新奇事件簿 大众将召回1100万辆车

The troubled German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) has announced it will recall around 11 million cars following the emissions² tests scandal that has mired³ the company in controversy⁴. Some industry analysts⁵ predict the recall could cost the auto⁶ manufacturer more than $6.5 billion. Last week, VW admitted cheating in diesel⁷ emissions tests in the United States and Europe. It manipulated data to falsely show that VW cars were a lot more fuel-efficient than was really the case. The company is Europe's largest carmaker and employs over 750,000 people. It has lost more than a third of its market value on stock markets and has badly tarnished⁸ its reputation as being a leader in clean energy.

由于大众在尾气排放检测中造假，致使大众争议不断，德国制造商大众汽车宣布召回1100万辆汽车。多家产业分析人士预计，大众的此次召回损失将超过65亿美元。上周，大众承认在美国和欧洲的柴油尾气检测中造假。大众操控数据，错让人们认为大众汽车的能耗低。大众是欧洲最大的汽车制造商，员工总数超过了75万人。大众的股票市价损失超过了三分之一，而大众清洁能源的招牌也因此而蒙上了污点。

Chief executives at VW could face criminal charges over the scandal. Olaf Lies, a Volkswagen board member, told the BBC TV programme Newsnight that some staff acted criminally over emission¹ tests. He said: "Those people who allowed this to happen, or who made the decision to install this software, acted criminally. They must take personal responsibility." He added: "We only found out about the problems in the last board meeting, shortly before the media did. I want to be quite open, so we need to find out why the board wasn't informed earlier about the problems when they were known about over a year ago in the United States."

大众主管也会因此次作弊门而面临指控。大众监事会成员奥拉夫·莱斯在接受BBC电视节目“新闻之夜”采访时称，许多员工在此次尾气检测事件中触犯了法律。他称：“那些认可这件事，决定安装这种软件的员工犯了法。他们必须对自己的行为负责。”他还称：“就在媒体曝光不久前，我们的监事会议才发现了此问题。监事会在一年多以前就知道了美国的检测门事件，那为什么没有及时报告，这是我们要查清楚的，我希望对大家坦诚不公。”

1 emission   

n.发出物，散发物；发出，散发

参考例句：

• Rigorous measures will be taken to reduce the total pollutant emission.采取严格有力措施，降低污染物排放总量。
• Finally,the way to effectively control particulate emission is pointed out.最后，指出有效降低颗粒排放的方向。

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 mired   

abbr.microreciprocal degree 迈尔德（色温单位）v.深陷( mire的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The country was mired in recession. 这个国家陷入了经济衰退的困境。
• The most brilliant leadership can be mired in detail. 最有才干的领导也会陷于拘泥琐事的困境中。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

5 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

6 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

7 diesel   

n.柴油发动机，内燃机

参考例句：

• We experimented with diesel engines to drive the pumps.我们试着用柴油机来带动水泵。
• My tractor operates on diesel oil.我的那台拖拉机用柴油开动。

8 tarnished   

（通常指金属）（使）失去光泽，（使）变灰暗( tarnish的过去式和过去分词 )； 玷污，败坏

参考例句：

• The mirrors had tarnished with age. 这些镜子因年深日久而照影不清楚。
• His bad behaviour has tarnished the good name of the school. 他行为不轨，败坏了学校的声誉。