留美老师带你每日说英文 第659期:在新加坡的开销为什么这么高?
时间:2017-03-15 01:49:06
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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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