ON a reporting expedition to Los Angeles recently, Irealized I could stop renting cars.

在一次前往洛杉矶做报道的过程中，我意识到自己可以不用租车了。

I would never again have to brave the L.A. freewaybehind the wheel. I would never have to obsess,like the characters in the “Saturday Night Live skit, “The Californians, about taking the 101 to the 110and Canyon View Drive over to San Vincente to the10, then switching over to the 405 North and gettingdumped out onto Mulholland.

我永远无需再勇敢地在洛杉矶的高速公路驾车行驶了。我永远无需再像《周六夜现场》(Saturday NightLive)短剧《加州人》(The Californians)中的角色那样，迷恋于从101道开到110道和峡谷景观道，到圣文森特，再到10道，然后转入405北道，再到穆赫兰下车了。

I had Uber.

因为我有了优步(Uber)。

 

 

Even in the land of movie stars, you could feel like a movie star when your Uber chauffeur rolledup. Standing in front of the Sunset Tower Hotel, I tapped my Uber app and saw five little carsswarming around my location. But, suddenly, they scattered in the opposite direction. I stood inthe driveway, perplexed. Finally, a car pulled up, and the driver waved me in.

在电影明星的地界，当你的优步司机开车过来时，你也会觉得自己有点像个电影明星。站在日落塔酒店(Sunset Tower Hotel)的门前，我点了点优步应用，看到五辆车围在附近。但是，突然间，他们向相反的方向四散而去。我站在车道上，茫然不知所措。最后终于有辆车停下了，司机挥手让我上车。

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