通用汽车不会加入雷诺-日产联盟

US auto¹ maker² General Motors will not become part of the Renault-Nissan alliance. Instead of continuing their negotiations³ until October 15th, as they had announced, GM chief executive Rick Wagoner called Carlos Ghosn, who runs French auto company Renault (which has a controlling interest in Japanese carmaker Nissan) to tell him that they were not interested in further negotiations after Renault rejected GM's request that Renault pay several extra billion dollars for all the value that GM claimed to bring to the alliance. Renault representatives have talked of seeking an alliance with a different American partner, but have not named one; because of Daimler Benz's 1998 acquisition of Chrysler, Ford⁴ is the only remaining "Big Three" American auto maker that can help Renault and Nissan compete more strongly against Toyota in the United States.

1 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

2 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

3 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

4 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。