VOA常速英语:Americans Try Renting Their Car to Strangers

短语讲解：

1. There are more cars, per capita, in the United States than in any other country - more than eight cars for every 10 Americans, according to recent government figures.

per capita人均, 每人
例句：Many countries precede ours in per capita income.
许多国家的人均收入超过我国。
according to根据, 按照
例句：You've been in prison three times according to our records.
根据我们的记录, 你曾入狱三次。

2. So we have a car that basically sits in front of the house maybe 85 to 90 percent of the time.

in front of在…前面
例句：My view of the stage was blocked by the big hat of the woman sitting in front of me.
我的视线被坐在前排妇女的大帽子遮住了, 看不见舞台。

3. The website lets car owners decide for themselves how much to charge borrowers to rent by the hour, day or week.

decide for决定
例句：You must decide for yourselves.
得由你们自己来决定。

4. And besides, he says the car sharing marketplace automatically includes liability and collision insurance that is separate from his own.

separate from分开
例句：No child should ever be separated from his mother by force.
绝不能强行使任何一个孩子与母亲分开。

5. So we needed to create new law to provide for the possibility that someone could put their car into a car sharing program without violating their motor vehicle insurance policy.

provide for为…作准备
例句：I think we have provided for every possible hazard.
我认为我们已经准备好了应付每一种可能的危险。
insurance policy保单；保险单

6. He enthusiastically endorses personal car sharing as a free market solution to help neighborhoods make do with fewer cars.

make do with凑合用，设法应付
例句：We will make do with that engine for the time being.
我们暂时用那个引擎代替。

7. The concept caught on quickly in California over the past year, according to John Atcheson, vice president of Getaround, one of four car-sharing startups in the San Francisco area.

catch on变得流行
例句：The new song caught on really quickly.
这首新歌真的流行得很快。

8. We have had an amazing array of cars leaping into our system," Atcheson says.

leap into跳入
例句：He leaped into the river.
他跳进河里。

9. “So far, we have had surprisingly few issues come up," Atcheson says.

come up 发生，出现
例句：I expect something to come up soon.
我预料很快就要出事的。

10. Someone who didn’t know how to drive a stick shift very well took it and burned the clutch down.

burn down减弱
例句：When the firemen came the fire has burned down.
当消防员到的时候, 火已经快灭了。

11. Getaround helped to pay for a new clutch. 

pay for赔偿
例句：He paid for the damage done.
他赔偿了造成的损失。

12. Another service called JustShareIt plans to stand out by going beyond cars.

stand out超群, 杰出; 突出; 显眼, 引人注目, 脱颖而出
例句：She stands out as the best in the class.
她是全班最杰出的学生。
go beyond超出, 超载
例句：You have gone beyond your power.
你的行为已经超出了你的权力范围。