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Listen this way听力教程第四册-6

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  Unit 6 Wealth and Poverty
Part Ⅰ Getting ready
A. The following words and phrases will appear in this unit. Listen carefully and study the definitions.
1. per capita income:
2. reserve:
3. exploit:
4. affluent2:
5. protectorate:
6. Vatican:
7. chandelier:
8. jacuzzi:
9. hormones3:
10. currency devaluation:
11. outlet4:
B.You are going to hear some people giving their opinions about wealth and poverty. What would you reply to these people? The following expressions are for your reference only.
Narrator: What would you reply to these people?
Man: Well, as I see it, millions of people in the world are worse off than us, but there's nothing we can do about it.
Woman: I'd say that if you do have plenty of money, there's no point in spending it on private education for your children.
Man: It seems to me that the only way to help the poor in the world is to find ways of helping5 them to help themselves. … er … not … by … er … giving them free food.
Women: If you ask me, taxes for rich people should be really high — 95% or something - so that everyone is at the same economic level.
Man: Er … in my view it … it's worth making a lot of money … er … so that you can leave it to your children when you die.
Man: Don't you agree that if people are starving or have nowhere to live, it's the duty of better-off people to give them food and shelter?
Woman: Look, let's face it, there's only one reason why people work and that's to make as much money as possible.
Man: Surely, as long as you've got enough to live on, there's no point in making more and more money.
Woman: If you're earning a good salary, surely you should save as much as you can for a rainy day.
Man: I must say that one thing is certain: money doesn't buy happiness.
C You are going to hear ten short conversations. Pay special attention to the second speaker in each conversation who reacts to the first speaker's opinion. Listen carefully to the tone of voice. Tick all the proper boxes to indicate the second speaker's response.
Narrator: You'll hear some people reacting to various opinions — decide if they are agreeing or disagreeing with the opinions expressed. Pay attention to the tone of voice they use.
1. Woman: Aren't you glad you're not a millionaire?
Man: Sure!
2. Man: Don't you wish you could afford to spend our holidays in the Caribbean?
Woman: Mm, ye-es.
3. Woman: It's not worth saving your money, it's better to spend it.
Man: Oh, sure!
4. Man: It's better to be happy than rich.
Woman: Hmm.
5. Woman: Well, basically, in a job the most important thing is how much you earn.
Man: Oh, yes!
6. Man: It's really important to save a little money every month — you never know when you might need it.
Woman: I don't know about that!
7. Man: The only way to survive on a tight budget is to keep a record of all your expenses.
Man: I don't know about that!
8. Woman: Children these days get far too much pocket money.
Woman: Mmm!
9. Woman: In a family it should be the mother that controls the budget.
Woman: Yes!
10. Man: If I inherited a lot of money it wouldn't change my life at all.
Man: Oh, yes!
Part Ⅱ A millionaire
A You are going to hear a monologue6 talking about the world's richest man. Listen carefully, note down the key words in the notes column. Then work out the following outline.
Brunei is in the north of the Island of Borneo in the South China Sea, bordered by Malaysia. It's a small country, about one fifth of the size of Belgium and it has fewer than 250 000 inhabitants. Brunei is a very rich country. It has a higher per capita income than Japan, the U.S.A. or any European country. And its wealth comes from reserves of oil and natural gas.
The Sultan is Brunei's head of government, commander-in-chief of the armed forces and he's also the religious leader. He himself earns more than $2 billion a year — that's over 2 500 pounds per minute.
The Sultan's total wealth is more than $25 billion, which makes him the world's richest man. He is a rather shy, self-conscious person. He avoids publicity7 and doesn't make many public appearances. He has two wives and they both have their own separate palace.
The palace he built for the first wife is the largest palace in the world. It cost $400 million. This palace stands on a hill overlooking the capital and has 1 788 rooms, including 257 toilets. And it has 564 chandeliers and eighteen lifts.
