焦点教育出品-托福【阅读机经】：美汽车制造商拼俄罗斯市场.docVIP

焦点教育出品-托福【阅读机经】：美汽车制造商拼俄罗斯市场 　　Russian-made cars used to conjure up images of boxy, broken down Ladas. Now car sales are jumping and foreign car makers are investing billions. 　　俄国造汽车给人的印象是造型呆板的方形老旧轿车，可现在莫斯科大街上奔驰的汽车今非昔比。新汽车销售量直线上升。 　　This week, Moscow’s International Motor Show is supplying plenty of glitz. But behind the hoopla, the real excitement is that Russia is on its way to become one of the world’s top five car markets. 　　透过莫斯科国际车展里车模的靓丽身影和新款车型，人们看到一个令人振奋的前景：俄罗斯正在成长为世界第5大汽车市场。 　　With sales jumping in Russia, and slumping in Europe this year, Russia is projected to displace Germany in 2014 as Europe’s largest car market. That would make Russia the world’s fourth largest car market - after China, the United States and Japan, according to the research group Euromonitor. 　　随着俄汽车销售量的急增与欧洲汽车市场的萎缩，俄罗斯有可能于2014年取代德国，成为欧洲最大汽车市场和排在中国、美国和日本之后的世界第四大汽车市场。 　　Russia finally joined the World Trade Organization last month. Now car companies are racing to boost production before import tariffs start dropping. 　　俄罗斯刚刚加入世界贸易组织。俄罗斯的汽车制造厂家趁汽车产业仍受保护之际，正在快马加鞭力争提高产量。 　　Each of the American big three automakers - Ford, GM and Chrysler - plans to invest $1 billion in car factories in Russia. 　　美国三大汽车公司--福特、通用汽车和克莱斯勒均计划在俄投资10亿美元。 　　“We were the first ones in here 10 years ago, and we’ve built over 500,000 vehicles here,” says Ted Cannis, president of the Ford Sollers joint venture in Russia. “This is a key, core place in Russia. And we see a huge potential for Ford.” 　　泰德.坎尼斯是福特与索洛尔斯合资企业的主席，他说：“我们是10年前就来到这里的先行者，我们已经造了50万辆汽车。这是俄罗斯的关键地区，福特在这里有着巨大的发展前景。” 　　A few stands away, James Bovenzi, GM’s president for Russia, says GM’s plan is to double its Russia production over the next five years. 　　不远处的詹姆斯.博文齐是通用汽车驻俄罗斯总裁。他说，通用计划未来5年里把在俄罗斯的产量提高一倍： 　　“GM values the Russian market,” Bovenzi says. “We see it as one of the big growing markets in the world.” 　　“通用汽车重视俄罗斯市场。我们认为这是一个世界上成长最快的市场。” 　　To generate buzz in Russia, GM invited Henry Kissinger to their plant expansion ceremony last June in St. P