Lesson 5 eReport
第五課 英文札記
September 11
9月11日
Who Likes Classic Cars?
誰愛經典古董車?
Some people collect classic cars.
有些人收集經典古董車。
A classic car is one that is more than 25 years old.
古董車是歷史超過二十五年的車輛。
One kind of classic American car is the muscle car.
肌肉車是美國特有的一種經典古董車,
Their engines are designed so the cars can go really fast.
這種車的引擎特別為了高速行駛而設計。
But there is one problem with collecting old cars.
不過,收集老爺車有個問題,
It's hard to find parts for them.
老爺車的零件很難找。
But Musclecar GT in Qionglin, Taiwan, has solved that problem.
不過,臺灣新竹縣芎林鄉的合擎公司解決了這個問題,
They make parts for classic cars.
他們制造這些經典古董車的零件。
The owner of the Musclecar GT factory is Mr. Hsiu-hsien Lo.
合擎公司的制造廠老板是羅修賢先生。
Mr. Lo knew many people loved classic cars.
羅先生認識許多熱愛經典古董車的人,
He also knew people needed parts for them.
也知道許多人需要經典古董車的零件。
So he studied old cars.
于是,他研究了老爺車,
Then he started a factory to make classic car parts.
然后成立一家工廠,制造經典古董車零件。
Before the Musclecar GT factory started making parts, people couldn't buy some of the car parts they needed.
在合擎公司開始制造零件之前,老爺車收集者所需要的零件有些是買不到的。
Now parts are available again, and people from around the world pay a lot of money for them.
現在,那些零件又可以買得到了,于是世界各地的愛車者都愿意付高價購買。
How does the factory make these parts?
合擎公司如何制造那些零件呢?
First the workers study a sample of an old car.
工作人員首先研究一輛老爺車的樣品。
They look at all the parts and see how they can make them again.
他們檢視所有的零件,看看他們如何能夠復制那些零件。
Then they carefully create a mold for each different car part.
然后,再為每個不同的汽車零件精心打造模具。
The Musclecar GT factory has made over 100,000 different car parts for over 60 different types of cars from around the world.
合擎公司已為世界各地超過六十種不同款式的車制造超過十萬件以上的各式零件。
The Musclecar GT factory has given old cars new life!
合擎公司為經典古董車賦予了新生命!