VOA常速英语:2018 Paris Auto Show Celebrates 120th Anniversary

For more than a century, the Paris Auto Show has been the place for car enthusiasts and manufactures. Car like General Motors Firebird, Renaud’s frigate, Jaguars and of course Mercedes-benz, showcase cutting-edge technology for the times.
一个多世纪以来，巴黎车展一直是汽车爱好者和制造商的聚集地。通用汽车公司、雷诺的护卫舰、捷豹，当然还有梅赛德斯-奔驰等汽车都展现了当时最先进的技术。

“There was a type of Silicon Valley in West Paris, there were a lot of manufactures competing in innovation to offer Parisians of fashionable, very expensive object, which will gradually become a lifestyle and would enter the daily lives of individuals, thanks to the Auto Show.”
在巴黎西部有一个类似硅谷的地方，很多制造商在创新方面展开竞争，为巴黎人提供时尚、非常昂贵的物品，这些物品将逐渐成为一种生活方式，并将进入个人的日常生活，这要归功于车展。

The first Paris Auto Show in 1898 drew about a hundred and forty thousand visitors, by 1945 that number hit a million. Manufactures from around the world took notice and showcased their cars special features from trunk space to the torpedo-like grille of the oldsmobile golden rocket. But in response to soaring oil prices in the 1970s, car companies adapted output to boost a slumping automobile industry.
1898年的第一次巴黎车展吸引了大约14万名参观者，到1945年，这个数字达到了100万。世界各地的制造商都注意到了这一点，并展示了他们的汽车，从大空间的后备箱到奥兹莫比尔金火箭的鱼雷状格栅，应有尽有。但为了应对上世纪70年代油价飙升，汽车公司调整了产量，以提振低迷的汽车行业。

“What we see in particular, for example when this first decade of the automobile industry crisis, brought about by high oil prices was the reduction in size of the vehicles. It was a way to urbanize, the vehicle from this point, on the car becomes integrated in this city.”
我们尤其看到的是，在高油价带来的汽车行业危机的头十年里，汽车的体积缩小了。这是一种使汽车城市化的方式，从这一点开始汽车就融入了这个城市。

International Car Shows had long been criticized for their objectification of women, over time the auto industry began targeting women as consumers and not just as hood ornaments.
国际车展长期以来一直因其对女性的物化而受到批评，随着时间的推移，汽车行业开始把女性作为消费者，而不仅仅是引擎盖上的配饰。

“Women are drivers. The role of women is not just to put cars in the spotlight.”
女性成为司机，女性的角色不仅仅是让汽车成为人们关注的焦点。

In recent years the Paris Auto Show has drawn 1.4million visitor. This year’s show runs from October 4th to the 14th.
近年来，巴黎车展吸引了140万参观者。今年的展出时间是从10月4日到14日。

Arash Arabasadi VOA News Washington.
VOA记者阿拉什·阿拉巴萨迪华盛顿采访报道。