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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是:
So why is Singapore so expensive? The EIC points to the high cost of groceries, basic amenities1, and clothing, which often have a 50% premium2 markup3 over New York prices. Additionally, Singapore is famous for their "sin tax", where "beer, wine and liquor, tobacco products, motor vehicles and petroleum4 products" are taxed at a much higher rate than other commodities.
所以为什么在新加坡的开销这么高呢?经济学人智库把矛头指向日常必需品、基本生活设施和服饰的高售价,新加坡的价格时常比纽约的价格还要高出百分之50,此外,新加坡还以他们的"罪恶税"闻名,举凡是啤酒、葡萄酒和酒精类饮品、烟草制品、机动车辆及石化产品都被课以比其他商品还要高很多的税率。
在新加坡的开销为什么这么高?
学习重点:
1.expensive 高价的
expensive (adj.) 高价的
expense (n.) 支出
2.grocery 杂货
grocery (n.) 杂货
3.amenitiy 愉快、便利设施
amenitiy (n.) 愉快、便利设施
4.sin 罪孽
sin (n.) 罪孽
5.commodity 日用品
commodity (n.) 日用品
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1 amenities | |
n.令人愉快的事物;礼仪;礼节;便利设施;礼仪( amenity的名词复数 );便利设施;(环境等的)舒适;(性情等的)愉快 | |
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2 premium | |
n.加付款;赠品;adj.高级的;售价高的 | |
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3 markup | |
n.加价,涨价,利润 | |
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4 petroleum | |
n.原油,石油 | |
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5 amend | |
vt.修改,修订,改进;n.[pl.]赔罪,赔偿 | |
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