VOA标准英语2012--New York Officials Work to Curtail Price Gouging
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十一月)
New York Officials Work to Curtail 1 Price Gouging 2
“This is a different day, my friend.” That’s what a cab driver recently said when this reporter protested his attempt to charge $30 for what would usually be a $10 ride.
A spike 3 in demand for taxis, generators 4, batteries, hotel rooms and gasoline during and after last week's storm prompted a few vendors 5 to charge exorbitant 6 prices for goods and services.
Al Ridolfo, a hotel manager, says some of his competitors charged $800 for a $300 room. And he paid $25 for an $8 set of radio batteries.
“There are just these few businesses. They see money, their eyes go wild - dollar signs in their eyes," he said. "And it’s really bad. It’s bad for the city; it’s bad for the other businesses”
The attorney general says several hundred cases of price gouging have been reported since the storm hit New York state, which has a total population of more than 19 million people.
New York University law professor Eleanor Fox says that is a small percentage. Prosecutors 7 intend to keep it that way.
“In the very extreme cases, where you look at the law and you look at what was done, and you know that person did wrong, the person will probably want to settle," she said. "So, assume the person settles, the attorney general would want to issue press releases and make a very big deal about the fact that this is happening and it is wrong.”
One private online Craigslist ad offers gas at $15 per four liters, more than triple the usual price. Fox says reselling goods at a higher price is not considered gouging. But retailers 8 are prohibited from charging what the law refers to as “an unconscionably excessive price.” The penalty for doing so is a fine of up to $25,000 and, where appropriate, restitution 9 to aggrieved 10 consumers.
- The government hopes to curtail public spending.政府希望缩减公共事业开支。
- The minister had to curtail his visit.部长不得不缩短访问日期。
- Banks and credit-card companies have been accused of gouging their customers. 银行和信用卡公司被指控欺诈顾客。 来自辞典例句
- If back-gouging is applied, grinding to bright metal is required. 如果采用火焰气刨，则应将其打磨至可见光亮的金属表面。 来自互联网
- The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
- They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。
- The factory's emergency generators were used during the power cut. 工厂应急发电机在停电期间用上了。
- Power can be fed from wind generators into the electricity grid system. 电力可以从风力发电机流入输电网。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The vendors were gazundered at the last minute. 卖主在最后一刻被要求降低房价。
- At the same time, interface standards also benefIt'software vendors. 同时，界面标准也有利于软件开发商。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
- More competition should help to drive down exorbitant phone charges.更多的竞争有助于降低目前畸高的电话收费。
- The price of food here is exorbitant. 这儿的食物价格太高。
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
- High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
- Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。
- It's only fair that those who do the damage should make restitution.损坏东西的人应负责赔偿，这是再公平不过的了。
- The victims are demanding full restitution.受害人要求全额赔偿。