双语有声阅读:Bidding war for Daewoo Cars 轿车业巨头争

Bidding war for Daewoo Cars 轿车业巨头争购大禹汽车公司

Daewoo cars are made and sold far and wide

大宇汽车在世界各地均有生产和销售 

The world's leading carmakers have lined up to bid for Korea's Daewoo Cars, which is up for sale after the parent company got into financial difficulties.

Ford², General Motors, and DaimlerChrysler are all hoping to take over the troubled Korean firm.

DaimlerChrysler and Hyundai are bidding jointly⁴ for the troubled South Korean car maker¹ Daewoo after announcing plans to tie up.

Meanwhile, GM and Fiat⁵ announced a joint³ bid for Daewoo, with a promise to keep Daewoo's brand name, a commitment to full employment for Daewoo workers, and a promise to creditors⁶ to allow some of their bad debts to be converted into equity⁷ of the new company.

Ford Motor Company, which already owns a controlling stake in Japan's Mazda, is the third bidder⁸.

世界上各大头号轿车制造商争相竞购因母公司陷入财政困难而被出售的韩国大宇汽车公司。

福特、通用、戴米勒克莱斯勒均希望自己能接管这一陷入困境的韩国公司。

戴米勒克莱斯勒和现代公司已宣布了合作计划，他们将联合收购大宇。

同时，通用和飞亚特也宣布共同收购大宇，并许诺保留大宇商标、公司职员全员雇用、债权人的部分坏帐可转为新公司的产权等。

已在日本马自达公司控股的福特公司是第三家竞购者
 

1 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

2 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。

3 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

4 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

5 fiat   

n.命令，法令，批准；vt.批准，颁布

参考例句：

• The opening of a market stall is governed by municipal fiat.开设市场摊位受市政法令管制。
• He has tried to impose solutions to the country's problems by fiat.他试图下令强行解决该国的问题。

6 creditors   

n.债权人，债主( creditor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They agreed to repay their creditors over a period of three years. 他们同意3年内向债主还清欠款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors. 债权人可以获得逮捕债务人的令状。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 equity   

n.公正，公平，（无固定利息的）股票

参考例句：

• They shared the work of the house with equity.他们公平地分担家务。
• To capture his equity,Murphy must either sell or refinance.要获得资产净值，墨菲必须出售或者重新融资。

8 bidder   

n.(拍卖时的)出价人，报价人，投标人

参考例句：

• TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder.电视特许经营权将拍卖给出价最高的投标人。
• The bidder withdrew his bid after submission of his bid.投标者在投标之后撤销了投标书。