The palace he built for the second wife is away from the capital in the jungle. This second palace isn't quite as big as the first but it still has five swimming pools, one of which is Olympic size, and it's full of all kinds of high-tech8 gadgets9 and equipment.
The Sultan's great passion is playing polo, he's got air-conditioned stables with over 200 ponies10 and he has his own polo club which has three polo fields, as well as a golf course and swimming pool. He enjoys other sports too: he likes swimming, and he plays tennis and squash. He also likes driving fast cars, playing video games, piloting planes and shooting. He also likes acquiring possessions such as hotels and airplanes.
The Sultan does enjoy spending his money, but he also seems to be a very generous man who likes giving people expensive presents. And he believes in looking after his people: he provides free health care and free education for them all, and if you're a citizen of Brunei, you don't have to pay any taxes at all!
B Now try this: listen to a more authentic11 presentation of the same story. A presenter12 named Nigel is interviewing Lesley Andrews who knows quite well the story of the richest man in the world and his amazing wealth. After listening, fill in the gaps in the summary.
Nigel: A few years ago a man gave a birthday party in London for his daughter and her friends — it cost 100 000 pounds. This generous father was his Majesty13 the Sultan of Brunei — the world's richest man. Lesley Andrews has been finding out about the man and his amazing wealth. Lesley …
Lesley: Thank you, Nigel. Well, actually, many people don't even know where Brunei is: it is in fact in the north of the island of Borneo in the South China Sea, bordered by the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It's a small country, about one fifth of the size of Belgium and it has fewer than 250 000 inhabitants. The Sultan is Brunei's head of government, commander-in-chief of the armed forces and he's also the religious leader.
Brunei is a very rich country. It has a higher per capita income than Japan, the U.S.A. or any European country. And its wealth, Nigel, comes from reserves of oil and natural gas, which have been developed and exploited by Shell.
The Sultan himself earns more than $2 billion a year — that's over 2 500 pounds every minute. His total wealth is more than $25 billion, which makes him wealthier than the Queen of England, who by the way is worth a mere14 $7.4 billion.
However, when he was born, on the 15th of July 1946, Brunei was not then the affluent country it is today. The … um … huge oil and gas reserves were only discovered in the 1970s. During this time Brunei was a British protectorate and it didn't become fully1 independent until 1984.
Nigel: What sort of man is he?
Lesley: Well, he's a rather shy, self-conscious person. He avoids publicity and doesn't make many public appearances. He is married, he first got married when he was nineteen to his sixteen-year-old cousin, Raja Isteri. Then sometime, I believe in the 1970s, he met an air hostess on the Brunei international airline, called Mariam Bell — she's part Japanese and part Scottish — and she became his second wife. So he has two wives and they both have their own separate palace.
Nigel: Could you tell us about these palaces?
Lesley: Certainly. Well, one of them, which he built for the first wife, is the largest palace in the world — it's even bigger than the Vatican. And it cost $400 million. This palace stands on a hill overlooking the capital and has 1 788 rooms, including 257 toilets. And it has 564 chandeliers and eighteen lifts.
Now, as the Sultan wanted the palace built quickly, teams of architects and interior designers in the Philippines had to produce the designs within two weeks — and they … er … had to do this without even seeing the site where it was going to be built. The palace, I must say, really does look wonderful from the air, but closer up some people say that part of it resembles a multi-storey car park. And it's also said that the Sultan himself was disappointed because parts of it didn't come up to his expectations. Anyway, he built a smaller one for Princess Mariam, and this was built away from the capital in the jungle. This second palace isn't quite as big as the first but it still has five swimming pools, one of which is Olympic size, and it's full of all kinds of high-tech gadgets and equipment.
Nigel: So … how does he spend his time and money?
