【英音模仿秀】本田胜丰田

模仿文本：Think of a successful Japanese car maker¹ and you'll probably think of Toyota. After all it's the world's number one auto² manufacturer renowned³ for its lean production system. But American journalist Jeffrey Rothfeder thinks this popular assumption is all wrong. He reckons the real star of the Japanese car industry is Honda, not Toyota. And he's written a whole book about it called Driving Honda after he was allowed behind Honda's famously private doors. So I asked him what did he find.

谈到日本汽车行业的佼佼者，你或许会想到丰田，因为它毕竟是世界上首屈一指的汽车生产商，并且以其精益生产系统而闻名。但是美国记者Jeffrey Rothfeder则并不认同这个民间广泛流传的说法。他认为日本汽车产业里真正的明星是本田而非丰田。在他有幸进入一向含蓄排外本田公司一探究竟之后，他甚至写了整整一本书，名叫《Driving Honda》，用以阐述自己的看法。那么现在他正在接受我的采访，告诉我他所发现的东西。

 

 

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 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 renowned   

adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的

参考例句：

• He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
• She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。