This year, people around the world are lining up to buy electric vehicles even as prices increase.
今年世界各地的人们都在排队购买电动汽车，即使价格有所上涨。
结构分析：This year时间名词作状语icon, people around the world名词词组作主语（around the world是介词词组，作后置定语），are lining up是动词词组，作谓语，现在进行时（are在这里是助动词，起辅助作用，没有意思），to buy electric vehicles是不定式词组，作目的状语，even是连接词，as prices increase是介词词组，作状语。
核心词汇：line up排队; （使）（某一批人）排成行; （使）列队; 使（某一批物;排列成行; （使）对齐; 组织; 邀集
Electric vehicle, EV, demand has stayed strong even as the average cost of lithium-ion battery cells increased to an estimated $160 per kilowatt-hour in the first quarter from $105 last year.
尽管第一季度锂离子电池的平均成本已经从去年的105美元每千瓦时涨到了160美元左右，但是电动汽车的需求仍然强劲。
结构分析：Electric vehicle, EV, demand名词词组作主语 has stayed是谓语，现在完成时，strong形容词作状语，even是连接词，as引导状语从句icon，the average cost of lithium-ion battery cells名词词组，作主语，increased是谓语，过去一般时，to an estimated $160 per kilowatt-hour in the first quarter from $105 last year是介词词组，作状语。
核心词汇：lithium-ion/ˈlɪθiəm ˈaɪən/ 锂离子
battery/'bæt(ə)rɪ/ n. 电池，蓄电池
Costs rose due to supply issues, sanctions on Russian metals and investor speculation.
由于供应问题、对俄罗期金属的制裁和投资者投机，成本有所上涨。
结构分析：Costs主语，rose是谓语，过去一般时，due to supply issues, sanctions on Russian metals and investor speculation是介词词组，作原因状语（due to介词+supply issues名词词组作介词宾语, sanctions on Russian metals名词词组作介词宾语+and是连接词+investor speculation名词词组作介词宾语），其中on Russian metals是介词词组，作sanctions的后置定语。
核心词汇：sanction/'sæŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n/ n. 制裁，处罚；认可；支持；vt. 制裁，处罚；批准；鼓励
speculate/'spekjʊleɪt/ vt. & vi. 思索; 猜测, 推测；vi. 投机
speculation/ˌspekjʊ'leɪʃn/ n. 思考,思索；推断,推测;猜测；投机活动；投机买卖,投机生意
For a smaller vehicle like the Hongguang Mini, the best-selling EV in China, the higher battery costs added almost $1,500, equal to 30 percent of the listed price.
对于中国最畅销的电动汽车宏光Mini这样的小型汽车，电池成本增加了近1500美元，相当于标价的30%。
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