The more Detroit's Big Three—GM, Ford and Chrysler—have done to reduce capacity and improve productivity, the more heavily such legacy costs have hung around their necks.

底特律的三大巨头——通用、福特、克莱斯勒——它们越是减少生产量、提高生产率，这种成本上的后滞就越是让它们喘不过气。

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The ailing Big Three US automakers -- General Motors, Ford and Chrysler -- meanwhile have faced criticism in Washington for being too slow to shift their focus from gas-guzzling SUVs.

困境中的美国三大汽车制造商，通用、福特和克莱斯勒同时面临着华盛顿方面的指责，对于他们把中心放在耗油越野车上而错失良机。

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Today, all the big three US car companies, Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors, have moved substantial parts of their production abroad.

现在，美国三大汽车公司（福特，克莱斯勒和通用汽车）都已经将大部分制造工厂转移到海外。

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This plan makes them share the burden of promises that their competitors GM, Ford and Chrysler have made to workers.

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Since last spring, the chief executives of GM, Ford and Chrysler Group have been trying to arrange a meeting with Bush to raise awareness about the factors that they believe give global competitors an unfair advantage--namely, health care, currency manipulation and energy.

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In recent weeks, a scrum of ailing companies, including General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler, have descended upon Washington to ask Uncle Sam for money.

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