剑桥雅思4真题听力 第26期:Test2 (section4-4)
日期:2014-03-23 09:51

(单词翻译:单击)

Let's look at the economic costs first.
让我们先看看经济上的损失。
For example, if a company is producing fruit juice and it dilutes its product so that it's just a little below the concentration it should be,
例如,如果一个果汁公司在生产中稀释它的产品,使产品略低于本应达到的浓度,
many millions of people may be paying a small amount extra for their carton of orange juice.
那么数百万人在买他们的盒装橙汁的时候就会多付一点钱。
Now small amounts like this may seem insignificant for individual customers - too small to worry about
这样一小部分对个人客户来说似乎显得无关紧要,不值得引起人们的担心。
but for the company this deception might result in massive illegal profit.
但是对于公司来说,这种欺诈可以带来巨大的非法收入。
However, all studies of corporate crime agree
然而,我们所有企业犯罪的研究表明
that the individuals are in fact deprived of far more money by such crime than they are by conventional crime like robbery and theft.
这种类型的个人犯罪其实比传统的抢劫、偷盗类犯罪要侵吞更大的资金。
In addition to this, we have to consider the social costs of corporate crime and these are again very difficult to assess, but they are considerable.
另外,我们还得考虑企业犯罪造成的社会代价,而且这些也非常难以评估,但是数量可观。
They're important because they can undermine the faith of the public in the business world.
它们很重要,因为它们可以在商业界破坏公众的信心。
And also, more importantly, because the main group of people they affect are, in fact, not the richer sections of society but the poorer,
另外,更重要的是因为它们影响的主要社会群体是穷人,而不是富人。
So here companies are robbing the poor to benefit the rich.
所以在这一点上,公司通过榨取穷人,满足富人。

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重点单词
  • benefitn. 利益,津贴,保险金,义卖,义演 vt. 有益于,得
  • insignificantadj. 无关紧要的,可忽略的,不重要的,无用的
  • massiveadj. 巨大的,大规模的,大量的,大范围的
  • affectvt. 影响,作用,感动
  • assessv. 估定,评定
  • underminevt. 暗中损害,逐渐削弱,在(某物)下挖洞或挖通道,从
  • conventionaladj. 传统的,惯例的,常规的
  • additionn. 增加,附加物,加法
  • corporateadj. 社团的,法人的,共同的,全体的
  • deceptionn. 骗局,诡计,欺诈