In an extraordinary move that sent Toyota stock prices plummeting, the world's largest automaker has suspended sales of eight of its most popular models and shut down five North American plants.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

The right conclusion, I think, is: the reason we write down these models is to try and capture and test our intuitions.

我觉得合理的结论应该是,我们建立模型的目的,是为了更好地描述事实激发灵感

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We've never seen anything like this before," Toyota announced the recall last Thursday following reports that the accelerator mechanism in some models can wear down and cause the gas pedal to stick.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28