TE选文：投机商

学习重点：1 投机主题相关词汇 2 有趣的表达

标题

1 price gouging 哄抬物价，价格欺诈

Price Gouging - Definition, Examples, Cases

2 disaster profiteering 发国难财

1 主题相关：unscrupulous traders无良商家，exorbitant prices 离谱的价格, profiteers 投机商，redress （动词和名词）赔偿，赔款

2 收高价 charge exorbitant prices, 制裁投机商 crack down on profiteers

3 corner shop 街头小店

CORNER SHOP在剑桥英语词典中的解释及翻译

1 主题词汇：stock the products 贮存货品, be piled high with sth 堆积很多某物

2 squeeze out 把……排挤出去/排除在外

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3 The owner opens early and closes late 简洁的句式，开店早闭店晚

仿写：He rises early and stays up late. 他起得早睡得晚

熬夜相关：stay up all night, a night owl, pull an all-nighter, burn the midnight oil, didn't sleep a wink

4 blackout 停电（注意使用的场景）与power failure相区别

剑桥词典

1 主题词汇：stock up 囤积，储备，inventory /ˈɪn.vən.tɔːr.i/ 存货，库存，price-gouging rules 注意连字符的用法

2 句型 Doing sth comes with risks. 做某事有风险

原句：Stocking up comes with risks.

仿写：Going paperless comes with risks. 无纸化有风险

1 主题词汇：fat profits 丰厚的利润，higher prices 高昂的价格，price rises/ increases 价格上涨

2 ubiquitous and cheap 哪儿都有还挺便宜，类似a dime a dozen, cheap and abundant

造句：Plastic bags are ubiquitous and cheap.

3 pre-pandemic 连字符，pre- 在……之前，post-在……之后，mid- 在……过程中

4 句型 X oppose Y not because Z，but because W. 某人反对某事，不是因为，而是因为

原句 Most economists oppose restrictions on price gouging not because they like fat profits, but because higher prices lead to more supply.

仿写：Susan opposes her son's marriage not because he has no income, but because he is only 18 years old.

1 in response to 位于句首，承上启下，连接问题与应对办法

2 get through 打通电话

She tried calling several times, but did not get through. 口语中可用，打了几次电话都不通

剑桥词典

1 a stack of sth 一摞

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2 glum 沮丧的，闷闷不乐的

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1 主题词汇：fines 罚款，consumer-protection agency 保护消费者权益的机构，issue citations 发传票（法律）

2 the Big Apple: a nickname for New York City 纽约市的昵称

3 opaque and costly 不透明、费钱，可用来形容办某种手续既麻烦又花钱

UK arts festival directors demand change to 'lengthy, opaque and costly' visa process - a-n The Artists Information Company