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福特亨克工厂将关闭

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2012-10-24 08:15 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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US car giant Ford¹ is closing its factory at Genk in Belgium with the loss of 4,300 jobs.

美国汽车巨头福特公司将关闭比利时亨克工厂，4300人将失业。

Unions held talks with the company on Wednesday morning. They say the factory - which makes the Mondeo and S-MAX minivan - will close in 2014.

Last month Ford, warned it would be cutting jobs in Europe amid² falling demand for motor vehicles.

Ford has also warned its European operations could suffer losses of $1bn this year.

As well as Belgium, Ford has plants in Germany, Spain and the UK where it employs 15,000 workers.

Ford's sales fell almost 10% in Europe during the first half of 2012, to its lowest level in 17 years.

The company wants to reduce labour costs and improve plant utilisation（使用） in Europe. The region³ accounts for 25% of Ford's sales, but industry watchers say it uses less than 65% of its capacity⁴ there.

The plant in Genk makes the mid-size Mondeo and the S-MAX minivan.

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1 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。

2 amid
prep.在…中间，在…之中，被…围绕
参考例句：
The government collapsed amid budget quarrels.政府因预算问题争吵不休而倒台。 This book was written amid many difficulties.这本书是在困难重重中写成的。

3 region
n.地区，地带，区域；范围，幅度
参考例句：
The students went to study the geology of that region.学生们去研究那个地区的地质情况。 It is unusual to see snow in this region.这个地区难得见到雪。

4 capacity
n.能力，力量，接受力；容量，能量，容积
参考例句：
She is employed by the president in an advisory capacity.她被总裁聘为顾问。 This carriage has a seating capacity of 120 people.这节车厢定员120人。

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