福克斯新闻 冬天里的偷车贼 Car Thefts

GM in the hot seat, Honda marks a milestone¹ and why thieves loved this past winter… it's all part of this week's "FOX Wheels".

It's FOX Wheels.

What did they know? When did they know it? And…Why didn't they act sooner?

Those are just some of the questions GM's CEO Mary Barra is expected to be asked when she goes before lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday to talk about her company's delayed ignition switch recall.

There have been 31 crashes and 12 deaths and GM says it knew about the problem over a decade ago.

Honda has marked a milestone at its Marysville, Ohio plant — the first of four factories in this country.

It was even the star of an old commercial.

(Commercial) "It's the weekend and the Honda automobile³ plant in Marysville, Ohio is closed."

The automaker rolled it's 10 millionth U.S. made Accord off of the assembly line at the factory you see while driving along Route 33 in Ohio.

The arctic cold may've irked you, but the Northern Illinois Auto² Theft Task Force says car thieves loved it.

In the city of Rockford, almost half of the cars and trucks stolen were left running and unattended by people trying to warm them up.

Local police say some of those stolen vehicles ended up in chop shops but most of them were used as getaway cars in crimes.

With FOX Wheels, I'm Jennifer Keiper, FOX News Radio.

1 milestone   

n.里程碑；划时代的事件

参考例句：

• The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
• I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。

2 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

3 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。