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Which of these automobile¹ brands is not manufactured by General Motors: Buick, Chevrolet, Saturn² or GMC? This is a bit tricky³. The answer is Saturn. It used to be part of G.M. but it was shutdown in 2010.

The last Chevy Cruze has rolled off the line in a G.M. plant in Lordstown, Ohio. It's a community located between Cleveland and Pittsburgh and its economy benefited from having a General Motors plant there. But the company closed the factory this week. Its CEO says Americans aren't buying as many sedans like the Cruze. So G.M., like other U.S. car companies, is shifting toward making more trucks and SUVs, which are also more profitable.

The landscape for American autoworkers has been changing for decades. There's been increased competition from Japanese carmakers. Some U.S. companies have outsourced jobs to Mexico. Whether G.M. will use its Lordstown facility to make another vehicle or give it up all together is a highly important question for both the workers and the local economy itself.

1 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。

2 Saturn   

n.农神，土星

参考例句：

• Astronomers used to ask why only Saturn has rings.天文学家们过去一直感到奇怪，为什么只有土星有光环。
• These comparisons suggested that Saturn is made of lighter materials.这些比较告诉我们，土星由较轻的物质构成。

3 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。