时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(九月)


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American Car Makers 1 Bet Billions on Russia’s Car Boom



This week, Moscow’s International Motor Show is supplying plenty of glitz. But behind the hoopla, the real excitement is that Russia is on its way to become one of the world’s top five car markets.


With sales jumping in Russia, and slumping 2 in Europe this year, Russia is projected to displace Germany in 2014 as Europe’s largest car market. That would make Russia the world’s fourth largest car market - after China, the United States and Japan, according to the research group Euromonitor.


Russia finally joined the World Trade Organization last month. Now car companies are racing 4 to boost production before import tariffs 5 start dropping.


Each of the American big three automakers - Ford 6, GM and Chrysler - plans to invest $1 billion in car factories in Russia.


“We were the first ones in here 10 years ago, and we’ve built over 500,000 vehicles here,” says Ted 3 Cannis, president of the Ford Sollers joint 7 venture in Russia. “This is a key, core place in Russia. And we see a huge potential for Ford.”


A few stands away, James Bovenzi, GM’s president for Russia, says GM’s plan is to double its Russia production over the next five years.


“GM values the Russian market,” Bovenzi says. “We see it as one of the big growing markets in the world.”


To generate buzz in Russia, GM invited Henry Kissinger to their plant expansion ceremony last June in St. Petersburg.


With car sales up 14 percent in Russia so far this year, dealers 8 are struggling to meet demand.


At a brand new Chrysler dealership 9 on Moscow’s beltway, John Stech, Chrysler Russia CEO, talks about the demand.


“We've brought completely refreshed vehicles, all new vehicles, onto the Russian market,” he said, while visiting the dealership for the first time. “And they really resonate with the Russian customers. For a while we couldn't get enough. Now we have a better supply, and we see this really in the activity in our dealers."


And there is room for growth. There is about one car for every four Russians - about half the average for Western Europe and the United States.


Chris Weafer, strategist for Troika Dialog, says Russian consumers have money in their pockets.


"It is one of the fastest growing consumer markets in the world,” he says. “And that’s coming on the back of very strong disposable income growth - about $8,000 this year, rising to a projected $12,000 in about 4 or 5 years time. So people have more money to spend on consumer goods."


Bernard Sucher, a long-term American investor 10 and sometime Russia critic, comes from Detroit, home of the Big Three American manufacturers. The Motor City native is impressed by what is happening in Russia.


“They`ve done a pretty good job in encouraging global producers and suppliers of addressing Russian markets in terms favorable for foreign players, but at the same time promising 11 that Russia will retain substantial manufacturing capacities itself,” Sucher says. “It`s a good story. It’s a win-win story. And we would like to see more of that.”


Now, with all the new cars hitting the streets, Russia’s challenge is to build parking - and roads. 




1 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》
2 slumping
大幅度下降,暴跌( slump的现在分词 ); 沉重或突然地落下[倒下]
  • Hong Kong's slumping economy also caused a rise in bankruptcy applications. 香港经济低迷,破产申请个案随之上升。
  • And as with slumping, over-arching can also be a simple postural habit. 就像弯腰驼背,过度挺直也可能只是一种习惯性姿势。
3 ted
vt.翻晒,撒,撒开
  • The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
  • She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
4 racing
n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的
  • I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
  • The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。
5 tariffs
关税制度; 关税( tariff的名词复数 ); 关税表; (旅馆或饭店等的)收费表; 量刑标准
  • British industry was sheltered from foreign competition by protective tariffs. 保护性关税使英国工业免受国际竞争影响。
  • The new tariffs have put a stranglehold on trade. 新的关税制对开展贸易极为不利。
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 joint
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
8 dealers
n.商人( dealer的名词复数 );贩毒者;毒品贩子;发牌者
  • 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。
9 dealership
n.商品特许经销处
  • The car dealership has a large inventory of used cars. 这家汽车经销商拥有数量庞大的二手车。
  • A key to this effort is the experience in the dealership. 达到这个成果的关键是销售的体验。
10 investor
n.投资者,投资人
  • My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
  • The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。
11 promising
adj.有希望的,有前途的
  • The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
  • We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
学英语单词
abdominal organ
accrual principle
advanced strains
agarospirol
Akordat
amoralisms
Andeg
at the top of your voice
azanator maleate
Ba Illi
basket container
biographettes
British Rayon Research Association
bust my chops
by-pass manifold
Chamosan
chapter-by-chapter
chelidon
component source
connection oriented data transfer
constrained restoration
cook-books
decompactification
definite annuity
degree of overlapping
detrital remanent magnetism
diaphyseal aclasis
diffusing type steam valve
direct closing method
disrupted terrane
dolmush
dry rotted
eagernesses
ejector thrust augmentation
electric warning horn
fire resisting cable
four stranded rope
fun-seekers
glandular tissue
had got to
hohenstaufen
huttoe
in accordance with
indumenta
inhelde
insectdom
join the party
Lamina visceralis
late summer
lissy
macrovariable
man machine interactive
meal of flax seeds
medjez
Meta-murmanite
Midhdalsfjall
Mister Nice Guys
multichannel optoanalyzer
music centre
net loss not recognized as pension cost
nightrobes
non-striker
odds and endss
off duty
on-line learning control
Pandora's box
parallel chain of command
passes down
peripheral equipment
permanent experiment
permanent weight
planchonelline
pornoaction
public easement
put sth aside
quarter-pounder
reactor instrumentation and control system
red bridge washer valve
reddick
remote control channel
resolution modification
salen
salt effect
sampled analog data
squamous alveolar cell
suaveolent
superhumanities
tamping drum
three men in a boat
train slack
triple segmental baffle
troglocolous
trophomenata
tying product
v (volt)
ventral surface of cerebrum
Vienna mixture
weadick
written down value
yahoo.com
Yttroepidote
Yushania baishanzuensis