商业报道:汽车业卷入全球经济低迷漩涡

Car biz in crisis

Caught between high gas prices and the growing credit crunch¹, the already struggling auto² industry is being squeezed.

Robert Crisafi didn't need to see the latest startled sales numbers to know the picture's grip. A dramatic drop in used cars sales has put his 25-year-old business in jeopardy³.

Nobody is buying cars. Finance companies aren't financing. And people can't get loans. From car dealers⁴ to car makers⁵, the credit crunch is dealing⁶ a devastating⁷ blow, siding very tight credit conditions. Ford⁸ says its sales plunged⁹ 35% in September. Chrysler dropped 31%. And GM 16%. Japaness auto-maker Toyoto had its worst monthly drop in 21 years.

Telling credits anaylists,they are bigger told than expected.

Six out of ten new vehicles are purchased with their loan. And that portion of market is now being pulled back. You are seeing major declines and frankly¹⁰ ,credit has to be loosened for the industry to come back.

And to industry that was already struggling, high gas prices caused consumers to pull back early this year and that digged the sales. On Tuesday, the president signed out a 25-billion-dollar loan package for troubled auto-makers. But the worst may not be over.

The traffic hit the last ten days of Semptember was far worst than first ten days of Sempemter. So it's seem to be an exhilarating problem for that.

While the industry faces potential plant closing and job cuts, car dealers are being squeezed. CarMax, the nation's largest used car retailer¹¹, announced 600 lay-offs.

The National Auto Mobile Sale Association says so far this years, 600 auto dealerships have closed down, and more are expected. For CNN Money. com , I am Mary Snow.

1 crunch   

n.关键时刻；艰难局面；v.发出碎裂声

参考例句：

• If it comes to the crunch they'll support us.关键时刻他们是会支持我们的。
• People who crunch nuts at the movies can be very annoying.看电影时嘎吱作声地嚼干果的人会使人十分讨厌。

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 jeopardy   

n.危险；危难

参考例句：

• His foolish behaviour may put his whole future in jeopardy.他愚蠢的行为可能毁了他一生的前程。
• It is precisely at this juncture that the boss finds himself in double jeopardy.恰恰在这个关键时刻，上司发现自己处于进退两难的境地。

4 dealers   

n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者

参考例句：

• There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
• The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。

5 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

7 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

8 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

9 plunged   

v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
• She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。

10 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。

11 retailer   

n.零售商(人)

参考例句：

• What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
• The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。