The RAC is a British company that helps members when their car stops working on a journey. You pay to join; if the car breaks down, they send someone to fix it at the side of the road or to take it away.

The RAC is a British companyRAC是一家英國公司，that helps members when their car stops working on a journey在會員的車子在路上拋錨時提供協助。You pay to join你付費加入會員；if the car breaks down, they send someone to fix it at the side of the road or to take it away車子拋錨時，他們會派人到路邊修車，或把車拖走。

Its official name is RAC plc. The letters first stood for Royal Automobile Club, and you will still hear people say that in full — though actually the posh London club with that name and the roadside-help company later became separate businesses, so the van that rescues your car is not the same thing as the club.

Its official name is RAC plc它的正式名稱是RAC plc。The letters first stood for Royal Automobile Club這幾個字母原本代表Royal Automobile Club（皇家汽車俱樂部），and you will still hear people say that in full你現在還是會聽到有人把全名唸出來——though actually the posh London club with that name and the roadside-help company later became separate businesses不過事實上，那個用這個名字的倫敦高級俱樂部，跟後來的道路救援公司，已經變成兩家不同的公司，so the van that rescues your car is not the same thing as the club所以來救你車子的那台車，跟那個俱樂部並不是同一回事。

In Britain it is one of the two famous names for this kind of help; the other is the AA. It is a proper name, not a general English word for any car club. Taiwan does not use this company; the idea is the same as paying for roadside rescue.

In Britain it is one of the two famous names for this kind of help在英國，它是這類救援服務裡最有名的兩個名字之一；the other is the AA另一個是AA。It is a proper name它是一個專有名詞，not a general English word for any car club不是泛指任何汽車俱樂部的普通英文說法。Taiwan does not use this company台灣並不使用這家公司；the idea is the same as paying for roadside rescue概念上就相當於付費加入道路救援。