“Ford， Honda, Toyato, Jaguar Lan

这些表达都是汽车的品牌。面对汽车工业（the car industry）的衰退（shakeout），我们应该怎样处理呢？

老夏考研“每日一题”选自《卫报》文章标题为“a looming threat to the car industry”（对汽车工业的潜在威胁）。

今天是一个主流题型，词义推测题。 ......

【题目】The word “align” is closest in meaning to ______   

[A] back up.

[B]team up.

[C] end up.

[D] wind up.

【试题】

(1)An industrial strategy, promoted by the business minister, Greg Clark, was supposed to support the car industry’s transition from the combustion engine to battery-powered cars. (2)The government has poured tens of millions of pounds into subsidies for battery research and, over time, that should help retain some of the industry in the UK. (3)But as the car industry’s successful years show clearly, all the cogs that go to make a new car need to align* and that includes the political sphere. (4)Brexit means that the politics are almost entirely negative.(5)It would be a disaster if Britain emerges from its Brexit rowing to find that a car industry painstakingly rebuilt from the ashes of the 1970s has quietly slipped over the Channel.

【参考译文】

(1)An industrial strategy, promoted by the business minister, Greg Clark, was supposed to support the car industry’s transition from the combustion engine to battery-powered cars. 一项由商业部长Greg Clark推进工业战略，理应支持汽车工业从内燃机转向电池驱动的汽车。

(2)The government has poured tens of millions of pounds into subsidies for battery research and, over time, that should help retain some of the industry in the UK. 政府已经为电池研发投入了数千万英镑的补贴。随着时间的推移，这将有助于保留英国的部分产业。

(3) But as the car industry’s successful years show clearly, all the cogs that go to make a new car need to align* and that includes the political sphere. 但正如汽车行业多年的成功清晰表明的那样，组成一辆新车的所有齿轮都需要协调一致，那也包括政治领域。

(4)Brexit means that the politics are almost entirely negative. 英国退欧意味着政治几乎完全是负面的。

(5)It would be a disaster if Britain emerges from its Brexit struggling to find that a car industry painstakingly rebuilt from the ashes of the 1970s has quietly slipped over the Channel. 如果英国从脱欧的争吵中醒来，发现在从上世纪70年代的废墟上苦心重建的汽车工业已经悄然滑过了英吉利海峡，那将是一场灾难。

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