如今,美国纳税人正在救助通用汽车和克莱斯勒,外国竞争对手制造着世界上最好的汽车,而这“三巨头”在美国的汽车销量还不到一半。
Today, American taxpayers are bailing out GM and Chrysler, foreign competitors make most of the world's best cars, and the Big Three account for less than half the cars sold in the United States.
美国的汽车销售比去年低16%。
In America car sales are running at about 16% below last year's level.
美国的汽车制造商又回来了。
上月美国的汽车销售量跌幅更大,达32%。
Sales of cars in America fell even more steeply last month-by 32%.
日本和美国的汽车制造商已经不得不缩减生产量了。
Carmakers in Japan and America have had to scale back production.
近20几年来,今年的一月份对美国的汽车销售业来说是最糟糕的一个月。
January was the worst month for car sales in the United States for decades.
美国的汽车制造商采纳了这一原则,但他们又争辩说在实践过程中,务必要对他们特殊对待。
America's carmakers accept the principle, but they argue that in practice they too are a special case.
结果就是这个不等方程式会阻碍美国的汽车销售恢复到以前的顶峰,”这份报告称。
The result is an unsustainable equation that may prevent the U.S. sales top line from returning to prior peaks," the report said.
这家美国的汽车商预计将出售超过10亿美元的股份给中东和亚洲的主权财富基金。
The U.S. auto maker also is prepared to sell more than $1 billion worth of shares to sovereign wealth funds in the Middle East and Asia.
李明博在同一天表示,延长牛肉进口禁令将影响韩国对美国的汽车和半导体产品的出口。
Extending the ban would affect South Korean exports of products such as automobiles and semiconductors to the U.S., Lee said the same day.
以日本钢铁行业为例,它依赖进口铁矿石和煤炭来为日本在美国的汽车工厂生产高端金属。
Consider Japan's steel industry, which depends on imported iron ore and coal to create high-end metal for Japanese automakers in the U.S..
将近65万7千辆轿车和轻型卡车已经出售。第一次,中国的汽车销售量大于美国的汽车销售量。
Almost 657,000 cars and light trucks were sold; more vehicles were bought in China than America for the first time.
多年来,美国的汽车制造商都把焦点放在更大的汽车上,几乎把小车市场拱手让给外国汽车生产商。
For years, American carmakers have focused on larger vehicles, almost ceding the small car market to foreign brands.
美国的汽车巨头雇佣了约240,000名工人,加上供应商雇佣的2300万名工人,这几乎占全国劳动力的2%。
The big American companies employ about 240, 000 workers, and their suppliers an additional 2.3 million, amounting to nearly 2 percent of the nation's work force.
因此如果生产一辆车需要排放10吨的二氧化碳,而排放税是每吨60美元,那么外国到达美国的汽车就要交600美元的税。
So, if making an American car produced ten tonnes of carbon dioxide, taxed at $60 per tonne, then the tax on a foreign-made car arriving in America would only be $600.
唯一的坚决的反对者是美国的汽车制造上,即使是他们,所争论的也不是关于更高效的汽车的标准,而是这一新标准适用的范围。
Its only determinedopponents are American carmakers, and even they are haggling not overthe principle of more efficient vehicles, but over the scope andambition of the new standards.
但是美国的汽车制造商们在经济危及袭来之前就已经遇到困惑,他们流失了本可以提供更多选择的燃料高效型汽车的海外品牌市场份额。
But U. s. automakers were ailing even before the financial crisis struck, losing market share to foreign brands that provide more choices for fuel-efficient vehicles.
美国人迈克尔·费伊因损坏停放的汽车被判有罪。
The American Michael Fay was found guilty of damaging parked cars.
美国的形象——汽车、城市、牛仔——成为了电影中的主要影像。
American imagery—the cars, the cities, the cowboys—became the primary imagery of film.
美国汽车制造商正将质量的优化作为重新占领世界市场的一种方式。
American auto manufacturers are using quality improvement as one way to recapture world markets.
美国公路上小汽车的比例在逐渐增加。
The proportion of small cars on America's roads is increasing.
3名非洲裔美国人被从一辆小型公共汽车中胡乱射出的子弹打死了。
Three African-Americans were killed by shots fired at random from a minibus.
汽车耗油量占美国石油消耗量的一半。
在20世纪50年代末汽车影院最受欢迎的时候,美国大约有4000家汽车影院,但如今,这个数字还不到当时的四分之一。
When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950's, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.
该公司的自动驾驶汽车行驶了一百多万英里,横跨美国各州,完成得非常出色。
The company's self-driving cars have done well over a million miles across various states in the US.
该公司的无人驾驶汽车在美国已经成功地穿过了许多州,行驶了超过100万英里的路程,且目前为止只发生了一些小事故。
The company's self-driving cars have done well over a million miles across various states in the US, and until now have only reported minor accidents.
美国汽车协会汽车工程与维修总经理约翰·尼尔森说,测试表明,司机们可能高估了自己的驾驶水平。
John Nielsen, AAA's managing director of automotive engineering and repair, said tests suggest drivers may be overestimating their own abilities.
美国著名发明家、汽车制造商亨利·福特曾说过:“美国的事业就是商业。”
Henry Ford, the famous U.S. inventor and car manufacturer, once said, "The business of America is business."
美国著名发明家、汽车制造商亨利·福特曾说过:“美国的事业就是商业。”
Henry Ford, the famous U.S. inventor and car manufacturer, once said, "The business of America is business."
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