VOA常速英语:Maryland Junkyard Business Breathes New Life Into Old Cars

Five thousand square meters of old damaged cars motorcycles and boats fill this junkyard. For a casual onlooker, this might be a very sad sight. But for Andy Cohen, it’s a real treasure. I’ve been a junk hoarder for my whole life so I like different things.I like fixing up stuff that shouldn’t be thrown away.Around 200 old cars end up in this junkyard every week.Some of them are sold for parts, others get repaired, still others are beyond repair,
五千平方米的旧受损汽车、摩托车和船只挤满了这个废品场。对于一个随意的围观者来说，这可能是一个非常糟糕的景象。但对于安迪·科恩来说，这是一笔真正的财富。我这一生都是个废品囤积者，我喜欢不同的东西。我喜欢修理那些不该扔掉的东西。每周大约有200辆旧车来到这个废品场。有的是作为零件卖的，有的被修理过的，还有的已经无法修复。

and his father Bobby started the business some 50 years ago, and still spends every morning there.What I liked about the business it was always a lot of fun. It’s a lot harder now.Things are a lot more competitive and the Internet has really taken a toll on us.You come in with a smile every day and hopefully somebody else will smile.
他的父亲博比大约50年前就开始了这项业务，到现在每天早上还在那里度过。我喜欢的生意总是很有趣。但是现在要难多了。行业竞争更激烈了。互联网确实给我们带来了损失。每天你都带着微笑进来，也希望别人会回你微笑。

The father and son have very different approaches to their work.So we got a one Dean cab that was getting thrown away and that was my father’s project, and that was one I did not want him to do.He did he did basically the opposite of everything I told him and I think he just did it just to make me mad.Because he dumped a ton of money into this car and in the end, it wouldn’t run.
父子俩的工作方式大不相同。我们有一辆不得不扔掉的迪安出租车。那是我父亲的杰作。我一直不想让他做。他做的基本上和我告诉他的一切截然相反，我想他这么做只是为了让我生气。因为他把一吨钱倒在这辆车上，最终车还是跑不了。

The unusual family business attracted the attention of a TV crew that’s how to show Janka Empire came to be featured on a subsidiary network of the Discovery Channel. In my world, there’s no idea too crazy. My Empire, five years of shooting, five seasons, 60 episodes.This show about old rusty cars is popular all over living here. There were hundreds of junkyards throughout the United States.I think what’s interesting is that is a family business. My father and I started the business and we banter very well back and forth and I think that’s what people like they can relate to it.The cars that end up at the coins junkyard who endless surprises and every one of them can get a second chance. And this was a salvaged car which was a junk car and II Bart and we were fullyrestored it with a blown motor. Andy Cohen restored this unique car himself.Yet he doesn’t get a chance to ride around it too often.Because despite its sleek, I think the roar of the engine is truly deafening and he worries his neighbors will not put up with the noise.
这个不寻常的家族企业引起了一家电视台工作人员的注意。于是在发现频道的网站上，我们会看到加卡帝国的出场是怎样被包装的。在我的世界里，没有什么想法算得上太疯狂的。我的帝国共拍了5年，5个赛季，共60集。这个关于旧的锈迹斑斑的汽车的节目在这里很流行。美国各地有几百个废品场。我想有趣的是家族企业。我和父亲开始了这个行业，我们互相开着玩笑。我想正是人们喜欢之处。人们喜欢看和这家企业相关的节目。最终出现在硬币废品场的汽车给人们无尽的惊喜。每一辆汽车都能得到再生的机会。这是一辆回收利用的汽车。 它由一辆垃圾车和二巴特组成的。 我们用一个熄灭的马达彻底修复了它。安迪·科恩自己修复了这辆独特的汽车。然而，他并没有机会经常到处开这辆车。因为尽管它造型优美，但是发动机的轰鸣声真得是震耳欲聋。他担心邻居无法忍受这噪音。

Maximus Coco for VOA news Damascus Maryland
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