玛丽·巴拉将成通用首任女董事长
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US car giant General Motors (GM) has named product development chief Mary Barra to the post of chief executive.

美国汽车巨头通用汽车任命产品研发主管玛丽·巴拉为下任董事长。
 
She will replace Daniel Akerson, and be the first woman to run a US carmaker.
 
Ms Barra joined GM as an electrical engineering student in 1980 and has worked her way up to lead GM's global product development.
 
The product development job is considered a critical role at a carmaker and Ms Barra received praise for her leadership of GM's unit.
 
Under her leadership, GM rolled out new pick-up trucks and the Chevrolet Impala, which was highly rated by Consumer Reports magazine.
 
Slashing2 paperwork
 
"With an amazing portfolio3 of cars and trucks and the strongest financial performance in our recent history, this is an exciting time at today's GM," Ms Barra said in a company statement. 
 
Ms Barra also has a reputation for keeping costs down and cutting bureaucracy. 
 
GM will no longer be known as 'Government Motors' says specialist Jeff Bennett
 
As head of human resources after the 2009 bailout, she was credited with slashing paperwork - including a 10 page-dress code.
 
She's also of GM lineage: her father worked for 39 years as a dye maker1 for the car manufacturer in its now defunct4 Pontiac division.


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1 maker DALxN     
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。
2 slashing dfc956bca8fba6bcb04372bf8fc09010     
adj.尖锐的;苛刻的;鲜明的;乱砍的v.挥砍( slash的现在分词 );鞭打;割破;削减
参考例句:
  • Slashing is the first process in which liquid treatment is involved. 浆纱是液处理的第一过程。 来自辞典例句
  • He stopped slashing his horse. 他住了手,不去鞭打他的马了。 来自辞典例句
3 portfolio 9OzxZ     
n.公事包;文件夹;大臣及部长职位
参考例句:
  • He remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio.他因为她带着一个大公文包而记住了她。
  • He resigned his portfolio.他辞去了大臣职务。
4 defunct defunct     
adj.死亡的;已倒闭的
参考例句:
  • The scheme for building an airport seems to be completely defunct now.建造新机场的计划看来整个完蛋了。
  • This schema object is defunct.No modifications are allowed until it is made active again.此架构对象不起作用。在重新激活之前,不能进行任何改动。
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