【英音模仿秀】经济复兴多坎坷 商业投资铸通途

模仿文本： But he argues that that money that is needed to prop¹ up France's welfare² programmes could be raised in other ways, for example, by increasing taxes on certain products, although that could be quite unpopular with voters. A lot of them don't have much spare cash for shopping at the moment because they were already getting increased tax bills on their payroll³, on their wages and they're also subject to other austerity measures. 

 

译文： 他提出，可以从其它方面筹集用于支持法国福利项目的资金，如增加某些商品税收，但是此观点不受选民欢迎。当下，很多人没有余钱用于购物，因为他们的收入税增加，而且还会受到其他经济紧缩政策的影响。 

 

1 prop   

vt.支撑；n.支柱，支撑物；支持者，靠山

参考例句：

• A worker put a prop against the wall of the tunnel to keep it from falling.一名工人用东西支撑住隧道壁好使它不会倒塌。
• The government does not intend to prop up declining industries.政府无意扶持不景气的企业。

2 welfare   

n.幸福，福利，安康

参考例句：

• They are concerned about my welfare.他们关心我的健康。
• Patrick works for social welfare.帕特里克为社会福利工作。

3 payroll   

n.工资表，在职人员名单，工薪总额

参考例句：

• His yearly payroll is $1.2 million.他的年薪是120万美元。
• I can't wait to get my payroll check.我真等不及拿到我的工资单了。