时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:万花筒2008年


英语课

Our probe has uncovered an egregious 1 pattern at two of the largest chains in our state, CVS and Rite 2 Aid. Our investigators 3 have purchased hundreds of expired products, and these are just some examples, over-the-counter medicines, baby formula, milk and eggs.


 


Drug products have expiration 4 dates for good reason. A drug’s effectiveness can diminish over time as chemicals lose their potency 5. In fact, the FDA considers it so important that it advises the public to go through their medicine cabinet on a regular basis and to throw out any drugs that are past their expiration date.


 


We determined 6 that CVS and Rite Aid posed more of a threat to the consumer in terms of the numbers and frequency of expired products that are on the shelves. CVS actually takes an ad saying “Expired products are not just ineffective but can be harmful as well.”


 


Someway some kind of surprise, because, I mean, when you mention baby food, that’s kind of like, that’s pretty bad. But yet I’m also not really surprised, because I think that in this country we really need to pay more attention to our supply chain, for food and for medicine and various other products. And that’s an area that’s been thoroughly 7, you know, overlooked.


 


There’s nothing you could do, I mean, everywhere, not only in CVS, other places. They always have expired things like with the milk and everything.


 


The stores looked concerned that every customer that came through the door was gonna worried about expiration date on, you know, some like obscure, you know, lotion 8 or whatever that’s on their shelves. Then it’ll be a big deal. But if they’re not asking about it, I really don’t think these people at the stores really care.


 



1 egregious
adj.非常的,过分的
  • When it comes to blatant lies,there are none more egregious than budget figures.谈到公众谎言,没有比预算数字更令人震惊的。
  • What an egregious example was here!现摆着一个多么触目惊心的例子啊。
2 rite
n.典礼,惯例,习俗
  • This festival descends from a religious rite.这个节日起源于宗教仪式。
  • Most traditional societies have transition rites at puberty.大多数传统社会都为青春期的孩子举行成人礼。
3 investigators
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 expiration
n.终结,期满,呼气,呼出物
  • Can I have your credit card number followed by the expiration date?能告诉我你的信用卡号码和它的到期日吗?
  • This contract shall be terminated on the expiration date.劳动合同期满,即行终止。
5 potency
n. 效力,潜能
  • Alcohol increases the drug's potency.酒精能增加这种毒品的效力。
  • Sunscreen can lose its potency if left over winter in the bathroom cabinet.如果把防晒霜在盥洗室的壁橱里放一个冬天,就有可能失效。
6 determined
adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
7 thoroughly
adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地
  • The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
  • The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。
8 lotion
n.洗剂
  • The lotion should be applied sparingly to the skin.这种洗液应均匀地涂在皮肤上。
  • She lubricates her hands with a lotion.她用一种洗剂来滑润她的手。
学英语单词
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a win
absolute surplus value
Actinomyces minutissimus
air delivered antipollution transter system
albuminoses
all-singing,all-dancing
always on
ambushment
ancientness
Asset-Conversion Loan
associated liquid
batishchev
be the scorn of
book scorpions
Budacu, Vârful
byliner
capitals of washington
centiamp
ceramium aduncum
Chandlerian
chrome-Clinochlore
close reach
contractor's trial
core mixer
corotte
couples-only
cowinner
declinometer
DMOZ
elimination of common subexpression
embosomed
extruded particle board
Farinas
flow stage
fredrilksonite
functional enhancement package
gather colour
gorge line
happ
howdahs
hydraulic squeezer
hyperfunctional state
inauguring
isomelic
isotope transport equation
itterly
Kerner's tests
lag phase (in microbial growth)
lanie
light(weight) aggregate concrete
local produce-local market
loop stick antenna
Macciavelian
magnetic ink character sorter
materia subtilis
measuring cylinder with cover
Mehammad
moisture-content ratio
morphin
mountainartillery
musk-cat
narrow-mindednesses
nickel minerals
non-chromogenic
odd point
online video
pandero
path-gain factor
pebble armor
pencil out
phenyltolyl
pollution-prevention
Pt-carrollite
Q-machine plasma
radioimmunodiffusion
reed-marked
Register of Ships
rental collection
retrolental fibroplasia
RK galaxy
rod guidance
rogues' gallery
sack coats
sample light beam
semi automatic furnace
Silene viscidula
skinning knife
snoozing
steam attemperation
strip radiant panel
student-teachers
swelling coal
T type highway
transmitting ratio
tricholoma populinums
Urothripidae
vector boson
volume-temperature coefficient
W. C. L.
wayne rooney
Wiener-Hopf technique