福克斯新闻 福特F-150系列碰撞测试结果公布

Ford¹ swapped² traditional steel frames for lighter³, high-strength aluminum⁴ in the 2015 F-150, the first major pick-up to do so…

福特在2015的F-150车型上以更为轻便、更高强度的铝替换传统钢结构,这是第一款这样配置的皮卡…

“Up to 700 pounds lighter, so it can haul more than any half-ton pickup⁵ on the planet.”

“轻了700磅,所以它可以比地球上任何皮卡拉得动超过半吨的重量。”

But crash test ratings produced mixed results…

但碰撞试验评级结果却是…

The four-door Super Crew version earned the IIHS's top rating, but regular and Super Cab versions missed the mark.

4门的Super Crew版本获得IIHS的最高评价,但普通及Super Cab却并不叫人满意。

The difference-the Super Crew has steel energy deflectors in its front end-the lower scoring models didn't.

区别在于Super Crew在前端有钢能导向板，而评分较低的车款则不具备这项优势。

Ford will add those to all F-150s starting with the 2016 model year.

福特会将所有这些加入到2016年的F-150系车型中。

The F-series has been the nation's best-selling vehicle for three decades.

近30年来F系列一直是全国最畅销的车款。

1 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。

2 swapped   

交换（工作）( swap的过去式和过去分词 )； 用…替换，把…换成，掉换（过来）

参考例句：

• I liked her coat and she liked mine, so we swapped. 我喜欢她的外套，她喜欢我的外套，于是我们就交换了。
• At half-time the manager swapped some of the players around. 经理在半场时把几名队员换下了场。

3 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

4 aluminum   

n.(aluminium)铝

参考例句：

• The aluminum sheets cannot be too much thicker than 0.04 inches.铝板厚度不能超过0.04英寸。
• During the launch phase,it would ride in a protective aluminum shell.在发射阶段，它盛在一只保护的铝壳里。

5 pickup   

n.拾起，获得

参考例句：

• I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。