Green China——《华尔街英语电子学习报（五月刊）》之《焦点新闻》译注

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华尔街英语电子学习报（五月刊）
　　
　　Spotlight on News
　　焦点新闻
　　
　　Green China
　　绿色中国
　　
　　One experimental clean-energy car runs on natural gas. Another uses ethanol distilled from corn. A third has a zero-emissions electric motor powered by a hydrogen fuel cell.
　　一辆尚处于实验阶段的清洁能源汽车依靠天然气行驶。另一辆使用从谷物蒸馏而来的酒精。第三辆则装有由氢燃料电池提供能量的零排放发动机。
　　
　　These alternative vehicles were created not by a global automaker but by China's small but ambitious car companies, which displayed them Sunday alongside gasoline-powered sedans and sport utility vehicles at the start of the Shanghai Auto Show.
　　这些可供选择的车辆不是由全球汽车制造商制造，而是来自中国的规模不大却雄心勃勃的汽车公司，周日他们在上海车展上将这种车辆同汽油燃料的轿车和赛车一同展示。
　　
　　At a time when they are still trying to establish themselves in international markets, Chinese automakers are already investing in such avant-garde research in a bid to win a foothold in the next generation of technology.
　　在他们仍然试图确立自己的国际市场地位的时候，中国的汽车制造商已经在尖端研究领域投入了资金。要在下一代的技术中赢得一席之地，这种研究是必不可少的。
　　
　　“This is the tide of the industry. If you don't go with the tide, the industry will pass you by,'' said one executive at one of China's biggest domestic automakers, in an interview ahead of the show's opening.
　　“这是业界的潮流。如果你跟不上潮流，就会被抛弃。”中国最大的家用汽车制造商之一的一位经理表示。他是在展会开幕前的一次采访中说这番话的。
　　
　　While foreign automakers have a lead in conventional technology, ''in new energy we're starting from almost the same line,'' said another industry observer.
　　虽然外国汽车制造商在传统技术中处于领先地位，“在新能源方面我们却和他们站在几乎同一起跑线上”另一位业界观察家说。
　　
　　
　　VOCABULARY 词汇
　　
　　Ethanol (n),a kind of fuel that is made from corn or grain.乙醇，酒精
　　Zero-emissions (n),no waste gases produced by using the machine or car.（机器或汽车）零排放
　　Avant-garde (adj),from French, meaning very forward and modern, ahead of others.[法语"> 先锋的，前卫的
　　Foothold (n),a small area- which can allow you to move forward to bigger things. When climbing mountains, we use footholds to progress up the mountain.立足之地