时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


英语课

  On October 1st, GST will increase from 12.5% to 15%. This is a 2.2% increase. At the same time, we will have tax cuts on our pay. Benefits 1 will also increase a little to help with the higher GST. Listen to May 20th 2010 for more about tax cuts and the GST increase.

The Labour Party wanted no GST on fresh fruit and vegetables which would help people on low incomes and would also encourage healthy eating. However, the government has decided 2 that GST will go on everything. This is much simpler for businesses like supermarkets.

Businesses cannot increase products by too much or they will be fined. We can expect increases for most things although it is difficult to add 2.2% to $3.50 for a cup of coffee or $5 for a hamburger. In New Zealand, the price that is shown must include the GST. $3.58 for a cup of coffee or $5.11 for a hamburger would be a nuisance 3. Restaurants can keep some things the same price but increase others by more than 2.2%; for example they can keep long black coffee at $3.50 but increase a latte to $4 which is an increase of 14%.

One thing that will go up by more than 2.2% is the price of petrol. This is because an extra 3c a litre 4 tax is added 5 from Oct 1st. At the moment, petrol is about $1.74 a litre for regular petrol. That will increase 7 cents to $1.84.

Questions

What is the difference between the following: increase by, increase from, increase to, an increase of? Can you make sentences using these? Find how they are used in the text.

Do you think GST is a fair way to tax people?

Do you think GST should be added to everything?



n.津贴费;利益( benefit的名词复数 );(给职工的)奖金;救济金;益处
  • economic benefits accruing to the country from tourism 旅游业为该国带来的经济效益
  • The article enthused about the benefits that the new system would bring. 本文热情赞扬了新制度将带来的好处。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
n.讨厌的东西,讨厌的人
  • The dog is a terrible nuisance.这只狗真令人讨厌。
  • What a horrid nuisance!真讨厌!
n. 升; 公升(容量单位) (美liter)
  • This bottle holds one litre.这个瓶子装得下一升。
  • He drank off a whole litre of beer all at once.他一口气喝完了一升啤酒。
adj.更多的,附加的,额外的
  • They have added a new scene at the beginning.在开头他们又增加了一场戏。
  • The pop music added to our enjoyment of the film.片中的流行音乐使我们对这部电影更加喜爱。
学英语单词
Abies dayuanensis
aboukir
acetylalisol
acoustic navigation system
acoustical insulation board
alkyl metal
all-against-all
anthracology
anti-deteriorant
betwist-mountain
Bilečko Jezero
biological oceanography
birth-control campaigners
bloodworks
boom mic
bucket blade
Cai Lay
casadei
cheapener
checkrows
Classic Triad
coated bulb
Copsychus
crohn's
cubed
Cutaneo
daisy chained priority mechanism
delivering information
electro-deposit copper
english-based
febris recurrens europaea
flux monitors
gallery kiln
Gaussian equation
genus Gavia
Glengarry Ra.
go to school to sb
hamart-
highest possible key value
irenina hydrangeae
isoetid
Kampinda
land use survey
lead splash condenser
limit register
Lionel Hampton
log-lin
low-lying placenta
mean volume diameter
membrane modulus
metalepses
methyl n-undecyl ketone
methymethacrylate
mid-parent
mist-detection instrument
msstic tests
multi-stage method of washing
natural exhaust
new jack swing
Noikohis
nozzle tube lever block
nun's cloth
offset bulb
oncurable
one-piece casting
open wire link
orthographers
overrulest
Passive portfolio
paste reactor
peak temperature
pervestigation
photorelay
physical distancemeter
pinus longaevas
porphyry shell
precision measurement
preconsign
premixed gas
pulls
ranajit
reference fringe
relieve sb of
Rhododendron megeratum
rivieras
rr. musculares (n. femoralis)
Salfit
saline diuretic
scintillation decay time
silver(II) oxide
soft toys
starvation of processes
steam trap (upright bucket type)
Stegi
Stromatoporoidea
thallations
transparent electrode
triggered response
universal electron microscope
war machines
Warmeriville
Wellerellacea