An inventor has come up with a new design for a car that will drive on roads, sand, ice - and even water.

The all-terrain vehicle which works like a hovercraft has a top speed of 62mph.
Designer Yuhan Zhang, 21, created the amazing machine - called the Volkswagen Aqua - for a competition sponsored by the German car manufacturer.
The machine incorporates four high-powered fans and integrated airbags that inflate to lift it from the ground.
The Aqua uses a hydrogen fuel cell to power - with zero carbon emissions.
"There is no better form of transport than an air cushionvehicle because it travels equally well over land, ice, and water," said Zhang Yuhan.
The mechanic design graduate, from China, added: "I hope Aqua will become an affordable supercar that is available to the general public one day."


据英国《每日邮报》6月13日报道：一位设计者发明了一款可在陆地、沙滩、冰面、甚至水上行驶的新式汽车。
这种全地形车的工作原理与气垫车相似，最高时速可达每小时62英里。
这款名为Aqua 的神奇大众车是由21岁的张宇涵设计，并在德国汽车制造商赞助的一场比赛中展出。

这款车内置四个高性能风扇和集成安全气袋，这样就可以给汽车进行充气进而把它抬离地面。
Aqua大众车利用氢燃料电池提供动力，实现了碳素零排放。
张宇涵说："没有一哪一款交通工具能比得上气垫工具，因为不管是在陆地、冰面还是水面上，它都可以很好的行驶。"

这位来自中国的机械设计专业的学生补充说，"我希望这款大众Aqua有朝一日能成为普通大众都能消费的起的酷车。"

• amazing [ə´meiziŋ] a.惊人的；惊奇的 (初中英语单词)
• competition [,kɔmpi´tiʃən] n.比赛；竞争 (初中英语单词)
• carbon [´kɑ:bən] n.碳；(一张)复写纸 (初中英语单词)
• transport [træn´spɔ:t] n.运输；流放 (初中英语单词)
• cushion [´kuʃən] n.垫子，坐褥 (初中英语单词)
• equally [´i:kwəli] ad.相等地；平等地 (初中英语单词)
• mechanic [mi´kænik] n.技工 a.手工的 (初中英语单词)
• available [ə´veiləbəl] a.可用的；有效的 (初中英语单词)
• inventor [in´ventə] n.发明者 (高中英语单词)
• hydrogen [´haidrədʒən] n.氢 (高中英语单词)
• vehicle [´vi:ikəl] n.车辆；媒介物 (英语四级单词)
• inflate [in´fleit] v.使膨胀；使得意 (英语六级单词)