Lesley: Well, his great passion is playing polo, he's got air-conditioned stables with over 200 ponies and he has his own polo club which has three polo fields, as well as a golf course and swimming pool. Oh, and he enjoys other sports too: he likes swimming, and he plays tennis and squash. He also likes driving fast cars, playing video games, piloting planes and shooting.
He also likes acquiring possessions such as hotels — he owns the famous Dorchester Hotel in London and the Holiday Inn in Singapore, for example. And … er … you know, Nigel, he buys airplanes too: he has his own fleet of planes and helicopters. One of his planes even has a jacuzzi in it!
Apparently15, members of his family are keen mail-order shoppers: they look through the latest Harrods catalogues, mark what they want to buy, then they fax the order through to London and the very same evening the goods are loaded onto the evening flight from Heathrow to Brunei.
So, as you see, Nigel, he does enjoy spending his money, but he also seems to be a very generous man who likes giving people expensive presents. And he believes in looking after his people: he provides free health care and free education for them all. Oh, and if you're a citizen of Brunei, you don't have to pay any taxes at all!
Nigel: Lesley, thank you.
Part Ⅲ Gulf16 between the rich and the poor
A You are going to hear the first part of a recording17 in which American economist18 Robert Frank tells you his opinion towards rich and poor. Listen carefully, note down the key words in the notes column. Then complete the following exercises.
Woman: In 1998, the United Nation's Human Development Report contains some interesting statistical19 comparisons about global wealth. For example the report notes that the world's three richest people own assets which exceed the combined growth domestic products of the world's poorest 48 countries. In another amazing comparison the report says the statistics show that installing water and sanitation20 for all the world's poor would cost roughly the same amount of money as is spent annually21 on ice-cream in Europe. It also notes that basic education for everyone would cost slightly less than is spent annually for cosmetics22 in the United States. What's wrong with this picture? The author of a new book entitled Luxury Fever says the answer is "spending priorities". Robert Frank, a professor of economics at Cornell University in Ithyca, New York has written a book which says Americans are spending so much of their income on ever larger houses and cars that they can't afford to spend on social programs or infrastructure23 repairs.
Frank: It's a strange position really when you look back on it. Over the last 25 years, we've been spending much more on building larger houses, we've been spending vastly more on automobiles25. People in the middle of the income distribution don't have any more money in terms of real purchasing power than they did 25 years ago. People near the bottom of the income distribution have even less than they had. People at the top of course have done spectacularly well. There's been about a doubling in the real purchasing power that has been experienced by the top 1% of earners. So naturally, people at the top find it a perfectly26 reasonable thing to do to buy bigger houses or more expensive cars. But that's of the chain of imitative spending all the way down the income ladder, and many of the people in the middle who feel they desperately27 need larger houses because others have them really could be spending their money in other ways if we look back.
Woman: The time required as you put it to earn enough money to pay for a larger house could be used and could be freed up to use for family and friends.
Frank: Well that's true. There is always a cost of buying more things. Instead of building a bigger house or buying a more expensive car, I can work fewer hours and spend time with family and friends. And what the behavioral studies show very clearly is that if everyone did that, people would be happier. They'd have fewer disputes of work. They'd have lower levels of stress hormones in their blood. They get sick less often. They die at an older age. (To) sum it up, there is no free lunch. If we spend more on one thing, that always means spending less on another. And the best evidence we have such as that rich and poor life would be both healthier and happier if we rearranged our spending patterns in these ways.
B You are going to hear the second part of the recording in which another American economist W. Michael Cox gives you quite a different opinion towards rich and poor. Listen carefully, note down the key words in the notes column. Then complete the following summary.
Woman 1: Another economist and author, however, see the positive side to the increased prosperity of Americans. W. Michael Cox is the vice28 president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Texas. And his book is entitled Myths of Rich and Poor. Mr. Cox disputes the widely held notion that there's a huge gap between the rich and poor in America. He says all Americans are better off than they were 30 years ago.
