双语趣听精彩世界 第125期:商场几点关门,政府管得着吗?
时间：2019-01-01 作者：英语课 分类：双语趣听精彩世界
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悉尼先驱晨报:在网购迅猛发展的今天，政府是否还应该对实体商场的关门时间进行限制呢？
商场几点关门,政府管得着吗?
The Sydney Morning Herald 1: Bans on retail 2 trading hours should be scrapped 3, that's according to the local federal government's wide ranging competition inquiry 4.
The review's chairman Professor Ian Harper said trading restrictions 5 should be "strictly 6 limited" to Christmas Day, Good Friday and Anzac Day morning.
Professor Harper said in the review's draft report full deregulation of retail trading hours in overdue 7 and the remaining restrictions should be removed as soon as possible.
He said rapid growth in online shopping was "undermining the original intent of the restrictions" and "disadvantaging 'bricks and mortar 8' retailers 9".
vt.预示...的来临，预告，宣布，欢迎
- In England, the cuckoo is the herald of spring.在英国杜鹃鸟是报春的使者。
- Dawn is the herald of day.曙光是白昼的先驱。
v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格
- 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。
废弃(scrap的过去式与过去分词)； 打架
- This machine is so old that it will soon have to be scrapped. 这架机器太旧，快报废了。
- It had been thought that passport controls would be scrapped. 人们曾认为会放开护照管制。
n.打听，询问，调查，查问
- Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
- The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）
- I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
- a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地
- His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
- The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。
adj.过期的，到期未付的；早该有的，迟到的
- The plane is overdue and has been delayed by the bad weather.飞机晚点了，被坏天气耽搁了。
- The landlady is angry because the rent is overdue.女房东生气了，因为房租过期未付。
n.灰浆，灰泥；迫击炮；v.把…用灰浆涂接合
- The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
- The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。
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