这篇文章是基于The Wall Street Journal做的摘要。里面都是好表达，可是一次性也学不了这么多，先记下一部分。

正文

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标题

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Now a Field, soon a plant双关表达
field 空地； plant 工厂
field 田地； plant 农作物。表示现在是土地已经平整，硕果累累。

第一句

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这句话道明了此举对中国以及特斯拉本身都意义非凡。
此句用the Californian electrica-auto maker来指代 Tesla Inc。

• wholly

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造句
Since 2015, she is wholly devoted to her children.

• “对……至关重要”
  be vital/critical/essential/crucial to
• scale up
  英英释义是：to increase the size, amount, or extent of (something)。中文经常译为“增大;增加;提高”。
  The company hopes to scale up production soon.

第二句

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随着开工仪式，特斯拉加速本地生产。
此句用the world's biggest auto market指代China。外刊很少用it/he/they等指代代词来指某个东西，毕竟容易混淆。而是会用一种另种说明来指代。

• groundbreaking
  作为名词，它表示“动工”；作为形容词，它表示“突破性的”。

She was honored for her groundbreaking work in nuclear physics.

• robust
  强劲的；富有活力的

第三句

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这句说明特斯拉这次的机遇相当不错呀：政府对电动行业的支助；中国有钱爱车族的垂青（这些人主要对它的技术及马克先生的爱冒险精神痴迷）。

• rev up
  

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• capitalize on
  

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• well-to-do
  英英：having plenty of money and possessions : wealthy，中文释义是“富裕的”。
  相当于well-off, wealthy

• “为……着迷”

  
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第四句

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这句话说明中国在特斯拉流水型生产策略中的至关重要的一环。

• be central to
  “对……来说很重要”，类似的表达有：be vital/critical/essential/crucial to。
• graduate from A to B
  英英：“ to move from one level to another usually higher level”
  英汉：从 A 转变成 B
  例句：

The word has graduated from slang to accepted use.
My nephew has graduated from baby food to solid food.
The former child actor has finally graduated [=moved on] to more serious roles.

• niche和mainstream
  niche: 小众的；细分的
  mainstream: 主流的；大众的

第五句

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• go it alone
  “to do something without depending on anyone else for help”，表示“单干；独自过活”

He's decided to leave the band and go it alone as a singer.

• bellwether

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• weigh the costs and benefits
  权衡利弊
  造句
  I have to weigh the costs and benefits of being a fulltime worker. （我要权衡下全职上班的利弊。）
• stick with sth.

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造句
She prefers, in the end to stick with what she like best, not know best. (最终她选了继续做喜欢的而不是熟悉的。）