记者 赵歆瑜

5月26日，九游会平台外籍教师系列讲座第七场在励耘B201成功举行。Mr. Jack Merrington 以“PRT, a transportation revolution?”为主题向大家介绍了一种新型的交通工具——个人快捷交通。

虽然PRT已经不再是科技领域的“新面孔”，但由于暂时并没有被普及，因此对于大多数学生来说它还是一个陌生而新奇的高科技产品。Mr. Jack Merrington用他精彩的演讲从PRT的基本概念、产生渊源🤞🏻、开发过程到如今少数地区的投入使用等方面，进行了详细的解说。这种仿佛只出现在科幻片里的交通方式竟然已经能够在我们的现实生活中得到使用，并且集节能👨‍🔬、快速、安全等优点于一身，让在场的同学耳目一新，不禁纷纷惊叹全球科技发展的迅猛🧑🏻‍🌾。最后，他播放的关于伦敦希斯罗机场已投入使用并正忙碌运行的个人快捷交通系统的视频，更是让人迫不及待地想拥有如此带有魔幻色彩的交通工具🚴‍♂️🚳。

正如Mr. Jack Merrington 所言，很多年前我们甚至不敢去想象我们能拥有如此先进的科技产品一样🚴🏿，我们无法预料未来，只能把握现在，从而改变未来！

A Lecture: PRT, A Transportation Revolution?

By Zhao Xinyu

At 7:00 PM. on May 26th, Mr. Jack Merrington, one of the English native teachers from the Faculty of Foreign Languages, gave us an excellent lecture entitled “PRT, a transportation revolution?” in Liyun Building B201.

The lecture focused on an advanced technology called PRT (Personal Rapid Transit). Mr. Jack Merrington introduced this kind of high-tech product in detail to us, such as the development of PRT and the different views about PRT etc. The lecture, plus the short video clip about the PRT which has already been used in Britain’s Heathrow Airport, not only widened students’ horizons, but also showed them an amazing world of science.

Just as what Mr. Jack Merrington said, we couldn’t image we would own this kind of transportation before, but we already have gotten it. So living for today is what we should do!