华尔街的赚钱经：第87期 中国环保汽车市场蓄势待发(3)

Despite it making a third of the world's mobile phone batteries, until recently few people outside of China had heard of BYD. But the company exploded into the international consciousness late last year by beating Toyota and General Motors to launch the world's first mass-produced plug-in hybrid.

尽管全世界二分之一的手机电池都是比亚迪公司生产的，然然而在中国以外的地区，知道比亚迪公司的人是少之又少。但在去年年底，比亚迪因击败丰田汽车公司和通用汽车公司而率先大规模生产充电式油电混合动力车而在国际上声名鹊起。

There are also many questions about the environmental benefits of electric cars, given China's reliance on coal. Electric vehicles drive down carbon emissions best if they are charged at night with wind or other forms of renewable energy, but this is not currently possible in the country.

鉴于中国对煤的依赖，电动车的环境效益还存在很多问题。如果在晚上通过风力或者其他可再生能源给电动车充电，那么就可最大程度地降低二氧化碳的排放量，但是目前在中国这是不可能实现的。

But they do use energy more efficiently than both petrol-and diesel-driven cars, and environmental groups say electric vehicles can at least reduce the huge negative impact from the spread of car culture in China.

但是电动车比燃烧柴油和汽油的汽车更能有效地使用能源，环保组织声称电动车至少可以减少汽车文化在中国传播的巨大负面影响。

"Electric cars would be a big step forward," said Greenpeace executive director Gerd Leipold on a recent visit to Beijing. "Hybrid cars have a better reputation than their ecological performance merits."

“电动汽车的产生会是一个巨大的飞跃”绿色和平组织总干事葛德·勒波尔德最近访问北京时说，“复合型汽车的名气比他们对生态环境带来的好处要大”。

注释：

1. explode vi. 爆炸，爆发;激增

例句：They help you cool down when you feel like your anger might explode. 当你感觉自己要怒火爆发的时候，它们会帮助你冷静下来。

2. consciousness n. 意识;知觉;觉悟;感觉

例句：When he regained consciousness he was disoriented and not sure how he had gotten there.

当他恢复知觉时感到晕头转向，不确知他是怎么到那儿的。

3. reliance n. 信赖;信心;受信赖的人或物

例句：This can reduce their reliance on global agencies and help tackle the trade in medicines of poor quality, whether they are fake or substandard.

这可能减少它们对于全球机构的依赖，并帮助解决质量不良的药物的贸易，不论它们是假药还是劣药。

4. renewable adj. 可再生的;可更新的;可继续的

例句：People with expertise in one field, such as renewable energy, may have a bias towards it.

在某个领域，如可再生能源方面拥有专业知识的人或许对此有偏见。

5. ecological adj. 生态的，生态学的

例句：Ecological balance would be broken by the fact that rabbits over abound on the grasslands.

草原上过度繁殖的野兔对草原的破坏将导致生态平衡的失控。