Big news, a billion dollars worth in fact in a story, that 360 has been out in front of. Toyota today announcing a massive pay out 1.1 billion dollars to settle a class action lawsuit by customers who say their Toyotas accelerated out of control. In

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2013年(一)月

Toyota Motor has lowered its global production plans for 2011, after a sluggish recovery in US sales. The Asahi Shimbun says the top car maker is cutting production by about 200,000 units, bringing next year's target to 7.8 million vehicles.Toyota wa

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2010年

US President Barack Obama has cautiously praised the country's latest jobs figures. The unemployment rate remained steady at 9.6 per cent in October, but the government says 151,000 positions were created. The jobless rate matched the expectations, b

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年

Until just days ago, Toyota may enjoy one of the best reputations in the car business with sales to match. Now the company has a huge problem on its hands, potentially dangerous accelerator problems, and recall of millions of vehicles. Tonight, Toyot

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2010年

By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 12 May 2008 A strong yen and a slow U.S. auto market are to blame for Japanese automaker Toyota's profit drop in the first quarter, and Malaysia's Maybank will buy a stake in a Pakistani lender. Claudia Blume has more on th

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(五月)

Big headache for one of the world's big automakers,Toyota recalling 7.4 million motors around the globe due to the malfuncitoning windows switches. Cars affected include some of Toyota's most popular motors: Vios,Corolla and Yaris. The biggest number

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2012年

Automobile sales have slumped around the world, with the latest data from December offering a grim outlook for some of the world's top car companies. Already, auto giant Toyota has announced plans to close its Japanese factories for 11 days in Febru

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(一月)

AS IT IS 2014-04-13 Political Unrest Threatens Thailand's Economy 泰国政治上的动荡威胁其经济发展 Hello again, and welcome to As It Is! Im Jonathan Evans in Washington. On our program today, we bring you two reports dealing with major e

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年VOA慢速英语(四)月

A panel of federal judges in San Diego, California is expected to rule on whether to consolidate a large number of lawsuits filed nationwide against Toyota. Toyota has been inundated with lawsuits due to safety concerns that have led to the recall of

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(三月)

Auto industry executives in Thailand are calling on the government to support the industry, in the face of sharply falling exports and local sales. Layoffs are starting to mount, but analysts are upbeat about the longer term future with more investm

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(二月)

When Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle started losing money in 1998, its CEO began a search for a new management system that would get the hospital back on track. 1998年,西雅图的维吉尼亚梅森医疗中心出现亏损,执行长开始

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Scripts: Behind The Wheel this morning, Toyota is in hot pursuit of the title of the worlds biggest automaker in global vehicle sales. This morning the company has released its plan to dethrone GM. And joining us this morning with more is CNBCs auto

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 商业报道2007年

今天我们要学的词是reputation。 Reputation, 是声誉、声望的意思。The new CEO arrived with a reputation for problem solving, 公司新总裁是出了名的解决问题的高手。He has a reputation for being a playboy, 他是有名的

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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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Fault recalls are quite common in the car industry. I think part of the problem is the scale of the problem weve been seeing , over 4million cars recall because of accelerator problems. Go back to September last year, another 4 million recall in the

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(32) / 评论(0) 分类 英伦广角

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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