夏说英语新闻晨读 第392期:英国今夏酒类热销

 本期内容：

Supermarket sales have grown at their fastest rate this year with demand stimulated² by the World Cup and the warm weather, research suggests.
Market research firm Kantar Worldpanel said food and drink sales in the 12 weeks to 15 July rose by 3.6% from a year earlier.
In the week England played Colombia and Sweden, alcohol³ sales hit a record for a week outside of Christmas and Easter.

supermarket: n. 超市
at the speed/rate of: 以……的速度
at any rate: 不管怎样；无论如何
demand: n. 需求
stimulate¹: vt. 刺激
alcohol: n. 酒精
hit/create a record: 创造记录
break a record: 打破纪录
outside of: 除了 (apart from)

1 stimulate   

vt.刺激，使兴奋；激励，使…振奋

参考例句：

• Your encouragement will stimulate me to further efforts.你的鼓励会激发我进一步努力。
• Success will stimulate the people for fresh efforts.成功能鼓舞人们去作新的努力。

2 stimulated   

a.刺激的

参考例句：

• The exhibition has stimulated interest in her work. 展览增进了人们对她作品的兴趣。
• The award has stimulated her into working still harder. 奖金促使她更加努力地工作。

3 alcohol   

n.酒精，乙醇；含酒精的饮料

参考例句：

• The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors.法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。
• The alcohol is industrial.这些酒精是供工业用的。