英语新闻听写 庆祝吉普问世75周年

On Thursday, Jeep fans everywhere had a reason to celebrate.

周四，“吉普迷”们可以庆祝一番了。

The Jeep was patented 75 years ago on April 7th, 1941.

75年前的1941年4月7日，吉普轿车成功申请专利。

The actual production of the first American Jeep was a joint¹ effort, with American Bantam creating the winning design and receiving the patent.

第一辆美国吉普实为“合资”品，由美国班塔姆汽车公司设计，并获得专利权。

But their engine didn't have enough kick, so the U.S. Military insisted that Willy-Overland's engine design had to go into the Jeep for Bantam to keep their military contract.

但吉普引擎后劲不足，美军为保证合同，坚持使用“Willy-Overland”公司设计引擎。

From there, Ford² had to step in to make sure enough Jeeps were being made to ship off to World War 2.

福特公司保证二战吉普供给。

Since then, the Jeep has been a classic³ part of America's off road vehicle collection.

自此以后，吉普就成为了美国越野车的经典。

1 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。

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 classic   

n.经典作品；adj.经典的，一流的；古典的

参考例句：

• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。
• The football match was a classic.那场足球比赛堪称典范。