商业报道:08最酷汽车分享 I

Coolest cars of 08, part 1

Fortune's Sue Callaway picks the fastest, best performing and good looking sports cars and takes them to the track.

Hi, I am Sue Callaway, car columnist¹ of Fortune Magazine. And I am here the Las Vegas motor’s field way to test the coolest cars of 08.

Wow, Lamborghini knows not only how to feel the joy ride, this is a thrill ride, this is a most engaging brutal², drawn³, crazy car out here. So many cars coming up today, even with the super cars are building in so many small electronics that control your traction⁴ in your brake balance, well this doesn’t have all that junk on it, this is a pure Italian monster.

Porsche has been evolving and refining the 911 Turbo for decades. You might think that make it ubiquitous, he did see lot of them on the roads. But I’ve got to tell you, of all the cars here today, this is the most capable and easiest to drive of all of them. Stand out to the rest of the competition, but only you as a driver look amazing. This is the incredible car that gold standard of sports cars.

I had to sit down for this one, I never through I’d see it, but I am glad to finally, an American super car that is worthy⁵ of its competition. The Corvette ZR1 is incredibly competent, incredibly powerful machine. Trashing control on, it’s balanced, it’s powerful, it / to do anything stupid. Trashing control off, you can slide this car around for days unlike an all-wheel drive car like the 911 Turbo. Bravo, GM, this wins the final reward.

But here’s a strange problem I ran into today, the Nissan GT-R is so competent, I really wasn’t aware of the performance level I was getting. Sure I felt the tiers’ squealing⁶ and you know, it’s hitting the gas as hard as I could on the street way, but it felt like kind of a daily drive until I look down and realize that hitting higher numbers than any other cars so far today. In fact, for 70,000 dollars, the cheapest car in the line up. You are getting performance that battles the 911 Turbo, the Lamborghini Gallardo, all the other all wheel drive competition out there. Are there a few niggles, its second gear too short, but I change the shape of paddle shipped. Yeah, maybe, but, come on, this is an insanely good deal and an insanely competent.

1 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。

2 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

3 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

4 traction   

n.牵引；附着摩擦力

参考例句：

• I'll show you how the traction is applied.我会让你看如何做这种牵引。
• She's injured her back and is in traction for a month.她背部受伤，正在作一个月的牵引治疗。

5 worthy   

adj.(of)值得的，配得上的；有价值的

参考例句：

• I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
• There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。

6 squealing   

v.长声尖叫，用长而尖锐的声音说( squeal的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Pigs were grunting and squealing in the yard. 猪在院子里哼哼地叫个不停。
• The pigs were squealing. 猪尖叫着。