VOA常速英语:Electric Cars Face Issues in US

sneak up偷偷地走
例句：I didn't notice Tom sneaking up behind me.
我没有注意汤姆从我后面偷偷走了上来。

2. "My guys are out looking for two truckloads of them right now because I don't have enough to sell to the people who want them," he explained.

look for寻找
例句：She is looking for her lost child.
她正在寻找失去的孩子。

3. That's the kind of excitement President Obama hoped for when he visited a Volt manufacturing plant after the government bailed General Motors out of bankruptcy with billions of dollars in loans.

hope for希望, 希望得到
例句：I hope for the weather to improve soon.
我希望天气会很快转好。
bail out帮助(某人)脱离困境
例句：My friends bailed me out with economic aid.
我的朋友们从经济上帮助我使我脱离困境。

4. But without them, drivers worry about taking the car too far from home.

worry about担忧, 烦恼
例句：He worried about how to make his living.
他为如何谋生发愁。

5. Despite the slowdown in Volt production, other American carmarkers are not putting on the brakes.

put on穿上, 戴上; 把…放在…上
例句：Put the plates gently on the table, they are very delicate.
把碟子轻轻放在桌上, 这些碟子非常易碎。

6. "Within two years, we will have in the United States car market 20 electric vehicles available and as word gets out that they work," he said.

get out (使)出现, (使)逃出开始被人知道; 泄漏出
例句：To his surprise the news soon got out.
使他惊奇的是, 消息很快就泄露出去了。