Yes, I want one with automatic transmission.

是的，我想租一辆自动挡的车。

Most people, actually, these days have an automatic transmission.

实际上，大多数人现在都有自动变速器。

All this is related to a global shortage in semiconductors, computer chips that run different car systems from touch screens to automatic transmissions to airbags.

这一切都是因为全球范围内半导体短缺，半导体是一种运行从触摸屏到自动变速器到安全气囊等不同汽车系统的计算机芯片。

It's hard to text and shift, versus in the U.S., where you have an automatic transmission that supports other kinds of activities.

与在美国相比，发短信和换挡很困难，在美国，你有一个支持其他类型活动的自动变速箱。

The opposite would be an automatic transmission, and there you don't have to use a stick to move things, usually, back and forth between the gears.

相反的是自动变速箱，在那里你不必使用棍子来移动物体，通常是在齿轮之间来回移动。

That is the Ford Focus. A very light but powerful vehicle. It comes with dual side airbags, power steering and power windows, tinted windows and your choice of either automatic or manual transmission.

这是福特福克斯。子很轻但动力十足。有双侧面气囊，动力控制，电动车窗，车窗你可以选择自动或手动的。

In an automatic transmission, you don't have to do any of those things – at least, you don't have to change gears from first gear to, say, fourth or fifth gear.

在自动变速器中，您不必做任何这些事情——至少， 您不必将档位从一档换到四档或五档。

Keyless entry, engine operation, anti-lock brakes, automatic transmissions, airbag systems, all of these are controlled with semiconductors, computer chips and one of the many strange ripple effects of the coronavirus pandemic is a global shortage of these chips.

无钥匙进入、发动机操作、防抱死刹车、自动变速器、安全气囊系统，所有这些都是由半导体和计算机芯片控制的，疫情带来的众多异常连锁反应之一就是这些芯片的全球短缺。