万花筒 2009-06-12&06-13 菲亚特正式收购克莱斯勒
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：万花筒2009年
Italian car maker 1 Fiat 2 has become an even bigger player in the global automobile 4 industry, now that it has closed its takeover of privately 5 held Chrysler. In the next few months, Fiat will begin the process of transferring its technology, platforms and powertrains to Chrysler plants throughout North America. Although Fiat shares were up on the news, analysts 7 say the deal carries with it enormous risk for Fiat in trying to revive an American automaker that has an aging product line and is emerging from bankruptcy 8.
David Whiston is an auto 3 analyst 6 at Morningstar in Chicago. "Chrysler is really only known right now for vans, jeeps and Dodge 9 Ram 10 pickup 11 trucks, and that's great for those consumers that want those vehicles. But you, to be a mass-market automaker, you gotta be in the compact car, and midsize sedan market too, and Chrysler just doesn't have that right now.
Fiat has sent a team of executives and engineers to Detroit to work with Chrysler to cut cost and prepare for the US launch of the Cinquecento, Fiat's popular small car.
“In a free market economy , if there is low gas prices , Americans just don't want small vehicles, so it sounds rather twisted but really the best thing that could happen for all these automakers who are pushing these smaller, more European-style designed vehicles is that gas prices actually shoot up.”
Chrysler had been operating in bankruptcy with the backing and financing of the US Treasury 12 since April 30th, a decision defended Wednesday in congressional testimony 13 by Ron Bloom, a senior adviser 14 to the White House Auto Task Force, " But the steps the president has taken have not only helped to stabilize 15 the auto industry, and save hundreds of thousands of jobs, but for the first time in decades, they have also given GM and Chrysler a chance to become viable 16, competitive American businesses with bright futures 17".
Combined, Chrysler and Fiat will rank as the world's sixth largest automaker, rivaling Volkswagen and Honda in size. Fiat CEO has argued that no car maker could survive the global financial crisis without producing at least 5 million cars a year.
John Decker, Reuters.
- He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
- A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
- The opening of a market stall is governed by municipal fiat.开设市场摊位受市政法令管制。
- He has tried to impose solutions to the country's problems by fiat.他试图下令强行解决该国的问题。
- 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。
- He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
- The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。
- Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
- The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- A dodge behind a tree kept her from being run over.她向树后一闪，才没被车从身上辗过。
- The dodge was coopered by the police.诡计被警察粉碎了。
- 512k RAM is recommended and 640k RAM is preferred.推荐配置为512K内存，640K内存则更佳。
- I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。
- The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
- This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。
- The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
- He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。
- They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
- Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
- They are eager to stabilize currencies.他们急于稳定货币。
- His blood pressure tended to stabilize.他的血压趋向稳定。