CNN News:大眾CEO辭職（雙語）

CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Great to have you along for this Thursday edition of CNN STUDENT NEWS. My name is Carl Azuz.

很高興大家觀看周四的CNN 學生新聞。我是卡爾·阿祖茲。

Taking off our 10 minutes of current events coverage, Volkswagen is a big brand facing a big problem. It owns VW, Audi and Porsche, and just past Toyota as the world`s biggest carmaker.

10分鐘時事播報。大眾這一知名品牌現(xiàn)在遭遇巨大難題。大眾集團旗下?lián)碛写蟊娖嚒W迪、保時捷。并剛剛超過日本豐臺成為世界上最大的汽車制造商。

Its chief executive officer has apologized and resigned amid a growing scandal. It has to do with emissions.

在日益發(fā)酵的丑聞中，大眾首席執(zhí)行官道歉并宣布辭職。該丑聞是關于大眾汽車尾氣排放。

The U.S. government has limits on the kinds and the amounts of pollutants that cars may give off. That`s why most cars in the U.S. have to get annual emissions test. Instead of using technology to meet U.S. standards, regulators say Volkswagen use technology to cheat on the tests and the problem goes well beyond U.S. Shores.

美國政府限制汽車排放尾氣中污染物的數(shù)量以及種類。因此美國大多數(shù)車輛每年必須通過排放檢測。監(jiān)管機構表示大眾沒有使用符合美國標準技術，而是通過在檢測中造假，而且這樣的問題也在美國之外的國家出現(xiàn)。

PETER VALDES-DAPENA, CNNMONEY: The EPA recently announced that Volkswagen cheated on emissions tests, allowing almost half a million baldy polluting diesel cars onto America`s roads, and there are millions more of them around the world. It`s a scandal that`s rocked the German automaker, sending its stock plummeting, and angering some of VW`s most loyal customers. Lawsuits have been filed, apologies have been issued.

彼得，紐約：環(huán)保署最近宣布大眾汽車在排放檢測時造假，讓近100萬污染柴油汽車行駛在美國公路上，而且世界各地也有數(shù)以百萬計的這種車輛。這次丑聞使得這家德國汽車制造商身陷信任危機，其股票暴跌，而且激怒了公司一些忠實客戶。對此，相關部門已經(jīng)提出訴訟，大眾集團也已經(jīng)公開道歉。

But how exactly did one of the world`s top-selling automakers get away with cheating on such a gigantic scale? And can it ever undo the damage?

但世界上最暢銷的汽車制造商到底是如何在這樣龐大規(guī)模的檢測中僥幸過關的呢?這家公司能夠彌補過失嗎?

About 480,000 diesel-powered VW cars don`t meet federal emissions. In fact, they don`t even come close. They release 10 to 40 times the legal limit of nitrogen oxide, dangerous pollutants linked to asthma and other health problems. But for years, no one knew. That`s where the cheating comes in.

約480000輛大眾柴油動力汽車不符合聯(lián)邦排放標準。事實上，這些汽車甚至距標準很遠。

它們釋放出超出法律限制10到40倍的氧化氮，這種危險的污染物能夠引發(fā)哮喘及其他健康問題。但多年來，卻無人知曉。這就是造假。

Volkswagen installed software in diesel cars that detects when the vehicle is undergoing emissions test. When the software recognizes that inspection is underway, it automatically switches modes, reducing emissions below the legal limit. As soon as testing is over, though, it`s back to dirty driving.

當這些柴油汽車進行排放測試大眾公司在車內(nèi)安裝了軟件。當軟件識別到正在進行檢測后會自動切換模式，使得排放低于法定上限。只要檢測結束，就可以上路污染環(huán)境。

VALDES-DAPENA: When it comes to emissions, diesel engines are a challenge. They`re fuel efficient but they tend to burn dirty. Automakers have spent millions on research to figure out how to maintain that efficiency, but cleanup diesel emissions, so their cars can get good fuel economy without releasing nasty pollutants. Apparently, VW couldn`t find a way to do that, nor did it want to. Either way, somewhere inside VW, someone decided to cheat.

彼得：在尾氣排放方面，柴油引擎是一個難題。這種車會非常省油，但更易對環(huán)境造成污染。汽車制造商已經(jīng)花費數(shù)百萬美元來研究來如何維持效能，但如果在潔凈柴油排放這個環(huán)節(jié)也能找到方法，他們的車就可以在沒有釋放污染物的情況下獲得良好的燃油經(jīng)濟性。顯然，大眾并沒有找到當中的突破口，也不愿這樣做。無論如何，在大眾內(nèi)部，有人決定瞞天過海。

The questions now are, how high up the corporate leader did this decision go? And how much in fines, recall costs and damage reputation is it going to cost VW?

現(xiàn)在的問題是，高層是如何做出這樣的決定?并且罰款，車輛收回以及信譽損壞又會給大眾造成多大的影響。