toparticipate in Mr. Old Fish’s wedding ceremony withMs. Fujiwora to be held at Beijing Grand Hotel from 8to 10 p.m. on April 1, 2007. 　　As you are a close friend of us, we would very much like you to attend the celebration andshare our joy. The occasion will start at seven o’clock in the evening

就是Veblen effect（凡勃倫效應(yīng)）。 Veblen effect指商品價(jià)格定得越高，越能受到消費(fèi)者的青睞。比如奢侈品和一些很有格調(diào)的牌子。因?yàn)槿绻鸏V的包包定價(jià)200塊，你是不敢買的。而且，就是因?yàn)閯e人買不起你買得起，才顯得你與眾不同。 我們來看下面的例句： Veblen effect is that a higher price may make a product desirable， people take the product as a status symbol in the practices of conspicuous consumption. 凡勃倫效應(yīng)就是高價(jià)格反而讓商品更受青睞，因?yàn)槿藗冊(cè)陟乓韵M(fèi)中認(rèn)為這是地位的象征。 BEC入門課程，現(xiàn)在0元領(lǐng)取 適合對(duì)象： 1. 高中及以上水平的學(xué)習(xí)者 2. 希望增加求職機(jī)會(huì)，順利進(jìn)入外企的應(yīng)屆生 3. 想提升商務(wù)英語(yǔ)能力，增強(qiáng)職場(chǎng)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力的職場(chǎng)人士 4. 想拿到BEC商務(wù)英語(yǔ)證書的學(xué)習(xí)者 課程內(nèi)容： 1. 檢驗(yàn)自身商務(wù)英語(yǔ)水平 2. 獲得下一步商務(wù)英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)建議 ↓?點(diǎn)擊下方鏈接，馬上領(lǐng)取↓? BEC商務(wù)英語(yǔ)精品課程 BEC商務(wù)英語(yǔ)，助你輕松跨進(jìn)500強(qiáng)！

理了2024年12月英語(yǔ)四級(jí)閱讀理解模擬：泰國(guó)大象的生存危機(jī)，一起來看看吧。 2024年12月英語(yǔ)四級(jí)閱讀理解模擬：泰國(guó)大象的生存危機(jī) For centuries, in the countries of south and Southeast Asia the elephant has been an intimate part of the culture, economy and religion, and nowhere more so than in Thailand. Unlike its African cousin, the Asian elephant is easily domesticated (馴化). The rare so-called white elephants have actually lent the authority of kingship to its rulers and until the 1920s the national flag was a white elephant on a red background.To the early Western visitors the country's romantic name was “Land of the White Elephant”. Today, however, the story is very different. Out of work and out of land, the Thai elephant struggles for survival in a nation that no longer needs it. The elephant has found itself more or less abandoned by previous owners who have moved on to a different economic world and a westernized society. And while the elephant's problems began many years ago, now it rates a very low national priority. How this reversal from national icon (圣像) to neglected animal came about is a tale of worsening environmental and the changing lives of the Thais themselves. According to Richard Lair, Thailand’s experts on the Asian elephant and author of the report Gone Astray, at the turn of the century there may well have beenas many as 100,000 domestic elephants in the country. In the north of Thailand alone it was estimated that more than 20,000 elephants were employed in transport, 1,000 of them alone on the road between the cities of Chiang Mai and Chiang Saen. This was at a time when 90 per cent of Thailand was still forest—a habitat (棲息地) that not only supported the animals but also made them necessary to carry goods and people. Nothing ploughs through dense forest better than a massive but sure-footed elephant. By 1950 the elephant population had dropped to a still substantial 13,397, but today there are probably nomore than 3,800, with another 1,350 roaming free in the national parks. But now, Thailand’s forest coversonly 20 per cent of the land. This deforestation (采伐森林) is the central point of the elephant's difficult situation, for it has effectively put the animals out of work. This century, as the road network grew, so the elephant's role as a beast of burden declined. 練習(xí)題： Choose correct answers to the question: 1. What can we know about African elephants from the passage? A. It is easy to tame them. B. It is hard to tame them. C. They are living a better life than Asian elephants. D. Their fate is quite similar to that of Asian elephants. 2. Thailand was once called “Land of the White Elephant” because_______. A. white elephant is rarely seen and thus very special B. white elephant was a national symbol until the 1920s C. white elephant has helped kings to gain the ruling authority D. this name was so romantic that it was popular among visitors 3. Why is the Thai elephant “out of work”, according to the author? A. Because the elephants are no longer useful to their owners. B. Because their owners are westernized and neglect them. C. Because the government pays little attention to the problem. D. Because there are too many elephants and too few jobs. 4. Which of the following statements is true about the elephant population at various times? A. There were 100,000 tamed elephants at the turn of the century. B. 20,000 elephants were employed in transport in Thailand at the turn of the century. C. By 1950 the elephant population in Thailand has been quite small. D. Today the elephant population is estimated at 5,150. 5. The passage is most probably from_______. A. a travel magazine B. a history book C. a research report D. an official announcement 參考答案： 1.[B] 事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。本題考查對(duì)比處。根據(jù)文章第l段第3句：和非洲象不同，亞洲象容易馴養(yǎng)，言下之意就是：非洲象不易馴養(yǎng)。答案中用tame替代原文的domesticate，意思相同。選項(xiàng)A與原文意思正好相反;選項(xiàng)C，D原文根本未提到。 2.[B] 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第l段第4句中的“until the 1920s the national flag was a white elephant on a red background.”可知當(dāng)時(shí)白

時(shí)，口口相傳還是非常有幫助的。 Social media is all about turning word-of-mouth into a tool which is much more powerful than it has ever been from a marketing perspective. 社交媒體就是把口碑變成一種無(wú)比強(qiáng)大的營(yíng)銷工具。 BEC入門課程，現(xiàn)在0元領(lǐng)取 適合對(duì)象： 1. 高中及以上水平的學(xué)習(xí)者 2. 希望增加求職機(jī)會(huì)，順利進(jìn)入外企的應(yīng)屆生 3. 想提升商務(wù)英語(yǔ)能力，增強(qiáng)職場(chǎng)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力的職場(chǎng)人士 4. 想拿到BEC商務(wù)英語(yǔ)證書的學(xué)習(xí)者 課程內(nèi)容： 1. 檢驗(yàn)自身商務(wù)英語(yǔ)水平 2. 獲得下一步商務(wù)英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)建議 ↓?點(diǎn)擊下方鏈接，馬上領(lǐng)取↓? BEC商務(wù)英語(yǔ)精品課程 BEC商務(wù)英語(yǔ)，助你輕松跨進(jìn)500強(qiáng)！

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目中的after Hugo,由該句是的stricter，better-enforced codes可知C正確。 2.[A] 第4段開始具體介紹the house,根據(jù)該段最后一句可知，這幢房子的木制結(jié)構(gòu)用長(zhǎng)鋼筋加固了，因而特別結(jié)實(shí),故選A。 3.[D] 根據(jù)題干的數(shù)字可迅速定位至第5段首，第2、3句闡述這樣做的目的是“將房屋抬髙到暴風(fēng)雨巨浪之上,及讓巨浪能在屋下

in the teahouse is one of the favorite pastimes of the locals in Chengdu. A teahouse full to the brim—at three o’clock on a workday afternoon—is nothing out of the ordinary. The local people sit in quaint bamboo chairs and drink from traditional tea sets that could well be quaint themselves. Teahouse waiters