"Our process is like taking a Ford Pinto, pouring on this chemical coating, and turning it into a Ferrari," Dr. Keefer said.

“我们的进程，比如到福特，浇此化学涂料，并把它变成法拉利，”博士基弗说。

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The Ford Pinto was a famously bad automobile, but worse still might be Ford's handling of the safety concerns surrounding the '70s-era subcompact.

福特的平托是一款糟糕得出名的汽车，而更糟糕的可能还是福特公司对这款70年代次紧凑型汽车的安全隐患所做的处理。

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Some cost-benefit analyses incorporate a measure for the value of life. One of the most famous of these involved the Ford Pinto case. Did any of you read about that?

有些成本效益分析确实计算了生命的价值，其中最著名的是福特平托的案例。

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Do you remember what the Ford Pinto was, a kind of car? Anybody?

还有人知道福特平托是什么车吗？

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One of the most famous of these involved the Ford Pinto case.

其中最著名的是福特平托的案例。

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When President Nixon blew up the Bretton Woods gold standard, he performed the monetary equivalent of transforming the dollar from a Mercedes S-Class into a Ford Pinto.

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One example: the explosive Ford Pinto.

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Remember the Ford Pinto?

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