时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:万花筒2008年


英语课

In a dramatic move aimed at preventing the US auto 1 industry from imminent 2 collapse 3, President Bush announced that the government will provide about 17.4 billion dollars and low interest loans to General Motors and Chrysler. Bankruptcy 4 by any of the Big Three, he said, would almost guarantee failure.


 


Given the current state of the auto industry and the economy, Chapter 11 is unlikely to work for American auto makers 5 at this time.


 


Ford 6 in a statement said its liquidity 7 is adequate and didn't need a government loan, but Rick Wagoner, the CEO of the General Motors said his company would access billions of loan dollars immediately and will now focus on fully 8 implementing 9 its restructuring plan.


 


People, will be, should have a lot of confidence that, not only General Motors, but the US industry is on the right path, and as we execute the plans we’ve laid out, that the future of the industry could be extremely bright.


 


Well, many conservative Republicans criticize the auto bailout is throwing good money after bad. President-elect Barack Obama had a news conference in Chicago announcing his latest cabinet choices, called President Bush's move "A necessary step" for the auto industry.


 


“They should seize on this opportunity over the next several weeks and months to come up with a plan that's sustainable, and that means they're gonna have to make some hard choices.”


 


In fact, the three-year loans to GM and Chrysler come with conditions, such as requiring the companies to prove by March 31st, that they can become viable 10.


 


Efiaim Levy 11 is an equity 12 auto industry analyst 13 at Standard & Poor’s.


 


"No matter what that viability 14 plan is, its gonna take significant additional funding come March 31st to get these companies through 2009."


 


That's a prospect 15 that Barack Obama will soon confront when he takes on the problems of the auto makers upon taking office in just one month.


 


John Deckers, Reuters.


 



1 auto
n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车
  • Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
  • The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
2 imminent
adj.即将发生的,临近的,逼近的
  • The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
  • The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。
3 collapse
vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
4 bankruptcy
n.破产;无偿付能力
  • You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产,就必须节省开支。
  • His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。
5 makers
n.制造者,制造商(maker的复数形式)
  • The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
  • The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 Ford
n.浅滩,水浅可涉处;v.涉水,涉过
  • They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上,所以我们只能涉水过河。
  • If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪,必须极度小心。
7 liquidity
n.流动性,偿债能力,流动资产
  • The bank has progressively increased its liquidity.银行逐渐地增加其流动资产。
  • The demand for and the supply of credit is closely linked to changes in liquidity.信用的供求和流动资金的变化有密切关系。
8 fully
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
9 implementing
v.实现( implement的现在分词 );执行;贯彻;使生效
  • -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
  • He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句
10 viable
adj.可行的,切实可行的,能活下去的
  • The scheme is economically viable.这个计划从经济效益来看是可行的。
  • The economy of the country is not viable.这个国家经济是难以维持的。
11 levy
n.征收税或其他款项,征收额
  • They levy a tax on him.他们向他征税。
  • A direct food levy was imposed by the local government.地方政府征收了食品税。
12 equity
n.公正,公平,(无固定利息的)股票
  • They shared the work of the house with equity.他们公平地分担家务。
  • To capture his equity,Murphy must either sell or refinance.要获得资产净值,墨菲必须出售或者重新融资。
13 analyst
n.分析家,化验员;心理分析学家
  • What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务?
  • The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
14 viability
n.存活(能力)
  • What is required to achieve or maintain such viability? 要达到或维持这种生存能力需要什么?
  • Scientists are experimenting to find ways to ensure the viability of seeds for even longer periods of time. 正如我们所说,科学家正在试验努力寻找让种子的生命力更加延长的方法。
15 prospect
n.前景,前途;景色,视野
  • This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
  • The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
学英语单词
9-Dehydrohecogenin
abbreviator
active biological film
albumenising
all-capital earning rate
anchos
aneurysmograph
Aracatu
bet guvrin
brogued
bruceantarin
bull ropes
caissonset
canadian radio broadcasting commission
chrysanilines
Chrysanthemum indicum Linn.
Clare Corner
common converter
composite life
computing languages
corpora versicolorata
development fund
diesel scavenging air
edsel
eriobotrya prinoides rehd. et wils.
expressivists
fusuline
gaffneys
generalized continuum mechanics
Giong Chua
goal review interval
gush over
gyration surface
hand flag
heat-retaining capacity
henrici
hepatogenous pigment
i.l.i.
incensories
inland bill of lading clause
inspection shaft
iron monosulfide
isoniazid methanesulfonic sodium
know enough to come get out of the rain
Koupé, Mt.
Lunda Sul, Prov.da
Maesa membranacea
maximum-likelihood stochastic language
metal graphite bearing
mink coat
mold mould
movie extra
mycoplasma-like
naissance
non-automatic block section
notionalities
outsoaring
P-Hydroxyampicillin
paediatric psychopharmacology
peak run-off year
pecudiculture
phonon traveling wave amplifier
plead the baby act
pluralist democracy
Plélan-le-Petit
pneumatic gun nailer
printed symbols
ramteks
recent hail
ring systems
Rochore R.
rub shoulders with someone
San Felipe de Puerto Plata
sanh
Scutellaria barbata
sealing compound
softing point
spin driers
sprunt up
stagecoachmen
stoichiometric flame
striae malleolaris membranae tympani
Strumazol
stud book
supertensio
supplement angle
swallowin'
sycee
trichopterigia kishidai
tumlin
two-winged insects
unjudged
valve ring
video photographer
videofilms
virtual monitor
WCCS
wedge-shaped fracture
Western Harbour Crossing
wheel configuration
zunian