2014职称英语(理工C阅读理解课文及翻译).doc

2014职称英语（理工类） 第四部分阅读理解 【第一篇 】Ford Abandons Electric Vehicles（福特放弃电动汽车） The Ford motor company’s abandonment of electric cars effectively signals the end of the road for the technology，analysts say． 分析人士评论，福特汽车公司放弃电动汽车的举动有力地证明了这种技术是行不通的。 General Motors。and Honda’ceased production of battery．powered cars in 1999, to focus on fuel cell and hybrid electric gasoline engines, which are more attractive to the consumer．Ford has now announced it will do the same． 通用汽车公司和日本本田汽车公司早于1999年就停止了电池动力汽车的生产，转而开发燃料电池和电池内燃混合机，这对消费者更有吸引力。福特宣布它现在也要做同样的尝试。 Three years ago．the company introduced the Think City two—seater car and a golf cart called the THINK,?or?Think Neighbor．It hoped to sell 5，000 cars each year and 10，000 carts．But a lack of demand means only about l，000 of the cars have been produced，and less than 1，700 carts have been sold so far in 2002． 3年前，福特推出名为Think City的双排座汽车和Think或Think Neighbor系列高尔夫车.但由于需求不足。截至2002年仅牛产了1 000辆汽车，售出1 700辆高尔夫车。 “The bottom line is we don’t believe that this is the future of environment transport for the mass market．”Tim Holmes of Ford Europe said on Friday．“We feel we have given electric our best shot” “关键是我们认为电动车不能代表大众市场环保交通的未来”，福特欧洲区的TimHolmes于周五说．”我们感觉自己对电力车已做了最好的尝试。” The Think City has a range of only about 53 miles and up to a six-hour battery recharge time．General Motors’EVI electric vehicle also had a limited range。of about 100 miles． Think City系列的运行里程仅53英里，电池充电需6小时。通用公司的EVI电力车也仅能运行100英里。 The very expensive batteries also mean electric cars cost much more than petrol-powered alternatives．An electric Toyot~RAV4 EV vehicle costs over$42，000 in the US, compared with just $17，000 for the petrol version．Toyota and Nissan…are now the only major automanufacturers to produce electric vehicles． 昂贵的电池意味着电动汽车的造价是汽油动力车的两倍多。日本丰田产的RAV4EV系列电动车在美国的售价达42 000美元，而同系列的汽油动力车仅售17 000美元。丰田和日产汽车公司是现在仅存的两大电动车制造商。 “There is a feeling that battery electric has been given its chance．Ford now has to move on with its hybrid program“，and that is what we will be jud