The CEO arrived at Ford in late 2006 after 37 years at Boeing, amid some sniping that he wasn't a "car guy" - as if the car guys in Detroit were doing a bang-up job.

这位在2006年加盟Ford前已在Boeing(波音)工作了37年的CEO，在上任伊始即卷入了一些流言蜚语，比如说他不是一个“汽车人”(car guy)——好像只有在底特律工作过的人才算是汽车人(译者注：底特律是全美最大的汽车生产制造中心)。

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Yet if Ford is going to change gears from world-class survivor to world-class manufacturer, Mulally will have to show that he is indeed a car guy — just his own kind of one.

而如果Ford想要转变角色，从世界级的萧条幸存者变成世界级的生产制造者，穆拉利就将会证明他是一名货真价实的汽车人——不过是以他自己的标准来定位的。

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I was walking out to my car when this guy tried to mug me.

这家伙企图抢劫我的时候，我正向我的汽车走去。

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An up-and-comer who's now a down- and-outer. Do you remember that scene in the back of the car with his brother Charlie a small time racket guy?

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because you're thinking the guy might be trying to steal your car, put you at gunpoint, hijack you,

因为你会想这个人可能是想偷你的车或用枪威胁你，劫持你，

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It pleases me, a car guy, to see the species evolve so fast and so far.

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