万花筒 2009-08-03&08-04 宝马退出F1

The BMW Sauber Formula One Team revealed this season's latest car back in January, but this will be the last such unveiling. BMW's quitting the sport at the end to the current season. BMW's CEO Norbert Reithofer told the news conference in Munich why.

 

"We will continue to be actively¹ involved in motor sport and will concentrate on production-oriented motor sport and encouraging new talent."

 

BMW says its departure is part of a change of strategy, designed to reflect its move towards reducing carbon emissions². BMW bought the team from independent owner Peter Sauber in 2006. An injection of money and technical expertise³ helped it move up the grid⁴. But there is no hiding the fact that BMW Sauber's having a poor season. After winning a race in 2008, the team languishes⁵ in eighth place out of ten in this year’s championship. Team principal Mario Theissen says he's disappointed by BMW's departure.

 

"From a purely⁶ sporting point of view, lots of things spoke⁷ for staying in Formula One. Within 3 years, we have managed to rise continually from the back of the midfield to the top."

 

BMW follows Japanese carmaker Honda who pulled out of Formula One just before the start of the season. But BMW says the economy wasn't the factor in its decision. The withdrawal⁸ comes as Formula One Teams battle motor sport’s governing body the FIA over control of the sport.

 

There is a month before the next grand prix in Valencia and like many in the team, BMW Sauber drivers Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica must now spend that time looking for new jobs.

 

Joanna Partridge, Reuters.

 

1 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

2 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

3 expertise   

n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长

参考例句：

• We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
• You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。

4 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

5 languishes   

长期受苦( languish的第三人称单数 )； 受折磨； 变得（越来越）衰弱； 因渴望而变得憔悴或闷闷不乐

参考例句：

• I cant tell why this heart languishes in silence. 我不知道，为什麽这颗心在寂静中憔悴。
• For the purpose of this device is qiangxinli ve now languishes. 为了这个设备我现在已经是心力憔悴了。

6 purely   

adv.纯粹地，完全地

参考例句：

• I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
• This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。

7 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

8 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。