时间:2019-02-11 作者:英语课 分类:与美国小学生一起学英文第11册


英语课

   Monopoly 1 垄断


  When you go to a market, you may find that many companies make similar products. 你去市场的时候,你会发现很多公司都生产相似的产品。
  What if there was only one cereal 2 company in your country? 要是你的国家只有一家谷物公司会怎么样?
  We would call it a monopoly. 我们称之为垄断。
  A monopoly means there is no competition in the market. 垄断是指市场上没有竞争。
  If company has a monopoly, it can control the price of its product. 如果公司能够垄断,它就能控制产品的价格。
  So, people have to buy the product, even if it is very expensive. 因此,即使它的产品价格昂贵,人们也得买它。
  Therefore, governments usually prohibit companies from having a monopoly. 因此,政府通常禁止公司垄断。
  So, companies compete to make better products and offer cheaper prices. 这样的话,公司会争相生产物美价廉的产品。

n.垄断,专卖,垄断物(商品),专卖商品
  • His monopoly of shipbuilding in that country has been established.他对那个国家造船业的垄断已经建立起来。
  • In many countries,tobacco is a government monopoly.在许多国家,烟草由政府专营。
n.谷类,五谷,禾谷
  • I have hot cereal every day for breakfast.我每天早餐吃热麦片粥。
  • Soybeans are handled differently from cereal grains.大豆的加工处理与谷类的加工处理不同。
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