伦敦动物园动物大盘点.doc

伦敦动物园动物大盘点 Vocabulary: 词汇: census 人口普查 kicking off 开始干某事 mammoth task 艰巨的任务 houses （动词）为…提供住所，容纳 incentive 激励 BBC新闻词汇(视频版) 第148期:伦敦动物园动物大盘点 分享到: One, two, three… Its census time at London Zoo. 1,2,3……伦敦动物园正在进行年度动物普查。 Zookeepers are kicking off the New Year with the mammoth task of counting every single animal.The zoo houses more than 750 different species. 动物园管理员们从新年就开始了统计所有种类动物数量这一浩大工作。该动物园有750多种不同的动物。 For penguins, food is an incentive to show up for the count. 统计企鹅的数量时，可以用食物作为激励。 Monkeys are known to be clever animals. Here the question is: whos counting who? 众所周知，猴子是一种非常聪明的动物。那么问题就来了：究竟是谁数谁？ One, two, three… Its census time at London Zoo. 1,2,3……伦敦动物园正在进行年度动物普查。 Zookeepers are kicking off the New Year with the mammoth task of counting every single animal.The zoo houses more than 750 different species. 动物园管理员们从新年就开始了统计所有种类动物数量这一浩大工作。该动物园有750多种不同的动物。 For penguins, food is an incentive to show up for the count. 统计企鹅的数量时，可以用食物作为激励。 Monkeys are known to be clever animals. Here the question is: whos counting who? 众所周知，猴子是一种非常聪明的动物。那么问题就来了：究竟是谁数谁？ 收入差距成缅因州选民关注焦点 Maine Voters Concerned About Income Gap The election in the United States next month is not just about who will be the next president. There are many local issues on the ballots as well. For example, some states are considering making marijuana use legal. Other cities are thinking about raising taxes to help fund civic projects. In the northeast state of Maine, voters will decide whether or not to increase the minimum wage. The minimum wage is the lowest salary an employer is permitted to pay an employee. Today, the federal government requires employees to be paid at least $7.25 an hour. But voters in Maine are considering raising the minimum wage each year so that it reaches $12 an hour by 2020. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders campaign for the Democratic Partys presidential nomination brought attention to income inequality. Income inequality is the term used to describe the difference in wealth between the rich