PartⅡ Sample Dialogue
A:What is it on your table?
B:It is a booklet about ATO,Automatic Train Operation.
A:Do you finish reading it?
B:Yes,I have finished it last night.
A:Great!I've heard a lot about ATO,but I have no clue what it is.Can you tell me a little if you are not busy?
B:OK.ATO means Automatic Train Operation.It has a program operating a train instead of the traditional way.
A:What is the traditional way?
B:The traditional way is that dispatchers control train's movement manually from a dispatch center.After ATO in place,run and stop will be controlled automatically by ATO.What a dispatcher needs to do is to monitor whether ATO works normally.So comparing with the traditional way,the greatest advantage of ATO is that the system can reduce human error.
A:That means ATO can help to reduce the possibility of an accident.
B:That is right.It is the purpose of ATO.Recently,more and more metro lines bring in ATO to their operation considering safety,efficiency and economy.
对话
A:你桌上是什么?
B:这是一本关于自动列车运行的小册子。
A:你读完了吗?
B:是的,我昨晚已经读完了。
A:太棒了!我听说过很多关于ATO的事,但我不知道它是什么。如果你不忙,你能告诉我一点关于ATO的事吗?
B:好的。ATO是指列车自动运行,它有一个程序来运行列车,而不是传统的方式。
A:传统的方式是什么?
B:传统的方式是调度员从调度中心人工控制列车的运行。在ATO就位后,运行和停车由ATO自动控制。调度员需要做的是监控ATO是否正常工作。因此,与传统的方式相比,ATO的最大优点是系统可以减少人为误差。
A:这意味着ATO可以帮助减少发生事故的可能性。
B:是的,这是ATO的宗旨。近年来,考虑到安全、高效和经济,越来越多的地铁线路引入ATO运营。