VOA常速英语:NHTSA Opens Probe into Chevrolet Volt Fire

短语讲解：

1. Federal safety officials are looking into battery-related fires in General Motors' new electric-powered Chevrolet Volt automobile.

look into在...里查资料;深入地检查,研究;调查
例句：Your complaint is being looked into. When we have anything to report, we will write to you again.
你的诉讼正在调查之中。如果有事需要通知, 我们会写信给你的。

2. “We were among the first buyers in the country even though Chicago is not a launch market, and we drove them through the winter, tested them out, and actually had them through the summer as well, and gotten a pretty good feel for them," he said.

test out对…进行彻底检验
例句：Scientists test out theories by experiment.
科学家用实验来检验理论。

3. The Volt that was crashed by NHSTA led to a five-star crash rating.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。

4. Wiesenfelder points out there is no evidence to suggest the Volt, or any current electric powered vehicle, is any less safe than one powered by a combustion engine.

point out指出
例句：He pointed out that there was little chance of success.
他指出很少有成功的机会。

5. “Electrics in general tend to be [safer], have fewer failure modes than combustion [engine] or other vehicles," he said.

tend to 有...的倾向
例句：Modern furniture design tends to simplicity.
现代家具设计越来越简单。

6. “I do not test safety of vehicles, but we test other aspects of vehicles and we test them to find out, what are they going to do when you push them to the edge, and we need to know that, that is how you make them better," he said.

find out 发现, 看穿, 揭发, 找出;查明
例句：The manager had found him out and was going to sack him.
经理发觉了他的不轨行为, 打算炒他鱿鱼。