趣味青春英语电台 第323期:Safety in numbers

 Idiom:

Safety in numbers ( more people ensure the safety )

Hit the book:

Fret¹

Salvation² Army

Respondent

Gulf³

Haves and have nots

Disparity

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Feast

One in four Australians are worried about how they will cover Christmas expenses with a growing number concerned about the gap between rich and poor, research commissioned by the Salvation Army has found.

The survey of almost 1200 people found almost 72 per cent of respondents felt the gulf between the haves and have nots was widening, compared with only 60 per cent who gave the same response in 2011.

1 fret   

v.(使)烦恼；(使)焦急；(使)腐蚀，(使)磨损

参考例句：

• Don't fret.We'll get there on time.别着急，我们能准时到那里。
• She'll fret herself to death one of these days.她总有一天会愁死的.

2 salvation   

n.（尤指基督）救世，超度，拯救，解困

参考例句：

• Salvation lay in political reform.解救办法在于政治改革。
• Christians hope and pray for salvation.基督教徒希望并祈祷灵魂得救。

3 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。