VOA慢速英语:A Rough Road for Toyota

1.Toyota is recalling millions of cars and trucks around the world because of cases where vehicles have sped up unexpectedly.

speed up(使)加速

例句：We'll never get there if he doesn't speed up.
      如果他不快些走, 我们一定到不了那里。

      We are speeding up the mechanization of our agriculture.
      我们正在加快农业机械化的步伐。

2.But Toyota sales in the United States have fallen, and so has its stock price.

so has……后面说到的和前面表示的情况相同，表示……也是如此，可以用so+助动词/系动词+主语表示。如果表达否定，将so换成neither即可。

3.So, in that respect, they are doing something fairly bold, namely, .....

例句：in that respect从这一方面来将。respect在这里是名词，方面的意思。例如：The plan is faulty in every respect.无论从哪个方面来看这项计划都不完善。

另外还有一个形近词:respectively 分别；各自；顺序为；依次为

例句：the brothers were called Felix and Max, respectively.
      这对兄弟分别叫做费利克斯和马克斯。

4.Toyota says it expects costs and lost sales from its recent safety recalls to total two billion dollars by the end of March.

expect to total……预计总额将高达……也可以换成将来时来表达：expect the costs and loss will total up to……