Woman 2: Technological29 advances have created hundreds of gadgets that did not exit 30 years ago. Mr. Cox contains in his new book, appliances like cellular30 and cordless phones, computers, answering machines, microwave ovens. He says these new inventions make life today both easier and more pleasurable. And he says these conveniences are available to a broader cross-section of the general public in the United States than in any other country in the world. That's because improvements in productivity and the openness of the U.S. market has made them affordable31 for just about anybody.
Cox: Today of all the people in poverty in America, almost 3/4 have washing machines, half have clothes dryers32, 97% have color televisions, 3/4 have VCRs, 2/3 have microwaves and air conditioners, 3/4 own their own automobile24, 40% own their own home, half have stereo systems.
Part Ⅳ More about the topic: Japan Still Most Expensive
Listen to the material. Rearrange the cities in hierarchical order, from the most expensive to the least expensive.
Paris has overtaken London. New York is getting pricier, while Harare in Zimbabwe, and Quito, Ecuador, rank as the world's cheapest cities for foreigners, according to a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
The Japanese cities of Tokyo, followed by Osaka, remain the most expensive cities in the world, Hong Kong came in third with Zurich, Europe's most expensive city, fourth.
New York is the 12th most expensive city worldwide in which to live as a foreigner, and the most expensive city in the United States, followed by Chicago at 26th, San Francisco at 29th, and Los Angeles at 35th.
The data uses New York as a base index of 100 for relative comparisons.
The twice-yearly survey compiled by the unit, which is part of the Economist magazine group, compares prices and product costs for foreigners in 122 cities worldwide.
At No.7, Paris has become the Europe and Union's most expensive city, over-taking London, which slipped backed to ninth. At 61st, Lisbon was the cheapest major city in the EU while the Hungarian capital, Budapest, was the cheapest throughout Europe. Beijing is ranked 12th, along with New York City and Stockholm, Sweden. It is immediately followed by Shanghai at No.15 and Guangzhou at No.16. Taipei, Taiwan, comes in tied at No.17, with five other cities including Munich, Germany and Tel Aviv, Israel.
Currency devaluation led to sharp falls in the cost of living for foreigners in South America and Russia. Rio de Janeiro had been the 28th most expensive city. After the collapse33 of Brazil's currency, the real, Rio fell to the 111th most expensive worldwide.
Part Ⅴ Do you know ...?
A You are going to hear a recording some of the world's richest people. After listening, you'll find out more about Match column A with column B.
Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, Japanese, is the second richest man in the world who owns Seibu railroad, Seibu Lions baseball team, construction companies and real estate. His half brother Seiji is also a billionaire who owns department stores and Inter-Continental Hotels.
Sam Walton, is the richest American whose total wealth is $8.7billion. He owns the chain of Wal-Mart hypermarkets.
Roberto Marinho, Brazilian, owns newspapers and Rede Globo TV network which is the fourth largest TV network in world after ABC, CBS and NBC in the US.
The Cox sisters, Barbara Cox Anthomy and Anne Cox Chambers34, are the richest women in the world. They are Americans. The Cox Communications owns many local radio and TV stations and newpapers.
The Benetton family has three brothers and one sister. They are Italians. They run the company and design the colorful clothes. They own the network of small shops all over the world and Nordica ski-boots.
The Duke of Westminster is the richest man in Britain. The family estate is worth $4 billion, including most of London's Mayfair and Belgravia. He only got two 'O' levels but has shrewd business brain.
Rupert Murdoch owns newspapers, entertainment companies and TV: The Times, The Sun and Sky TV and 20th Century Fox. He is born Australian, but later became a U.S. citizen.
Liliane Bettencourt is the richest person in France. He is formerly35 the president of L'Oreal, the world's largest cosmetics company.
The Brenninkmeyer family is the richest family in Europe apart from the British Royal family. The family owns C&A clothes stores and retail36 chains in U.S.A.
