双语趣听精彩世界(MP3+文本) 第38期:机场征收"呼吸税"是否合理
日期:2015-01-25 08:56

(单词翻译:单击)

委内瑞拉最大的国际机场开始征收20美元的"清洁空气呼吸税".据悉,机场内新安装了利用臭氧净化空气的空调系统,征收"呼吸税"是为了支付相应的成本.有人在社交媒体上吐槽,称该税收最后恐怕会沦为腐败的新源头,但也有人将其解读为机场严重缺乏资金.


The Telegraph: the biggest international airport in Venezuela is charging a 20 dollars tax for the right to inhale clean air.

This is to cover the cost of a newly-installed air conditioning system which uses ozone to purify the building's air.

The move caused outrage among Venezuelans already burdented with an annual inflation rate of close to 60%, a high crime rate and a general shortage of basic goods and services.

Some Venezuelans on social media fear the tax could end up being a new source of corruption. Others see it as evidence of how short of cash the airport is.

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重点单词
  • sourcen. 发源地,来源,原始资料
  • purifyv. (使)净化,(使)精炼,涤罪
  • evidencen. 根据,证据 v. 证实,证明
  • inflationn. 膨胀,通货膨胀
  • outragen. 暴行,侮辱,愤怒 vt. 凌辱,激怒
  • corruptionn. 腐败,堕落,贪污
  • socialadj. 社会的,社交的 n. 社交聚会
  • inhalev. 吸入,吞咽