The LA River was the scene of a famous drag race in 1978 film Grease.

洛杉矶河曾是1978年著名电影《油脂》中拍摄著名赛车比赛的场景。

Now, if you're going 130,140, you're at a racetrack, you're at drag race, they're very important.

如果你开到 130、140 英里每小时，你在在赛道上行驶，你参加拉力赛，它们非常重要。

Sometimes, I encounter another driver who likes to drive fast and we have a drag race.

有时，我遇到另一个喜欢开快车的司机， 我们就来一场飙车比赛。

My adult niece is in recovery from a recent crash caused by two teenagers drag racing on a highway.

我的成年侄女最近因两名青少年在高速公路上飙车而发生车祸，目前正在康复中。

That's why, he says, he almost always wins these drag races, because he's able to speed up and overtake the other car.

这就是为什么， 他说，他几乎总是赢得这些直线加速赛，因为他能够加速并超越另一辆车。

Usually drag races are very short distances;they're less than a mile, usually about a quarter of a mile, which would be a little less than half a kilometer.

通常直线加速赛的距离很短； 不到一英里，通常大约四分之一英里， 也就是不到半公里。

Yes, there's been a few straight line drag races where the amount of gear changes might exceed the transmission's available gears, but hey, you know, it makes for a good scene.

是的，在一些直线短程加速过程中换挡的次数超过了变速器的档位数，但是，嘿，你知道的，这能让场面更精彩。

It's appropriate that the first drag race took place here in Southern California, because Southern California is known in the United States as being a place where everyone has a car.

首场直线加速赛在南加州举行是很恰当的，因为南加州在美国以人人有车着称。

Readers Respond The previous column's question was from a reader who was told by a summer intern at his company that the intern's hobby was to recklessly drag race cars, frequently at over 130 m.p.

读者回应 上一篇专栏的问题来自一位读者，他的公司的一名暑期实习生告诉他，该实习生的爱好是鲁莽地拖动赛车，时速经常超过 130 米/秒。

They also created rules for drag racing in the U.S. They had their first race right here in Los Angeles in 1953 at a place very close to the city of Los Angeles: the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds.

他们还为美国的飙车制定了规则。他们于 1953 年在洛杉矶的一个非常靠近洛杉矶市的地方举行了他们的第一场比赛：洛杉矶县展览会场。

That's a " drag race." More commonly, perhaps, two usually young male drivers will be next to each other at a stop light, and they will race each other to the next stop light or to wherever they're going.

那是一场“直线加速赛” 。 更常见的情况是，两个通常年轻的男司机会在红绿灯处紧挨着，他们会互相赛跑到下一个红绿灯或他们要去的任何地方。

If you've watched a movie about the 1950s and 60s in the United States, you may have seen a drag race, where two high school boys will be in their cars and they will race to see who is the fastest.

如果你看过一部关于 1950 年代和 60 年代美国的电影，你可能看过一场直线加速赛，两个高中男生会坐在他们的车里， 他们会比赛看谁跑得最快。