I think that cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals; I mean the supreme creation of an era, conceived with passion by unknown artists, and consumed in image if not in usage by a whole population which appropriates them as a purely magical object.

  • -- Roland Barthes 罗兰·巴特斯

我认为今天的汽车几乎和哥特式大教堂一模一样;我指的是一个时代的最高创造,由不知名的艺术家满怀激情地构思出来,如果不是被把他们当作纯粹的魔法物品的全体人民所使用,而是被形象所消费。

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I've always had an inquisitive mind about everything from flowers to television sets to motor cars. Always pulled them apart - couldn't put 'em back, but always extremely interested in how things work.

从鲜花到电视机再到汽车,我对什么都有好奇心。总是把它们分开——不能把它们放回去,但总是对事物的运作方式非常感兴趣。

The car trip can draw the family together, as it was in the days before television when parents and children actually talked to each other.

汽车之旅可以把一家人聚在一起,就像在电视出现之前,父母和孩子实际上是在交谈一样。