Ingvar Kamprad opened first IKEA furniture store which produces simple and well-designed furniture in Almhult, Sweden. It has over 80 outlets37 in 20 countries. He is Swedish but lives in tax exile in Switzerland.
B You are going to hear a recording about the homelessness in America. Work out the following outline by filling in the gaps.
A new report from the Clinton administration says as many as seven million Americans may be homeless. If President Clinton approves this draft report, it will mark the first time the U.S. has officially pronounced homelessness to be a large-scale problem that demands a significant response from the federal government. Earlier administrations since the early 1980s have tended to minimize the scope of the homeless problem, estimating that several hundred thousand Americans were homeless on any given night.The new Clinton administration report not only claims the number is far greater, but it also disputes what the past two administrations described as the causes of homelessness. The Clinton report agrees that drugs and mental illness are common among the homeless, but it also argues that poverty, racism38 and budget cuts are pushing more and more people into the streets. Many of the homeless are responsible people who even hold down jobs.
Over fifty percent of the people that are homeless are employed. The salaries and the wages that they are making are just so ah … ah so little that they cannot afford … ah … basic rent or afford to buy a home. A lot of times when people think about someone being homeless, they think about the man sleeping on the park bench, or the lady walking down the street with the bags. Forty-three percent of the people that are homeless are women with at least two children.


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1 fully Gfuzd     
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
参考例句:
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
2 affluent 9xVze     
adj.富裕的,富有的,丰富的,富饶的
参考例句:
  • He hails from an affluent background.他出身于一个富有的家庭。
  • His parents were very affluent.他的父母很富裕。
3 hormones hormones     
n. 荷尔蒙,激素 名词hormone的复数形式
参考例句:
  • This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body. 这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。
  • The adrenals produce a large per cent of a man's sex hormones. 肾上腺分泌人体的大部分性激素。
4 outlet ZJFxG     
n.出口/路;销路;批发商店;通风口;发泄
参考例句:
  • The outlet of a water pipe was blocked.水管的出水口堵住了。
  • Running is a good outlet for his energy.跑步是他发泄过剩精力的好方法。
5 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
6 monologue sElx2     
n.长篇大论,(戏剧等中的)独白
参考例句:
  • The comedian gave a long monologue of jokes.喜剧演员讲了一长段由笑话组成的独白。
  • He went into a long monologue.他一个人滔滔不绝地讲话。
7 publicity ASmxx     
n.众所周知,闻名;宣传,广告
参考例句:
  • The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
  • He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事,只当它是一种宣传手法。
8 high-tech high-tech     
adj.高科技的
参考例句:
  • The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展,这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
  • The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。
9 gadgets 7239f3f3f78d7b7d8bbb906e62f300b4     
n.小机械,小器具( gadget的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Certainly. The idea is not to have a house full of gadgets. 当然。设想是房屋不再充满小配件。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
  • This meant more gadgets and more experiments. 这意味着要设计出更多的装置,做更多的实验。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史
10 ponies 47346fc7580de7596d7df8d115a3545d     
矮种马,小型马( pony的名词复数 ); £25 25 英镑
参考例句:
  • They drove the ponies into a corral. 他们把矮种马赶进了畜栏。
  • She has a mania for ponies. 她特别喜欢小马。
11 authentic ZuZzs     
a.真的,真正的;可靠的,可信的,有根据的
参考例句:
  • This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
  • Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。
12 presenter llRzYi     
n.(电视、广播的)主持人,赠与者
参考例句:
  • Most people think being a television presenter is exciting.很多人认为当电视节目主持人是一件刺激的事情。
  • The programme dispensed with its most popular presenter.这个节目最受欢迎的主持人被换掉了。
13 majesty MAExL     
n.雄伟,壮丽,庄严,威严;最高权威,王权
参考例句:
  • The king had unspeakable majesty.国王有无法形容的威严。
  • Your Majesty must make up your mind quickly!尊贵的陛下,您必须赶快做出决定!
