自动刹车。它的触觉“按钮”摸起来像有手指在往回按——仿佛有个看不见的存在把手脚搭在操控装置上：一个我置身其中的机器幽灵。
Heading back to the caryard, a cryptic(含义不明的；隐晦的) tone sounds. From the back seat, salesman Anthony says it’s the over-speed warning. We’re still on the 40km/h service road but the car “saw” the yard’s 5km/h speed-limit sign. Anthony advises disabling it on startup(启动；启动时). “Most people leave it on, though,” he says. “Saves you getting done for speeding.”
开回停车场时，响起一个含义不明的提示音。后座的销售安东尼说，那是超速警告。我们还在限速40公里的辅路上，但车子“看到”了停车场里5公里的限速牌。安东尼建议启动时把它关掉。“不过大多数人都不关，”他说，“省得你因为超速被罚。”