NPR邊聽(tīng)邊練154：福特公司在中國(guó)銷(xiāo)量持續(xù)增長(zhǎng)

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以下段落是摘自新聞里的一些重要信息,并不是一個(gè)段落的聽(tīng)寫(xiě)?？諆?nèi)信息可在本新聞中全部找到,大家可以根據(jù)這些信息復(fù)述新聞。

一、泛聽(tīng)建議：

1、完整聽(tīng)一遍，掌握大意。

2、繼續(xù)聽(tīng)，特別注意關(guān)鍵信息。遇到相似的詞，寫(xiě)下來(lái)。

3、復(fù)述新聞。

Ford Motor Company is posing profits of $1.6 billion beating Wall Street forecast. NPR's Sonari Glinton reports Ford remains profitable despite weakness in Europe.

福特汽車(chē)公司公布其利潤(rùn)達(dá)到16億美元，打破了華爾街的預(yù)期。據(jù)NPR新聞的索那里·格林頓報(bào)道，雖然在歐洲表現(xiàn)不佳，但福特公司仍然盈利。

Ford's profit center right now is North America where vehicles such as the New Fusion and the Escape _1_ market share and Ford's F150 is still king of the hill.David Whiston is an auto equity analyst with Morningstar. He says the weak spot for Ford is Europe which is the weak spot for the entire current industry.

福特目前的贏利中心在北美地區(qū)，像New Fusion和Escape這兩款車(chē)都贏得了市場(chǎng)份額，而福特F150依然是銷(xiāo)量霸主。

大衛(wèi)·惠斯頓是晨星公司汽車(chē)股票分析師。他表示，福特的弱點(diǎn)在歐洲，歐洲也是整個(gè)汽車(chē)行業(yè)的弱點(diǎn)所在。

"That's because Europe is in a severe auto motor recession right now under depression.

The industry _2_ some its worst registration declines since the industry has been recording data."

“這是因?yàn)橛捎诮?jīng)濟(jì)蕭條，目前歐洲處于嚴(yán)重的汽車(chē)衰退期。自汽車(chē)產(chǎn)業(yè)有記錄數(shù)據(jù)以來(lái)，現(xiàn)在這個(gè)產(chǎn)業(yè)的登記數(shù)據(jù)在歐洲正處于最嚴(yán)重的下滑狀態(tài)。”

Meanwhile, Ford is growing in the _3_ important Chinese auto market,though the company and other automakers have been hampered by currency issues in South America. Sonari Glinton, NPR News.

同時(shí)，福特公司在日益重要的中國(guó)汽車(chē)市場(chǎng)的銷(xiāo)量持續(xù)增長(zhǎng)，不過(guò)福特和其他汽車(chē)商都在南非市場(chǎng)受到了打擊。NPR新聞，索那里·格林頓。

At last check on Wall Street, Dow was down 43 at 14,676; NASDAQ up _4_ at 3,270; S&P 500 also edging up.

據(jù)華爾街最新數(shù)據(jù)，道瓊斯工業(yè)平均指數(shù)下降43點(diǎn)，報(bào)14,676;納斯達(dá)克指數(shù)小幅上升，報(bào)3,270;標(biāo)準(zhǔn)普爾500指數(shù)也小幅走高。

This is NPR News.

這里是NPR新聞。

詞匯解析：

1、edge up 慢慢向上邊靠攏;漸升;微升

eg. Prices have been stable for a while, but they are beginning to edge up again now.

物價(jià)曾一度穩(wěn)定,但現(xiàn)在又開(kāi)始慢慢上漲了。

eg. The number of visitors could edge up.

游客數(shù)量可能會(huì)略微增長(zhǎng)。

eg. Unemployment will edge up, but not by much.

失業(yè)率將緩慢上升, 但增幅不是很大。

參考答案：

1、have gained 2、is having 3、increasingly 4、slightly