14 mere rC1xE     
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
参考例句:
  • That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
  • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
15 apparently tMmyQ     
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
参考例句:
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
16 gulf 1e0xp     
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。
17 recording UktzJj     
n.录音,记录
参考例句:
  • How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间?
  • I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
18 economist AuhzVs     
n.经济学家,经济专家,节俭的人
参考例句:
  • He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
  • He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家,自以为什么都懂。
19 statistical bu3wa     
adj.统计的,统计学的
参考例句:
  • He showed the price fluctuations in a statistical table.他用统计表显示价格的波动。
  • They're making detailed statistical analysis.他们正在做具体的统计分析。
20 sanitation GYgxE     
n.公共卫生,环境卫生,卫生设备
参考例句:
  • The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看,这个地段非常糟糕。
  • Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。
21 annually VzYzNO     
adv.一年一次,每年
参考例句:
  • Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
  • They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。
22 cosmetics 5v8zdX     
n.化妆品
参考例句:
  • We sell a wide range of cosmetics at a very reasonable price. 我们以公道的价格出售各种化妆品。
  • Cosmetics do not always cover up the deficiencies of nature. 化妆品未能掩饰天生的缺陷。
23 infrastructure UbBz5     
n.下部构造,下部组织,基础结构,基础设施
参考例句:
  • We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
  • We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设,发展各类群众文化。
24 automobile rP1yv     
n.汽车,机动车
参考例句:
  • He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
  • The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。
25 automobiles 760a1b7b6ea4a07c12e5f64cc766962b     
n.汽车( automobile的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • When automobiles become popular,the use of the horse and buggy passed away. 汽车普及后,就不再使用马和马车了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Automobiles speed in an endless stream along the boulevard. 宽阔的林荫道上,汽车川流不息。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
26 perfectly 8Mzxb     
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
27 desperately cu7znp     
adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地
参考例句:
  • He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
  • He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。
28 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
参考例句:
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
29 technological gqiwY     
adj.技术的;工艺的
参考例句:
  • A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
  • Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今, 随着科技进步,生活节奏不断增快。
30 cellular aU1yo     
adj.移动的;细胞的,由细胞组成的
参考例句:
  • She has a cellular telephone in her car.她的汽车里有一部无线通讯电话机。
  • Many people use cellular materials as sensitive elements in hygrometers.很多人用蜂窝状的材料作为测量温度的传感元件。
31 affordable kz6zfq     
adj.支付得起的,不太昂贵的
参考例句:
  • The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
  • There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。
32 dryers 5c56a853f6c2d82daa52b15f68e1b2ac     
n.干燥机( dryer的名词复数 );干燥器;干燥剂;干燥工
参考例句:
  • Men also have hair dryers and, if they suffer from baldness, they use a growth stimulator, buy hairpieces, or have hair transplanted from the hirsute part of the scalp to the bare areas. 男士也有他们的吹风机,而且如果他们秃顶的话,还会用毛发生长剂、买假发,或者把头发从密集的地方移植到谢顶的地方。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The dryers can be automated. 干燥机可以自动化作业。 来自辞典例句
33 collapse aWvyE     
vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷
参考例句:
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
34 chambers c053984cd45eab1984d2c4776373c4fe     
n.房间( chamber的名词复数 );(议会的)议院;卧室;会议厅
参考例句:
  • The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间:Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网
35 formerly ni3x9     
adv.从前,以前
参考例句:
  • We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
  • This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。
36 retail VWoxC     
v./n.零售;adv.以零售价格
参考例句:
  • In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
  • These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。
37 outlets a899f2669c499f26df428cf3d18a06c3     
n.出口( outlet的名词复数 );经销店;插座;廉价经销店
参考例句:
  • The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
38 racism pSIxZ     
n.民族主义;种族歧视(意识)
参考例句:
  • He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
  • Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。
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