VOA标准英语2010年-Chevrolet's Battery-Powered Volt Now o
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(七)月
The new gasoline/electric hybrid 1 Chevrolet Volt 2
Today President Obama visits a U.S. auto 3 plant that makes the battery-powered Chevrolet Volt. Some analysts 4 think the Volt could revitalize the struggling American auto industry with its high-tech 5 battery component 6 and environmentally friendly power source.
Ed LeBlanc drives a 2004 Chevrolet Impala. But his dream is to someday drive what he builds - the new Chevrolet Volt, an electric vehicle that can run for 64 kilometers on a battery without recharging. His round-trip commute 7 to work is less than that.
"I wouldn't have to put a dime 8 of gas in this ever," notes LeBlanc.
The assembly plant in Hamtramck, Michigan where LeBlanc works has already built about 55 test vehicles.
Dealers 9 in select parts of the country began taking orders for the Volts 10 on Tuesday. The $41,00 price tag comes with a $7,500r tax credit, making it cost competitive with other electric or hybrid vehicles.
But here's the difference, fully 11 charged, the battery in the volt enables the car to travel for 64 kilometers on electrical power alone. Then, the car automatically switches to a gas-powered engine, acting 12 as a generator 13 that can power through 483 more kilometers.
"For Americans, we're getting off foreign oil. For any customer around the world, they're getting off oil, so that's a big part of it," said GM's Larry Nitz.
General Motors was the first auto company in the United States to mass produce a modern electric car. The EV-1 was on the market in the 1990s, but GM discontinued it because of impracticality 14. Company engineers admit the lead acid battery wasn't technically 15 advanced enough to run a car.
The EV-1's battery weighed three times as much as the Volt's does today. Because of its size, the car had to be designed and built around the battery.
Here at the GM battery lab, the Volt's 16 kilowatt 16 lithium ion batteries are run through the rigors 17 of extreme driving, weather fluctuations 18 and abrupt 19 movements. Developers promise the batteries will have a long life.
"By using only a part of that battery, we're able to ensure that the battery lives 10 years," noted 20 Nitz.
Critics argue the price of a Volt is higher than a regular small compact car and the gas savings 21 won't offset 22 that cost. Others say the back seat is small. The T-shaped top of the battery rests underneath 23 the seat, with the longer strip under the center console.
GM is staking a lot on the Volt's success. The auto company shut down most of its facilities for the summer, but the Hamtramck assembly plant remained open, for employees like Leblanc to get the Volt rolling.
"It's our lifesaver. I mean, it keeps us working," added LeBlanc.
GM is investing $700 million into the vehicle. A company manager tells VOA that GM expects to lose money initially 24, but hopes to make the Volt profitable in future years.
- That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
- The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。
- You may use 100 and 110 volt appliances in your room.您可以在房间使用100及110伏特的电器。
- The common service voltage of electric power in our country is 220/380 volt.我国普通供电电压为220/380伏。
- 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。
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
- The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。
- Each component is carefully checked before assembly.每个零件在装配前都经过仔细检查。
- Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。
- I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
- Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。
- A dime is a tenth of a dollar.一角银币是十分之一美元。
- The liberty torch is on the back of the dime.自由火炬在一角硬币的反面。
- There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
- The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。
- The floating potential, Vf is usually only a few volts below ground. 浮置电势Vf通常只低于接地电位几伏。 来自辞典例句
- If gamma particles are present, potential differences of several thousand volts can be generated. 如果存在γ粒子，可能产生几千伏的电位差。 来自辞典例句
- 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。
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
- All the while the giant generator poured out its power.巨大的发电机一刻不停地发出电力。
- This is an alternating current generator.这是一台交流发电机。
- Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
- The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。
- They pay thirty fen per kilowatt hour.他们每度电付三角钱。
- The watt is a small unit of power so that we use the kilowatt instead.瓦特是小功率的单位，因此我们用千瓦代之。
- The rigors of that lonely land need no further description. 生活在那个穷乡僻壤的困苦是无庸赘言的。
- You aren't ready for the rigors of industry. 你不适合干工业的艰苦工作了。
- He showed the price fluctuations in a statistical table. 他用统计表显示价格的波动。
- There were so many unpredictable fluctuations on the Stock Exchange. 股票市场瞬息万变。
- The river takes an abrupt bend to the west.这河突然向西转弯。
- His abrupt reply hurt our feelings.他粗鲁的回答伤了我们的感情。
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
- By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。
- Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消。
- He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.他提高了售价以补偿材料成本的增加。
- Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
- She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。