手机APP下载

您现在的位置: 首页 > 英语听力 > 国外媒体资讯 > 英伦广角 > 正文

英伦广角British Vision(136):白宫174亿元急救汽车两巨头

来源:本站原创 编辑:echo   可可英语APP下载 |  可可官方微信:ikekenet
  


扫描二维码进行跟读打分训练

US Car Giants Accept Bailout


America's three big car manufacturers have been offered a multi-billion dollar bailout from the US Government. Chrysler and General Motors have accpeted a share of $17bn in loans to save them from collapse. Sky's Lisa Holland reports

America’s big three car companies employ a quarter of a million people directly. But it's believed one in ten jobs in the US are tied to the industry. Part of the last chance alone, the country’s motor manufacturers has been given a 17.4 billion dollars bailout by George Bush to save them from the scrappy(混乱状态).

"Our economic advisors just believe such collapse would deal with the unacceptably painful blow to hard-working Americans far beyond the auto industry. It would worsen the weak job market and the disaster that made the financial crisis. It could send our suffering economy into a deeper and longer recession.

But the bailout comes with conditions. The car companies must show they can repay their loans by the end of March next year proving that they are economically viable. They have to accept limits on salaries and bonuses and have been told that perks such corporate jets must be eliminated. And the US government will have the right go through their books at any time, challenging their business independence.

Shortly after announcing bailout Mr. Bush was on TV once more, this time to accept the traditional portraits given to presidents about to leave office.

"I suspected there will be a good sign to cry on, once the work got out about my hanging"

He had made it clear he wouldn't be the one to hang the car industries out dry, because it would be too late by the time Barak Obama takes over. Mr. Obama describes the package as a necessary step.

"The other companies must not squander this chance to reform bad management practices and begin the long term restructuring that is absolutely necessary to save this critical industry in millions of American jobs that depend on it, while also creating the fuel efficient cars of tomorrow."

Ford had said it hoped to get by without government's help. But controversially the government is using part of the 700 billion dollars, which was supposedly to prop up the Wall Street instead. Mica Holland sky news.

重点单词   查看全部解释    
prop [prɔp]

想一想再看

n. 支柱,支持者,倚靠人
n. 道具

联想记忆
efficient [i'fiʃənt]

想一想再看

adj. 效率高的,胜任的

联想记忆
reform [ri'fɔ:m]

想一想再看

v. 改革,改造,革新
n. 改革,改良

联想记忆
worsen ['wə:sn]

想一想再看

v. (使)更坏,(使) 恶化

 
challenging ['tʃælindʒiŋ]

想一想再看

adj. 大胆的(复杂的,有前途的,挑战的) n. 复杂

 
employ [im'plɔi]

想一想再看

雇用,使用

 
disaster [di'zɑ:stə]

想一想再看

n. 灾难

联想记忆
traditional [trə'diʃənəl]

想一想再看

adj. 传统的

 
collapse [kə'læps]

想一想再看

n. 崩溃,倒塌,暴跌
v. 倒塌,崩溃,瓦解

联想记忆
corporate ['kɔ:pərit]

想一想再看

adj. 社团的,法人的,共同的,全体的

联想记忆

发布评论我来说2句

    最新文章

    可可英语官方微信(微信号:ikekenet)

    每天向大家推送短小精悍的英语学习资料.

    添加方式1.扫描上方可可官方微信二维码。
    添加方式2.搜索微信号ikekenet添加即可。