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广汽希望2019年进军美国汽车市场。

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VOA慢速英语： Chinese Company to Sell Cars in US in 2019
广汽希望2019年进军美国汽车市场

燕山大学刘立军宋葳编写

◆TRANSCRIPT

A Chinese automobile maker wants to begin selling cars in the United States by the end of 2019.

GAC Motor on Monday presented two car models at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. The new models included an electric SUV called the Enverge and a sedan.

The new car models will go on sale in China later this year.

GAC says it is negotiating with its partner Fiat Chrysler about how to sell the vehicles in the U.S. The company says it already has two research centers and a design center in the U.S.

Davis Cole is an industry expert and chairman of the AutoHarvest Foundation in Detroit. The non-profit serves to connect industry inventors with each other and investors.

Cole told VOA that Americans appear ready to buy Chinese-made cars. He said the automobile company General Motors already sells one, the Buick Envision, in the United States.

He said the quality of Chinese-made cars earlier was, in his words, "not up to what most people would expect here.” However, he said there are clear signs of improvement. The new models show, he said, “much better quality and my guess is that as we look to the future, quality differences will probably disappear."

Cole said U.S makers who want to stay on top of the market now must consider former competitors more as partners. He noted Buick as an example. He said it sells about three times as many vehicles in China as in America.

In the U.S., GAC markets its cars under the name “Trumpchi.” Cole said the name was interesting, in his words, “particularly with the criticism the president had of China and their vehicles... that just adds to the drama."
However, Trumpchi vehicles are already popular in China. In 2017, GAC sold 500,000 vehicles, which is 37 percent higher than the year before.

The company has said the name has no connection to U.S. President Donald Trump. It has been used by GAC since 2010.

I'm Phil Dierking.

Adapted from 广汽进军美国市场

◆VOCABULARY

1. SUV n. (especially North American English) the abbreviation for sport utility vehicle 运动型多功能车；运动型多用途车

2. sedan n. 大轿车; 厢式轿车 A sedan is a car with seats for four or more people, a fixed roof, and a boot that is separate from the part of the car that you sit in.

◆QUESTIONS
Read the statements. Then listen to the news and check the true (√) or false (×) statements.

	True (√) or False (×)	Statements
Q1		GAC Motor on Monday presented three car models at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan.
Q2		The new car models will go on sale in China later next year.
Q3		GAC says it is negotiating with its partner Fiat Chrysler about how to sell the vehicles in the U.S.
Q4		Davis Cole is an industry expert and chairman of the AutoHarvest Foundation in Boston.
Q5		Cole told VOA that Americans appear ready to buy Chinese-made cars.
Q6		Most people in the US were not satisfied with the quality of Chinese-made cars earlier.
Q7		Cole said U.S makers who want to stay on top of the market now must consider future competitors more as partners.
Q8		Cole said Buick sells about three times as many vehicles in China as in America.
Q9		In the U.S., GAC markets its cars under the name “Trumpchi.”
Q10		The company has said the name has no connection to U.S. President Donald Trump. It has been used by GAC since 2009.

◆KEY

	True (√) or False (×)	Statements
Q1	×	GAC Motor on Monday presented three car models at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan.
	正确表达	GAC Motor on Monday presented two car models at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan.
Q2	×	The new car models will go on sale in China later next year.
	正确表达	The new car models will go on sale in China later this year.
Q3	√	GAC says it is negotiating with its partner Fiat Chrysler about how to sell the vehicles in the U.S.
Q4	×	Davis Cole is an industry expert and chairman of the AutoHarvest Foundation in Boston.
	正确表达	Davis Cole is an industry expert and chairman of the AutoHarvest Foundation in Detroit.
Q5	√	Cole told VOA that Americans appear ready to buy Chinese-made cars.
Q6	√	Most people in the US were not satisfied with the quality of Chinese-made cars earlier.
Q7	×	Cole said U.S makers who want to stay on top of the market now must consider future competitors more as partners.
	正确表达	Cole said U.S makers who want to stay on top of the market now must consider former competitors more as partners.
Q8	√	Cole said Buick sells about three times as many vehicles in China as in America.
Q9	√	In the U.S., GAC markets its cars under the name “Trumpchi.”
Q10	×	The company has said the name has no connection to U.S. President Donald Trump. It has been used by GAC since 2009.
	正确表达	The company has said the name has no connection to U.S. President Donald Trump. It has been used by GAC since 2010.

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来源：刘立军宋葳 2018-04-02

练习 | VOA慢速：Chinese Company to Sell Cars in US in 2019

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