高教社高职国际英语 进阶综合教程 第2册 PPT课件，高职国际英语进阶教程第2 册unit1课文原文和译文.docVIP

 TextAIsVolvoSwedish,AmericanorChinese? In 1924,Assar Gabrielsson,a sales manager and Gustav Larson,an engineer,had the idea to build cars that people could drive on Swedens rough roads and during Swedens severe winters.Three years later, the first Volvo car was manufactured.This Swedish companyquicklybecame awell-knownproducerof cars andcommercial vehicles, including buses, trucks and heavy construction machinery. By 1945Volvo had become well-known outside Sweden, but they were too expensivefor most people.54years later,in1999,V olvo sold the carmanufacturing part of its companytoFord Motor