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Bastian: Look out for that car!
Maiya: Phew! How could he run the red light like that?
Bastian: Maybe he's driving under the influence.
Maiya: When people drink and drive, it's as though they just want to get their lives over and done with.
Bastian: I can't agree more. Hopefully, there will be cars preventing impaired drivers from operating vehicles.
Maiya: Really?
Bastian: According to a story that I read in the China Post, a Japanese company is going to introduce a new concept car with breathalyzer systems. Drivers who fail the test will not be able to start the engine. I'm sure it will keep the road much safer.
解析：over (and done) with == to be at the end of something, to be finished with (結束)
phew
interj. 表示憎惡﹑不耐煩﹑不快的驚嘆字
influence
n. 作用力；影響
prevent
vt. 防止；使不發生
impair
vt. 使更壞；減損；使弱；傷害
breathalyzer
n. (測醉用)呼吸分析器
Maiya: Phew! How could he run the red light like that?
Bastian: Maybe he's driving under the influence.
Maiya: When people drink and drive, it's as though they just want to get their lives over and done with.
Bastian: I can't agree more. Hopefully, there will be cars preventing impaired drivers from operating vehicles.
Maiya: Really?
Bastian: According to a story that I read in the China Post, a Japanese company is going to introduce a new concept car with breathalyzer systems. Drivers who fail the test will not be able to start the engine. I'm sure it will keep the road much safer.
解析：over (and done) with == to be at the end of something, to be finished with (結束)
phew
interj. 表示憎惡﹑不耐煩﹑不快的驚嘆字influence
n. 作用力；影響prevent
vt. 防止；使不發生impair
vt. 使更壞；減損；使弱；傷害breathalyzer
n. (測醉用)呼吸分析器 
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