For the first quarter of 2007, Toyota sold 2.35 million cars, more than any other auto maker in the world. U.S. company General Motors had held the title of world's top auto seller since 1931, not counting two brief periods in the 1970s and 1980s wh

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丰田汽车公司(Toyota Motor Corporation),简称丰田(TOYOTA),是一家总部设在日本爱知县丰田市和东京都文京区的日本汽车制造公司,属于三井(Mitsui)财阀。[1] 丰田是目前全世界排名第一的汽车

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A 22-year-old woman will face court today charged with the manslaughter of the former Socceroo Ian Gray. The 46-year-old former Australian soccer player was found in his Sydney apartment on Monday night. Investigators arrested a 22-year-old at a King

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Toyota Australia has announced a loss of about 13 million dollars for the year to March. Toyota says it's facing severe competition and feeling the impact of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in March. The Manufacturing Workers Union says the risin

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Senate lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved the nomination of Hillary Clinton to be the nation's next Secretary of State. The Senate on a vote of 94:2 today, approving Clinton's confirmation despite some Republican questions by a possible conflict

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One of the hottest cars at this years Geneva Motor Show is not a car. In fact, Toyotas i-ROAD concept vehicle could create a whole new category of vehicle. Toyota wanted to create a vehicle with the usability of a motorbike, but safer and more comfor

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It happened back in 1989, but the lawsuit is still being fought, and the latest round goes to Exxon. A Federal Appeals Court cut the amount of punitive damages Exxon owes nearly in half to 2.5 billion

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It was in the national news every day. It was on the radio. It was on TV. It was in the newspapers. It was the recall. Toyota was recalling thousands of cars. The cars had a brake problem. Sometimes the brakes didn't work properly. Some Toyota driver

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1. An insurgent group that includes al-Qaeda in Iraq is claiming responsibility for a suicide truck bombing that killed nine U.S. soldiers and wounded 20. It happened at a patrol base northeast of Baghdad. This is one of the deadliest attacks on Ame

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1. Survivors and family members of those who died in the Oklahoma City bombing will gather to commemorate the 15th anniversary of that attack. The blast in 1995 killed 168 people, injuring 600 more. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will s

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Welcome to Thursday's edition of CNN student news. It's good to see you. I'm Carl Azuz at the CNN Center.First up, at least 20 people were injured yesterday at a high school in Pennsylvania. Some of them very seriously, and one student is being held

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The U.S. Transportation Department is looking into complaints from some Toyota owners who say they are still experiencing problems with unintended acceleration even after repairs to their recalled vehicles. The complaints raise concerns that safety i

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Toyota passed GM in global sales early this year, and the Japanese carmaker now expects to end the Detroit giant's 76-year reign as world NO. 1. The world's most profitable automaker has earned over three billion dollars in the last three months. Th

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In the race for the title of world's largest automaker, Toyota of Japan proved Tuesday it's on track to unseat US car giant General Motors. We've posted record highs from sales to net profit in our third quarter. In its latest quarterly earnings repo

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Japanese car giants Toyota and Nissan are recalling a total of 6.5 million cars globally to replace potentially faulty airbag inflators made by Takata. 日本汽车巨头丰田和日产在全球共召回的650万辆汽车,以更换有隐患的安全气

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今天我们要学的词是sock。 Sock, 大家都知道,是袜子,不过做为动词,还有打击的意思。 Snowstorms socked North America this winter, 北美地区今年冬天遭受暴风雪的猛烈袭击。 The local economy was socked w

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Toyota became the world's largest automaker in two thousand eight. But after years of building loyalty, the Japanese company may have put its quality brand name at risk, at least temporarily. Toyota i

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今天我们要学的词是mounting。 Mounting, 意思是逐渐加大的。 The school refused to change its policy despite mounting pressure from the parents, 面对来自家长越来越大的压力,学校依旧拒绝改变政策。 The city is u

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This is AP news minute. 1. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton released her joint tax returns for 2015 as well as those of her running mate Tim Kaine and his wife. The Clintons paid a federal tax rate of 34.2% and denoted almost 10% of th

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Victoria's Premier Denis Napthine is heading to Canberra this afternoon to try to secure an assistance package for Toyota workers. The company's decision to stop making cars in Australia by the end of 2017 effectively spells(意味着) the end of t

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