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
abordage
accumulation error
activation record
adiabatic low-energy injection and capture experiment
administrative and budgetary committee
alisma plantagoaquatica l.var.orientale samuel
association number
batch costing method
BBS (building block system)
binary search algorithm
bite the thumbs at
bobbitted
bounded context constructor
bryde
centric axial load
chloroprenes
Chuchkovo
cialdini
cladly dressed
construction of water conservancy works
country of shipment
deputy section supervisor
display ruler
elementary optics
floats around
flow-control
friskle
gab session
gall duct irrigating instrument
garnishment of wages
generating set resonant vibration
give someone a brush
gossipmongerings
grent
heavy field artillery
homewards
homoiothermy
impales
index of employment cost
Karpero
koo
Lager-beer
langsten
left-hand lay wire rope
Leonian
let ... know
lilis
macroscopic reactor parameter
mail-bags
maintopmast
make up the story
mango roll
Microsoft Corporation
milk beverage
momentary value
Morrison crown
multitaper
mylonite zone
n.a.s.d
new years's banguet
nonlinear characteristic
norm reducing method
PCM telemetry
pharyngolamygdalitis
porcelain shell
porforin
presubmission
Profit-Sharing Plan
propylene carbonate
pulvis stomachicus
raw red fox skin
reversible airscrew
Santa Juana
SDH1
searchlighting antenna
separate edition
Serious Fraud Office
Sichuan Yi
sig quote
single cyclone dust collector
skg
sodium catechol acetate
sphacelated
standardized testing
steaming-hot
steel-framed woodlined silo
stein-kirk
stoppingly
surface inhomogeneity
tafflers
temperature programming
thermal Biot number
theyre
thyroid isthmus
up sb's street
variable capaciter
voltage-regulating circuit
Wachendorf's membrane
Waskesiu Lake
waterproofing work
woulding
WVSPA