英语听力精选进阶版 6259
时间：2019-02-21 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力精选进阶版
Buying and Selling 购买与销售
Will Usain Bolt set another Olympic record? And will 2012 be Liu Xiang's year again? Now you can make sure you will be in a perfect position to answer these questions.
Tickets for the 2012 Olympic Games have gone on sale online, with sessions priced between ￡20 (212 yuan) and ￡2,012 (21,000 yuan).
Children under 17 will be able to 'pay-your-age' on some events and there are special concessions 1 for old people too.
The new ticketing website for residents of the UK and some European nations is not run on a first-come, first-served basis. Visitors have until 26 April to apply for tickets, after which time all applications will be treated equally.
Oversubscribed events will be decided 2 by a ballot 3. On the UK site, there is no upfront cost, but money will be debited 4 from Visa cards in May and June.
Lord Coe, the chairman of London 2012, thinks the Games will be a sell-out.
Fewer than twenty-five per cent of the tickets are being reserved for fans outside Europe, which can be bought from specially-appointed organisations.
In an effort to stop ticket touting 5, the British government plan to raise the maximum penalty from ￡5,000 (53,000 yuan) to ￡20,000 (212,000 yuan).
However, there are likely to be many online scams, so before you part with your hard-earned cash, check that you are buying tickets from your country's authorised vendor 6.
Glossary 词汇表
pay-your-age 票价和年龄相同
concession 减免
ticketing 售票的
on a first-come, first-served basis 先到先得
oversubscribed 超额预定的
ballot 投票表决
upfront cost 预先支付的费用
debited from 从… 划账
a sell-out 卖光、一售而空
ticket touting 倒票
scam 诈骗
part with something 与… 分手、再见
hard-earned cash 来之不易的钱
vendor 销售商家
- The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工，公司将不得不作出一些让步。
- The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。
- 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。
- The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
- The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
- Your current account is automatically debited with the amount of your purchase. 你购物的金额会自动记入账戶借方。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The money will be debited from your account. 钱会记入你账戶的借方。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He's been touting his novel around publishers for years. 他几年来一直到处找出版商兜售自己的小说。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Technology industry leaders are touting cars as a hot area for growth. 科技产业领袖吹捧为增长热点地区的汽车。 来自互联网