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CRI听力:The Price Drop of Luxury Cars in the Chinese Market

2012-03-05来源:CRI
短语讲解:
1. High-end car dealerships in Hangzhou are currently involved in a price war.

involve in使参与〔陷入, 牵扯到〕
例句:Don't involve yourself in unnecessary dispute.
不要把自己卷入无谓的争论中。

2. Take a 930 thousand yuan Mercedes Benz S300 for example. Dealers are now offering up to 30% off, amounting to 280 thousand yuan, which would allow the buyer to purchase another middle-priced car.

amount to共计
例句:The bill amounts to $500.
这张账单共计500美元。

3. We also buy insurance for the customers, throw in regular car maintenance for free and have even given buyers an iphone 4s as a gift.

for free免费
例句:I got the sample for free.
我免费得到这样品。

4. However, automobile analyst Wang Yinglai says the dramatic price drop is in fact due to the price bubble for luxury cars within China.

due to由于,因为
例句:Her absence is due to illness.
她因病缺席。

5. The sticker price of a Top of the range Ranger Rover is the equivalent of 917 thousand yuan in Britain. Its dutiable price when coming into China should be 1.7 million yuan, but its official sticker price is almost 2.2 million yuan in the Chinese market.

come into加入; 参加
例句:Several new members have come into the club since last year.
自去年以来, 又有些新成员加入了俱乐部。

6. In response to this, auto dealers have said that the profit they make from selling one car is about 3% of the sticker price.

in response to对…做出反应
例句:She laughed in response to his jokes.
他的话引起她大笑。