第336期:主餐一道:泛听练习
以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写
。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻 。一、泛听建议:
1、完整听一遍,掌握大意
。2、继续听,特别注意关键信息
。遇到相似的词,写下来 。
If you are still scrambling to finish income tax return before the final _1_ tomorrow, you're not alone. NPR's Craig Windham reports the Internal Revenue Service _2_ to receive 35 million returns following the final days before April 15.
如果你仍努力在明天的最后期限前完成所得税申报表,那你并不孤单 。据NPR新闻的克雷格·温德姆报道,美国国税局预计在4月15日最后期限前几天会收到3500万份申报表 。
More than 90% of the nearly 100 million returns _3_ so far by the IRS have been filed electronically. That makes the process easier, but tax accountant Linda Domoller says return _4_ at the last minute tend to have more mistakes.
国税局收到的近1亿份申报表中,有超过90%的申报表是以电子方式提交的 。这使过程更容易,但是税务会计师琳达·多莫勒表示,在最后时刻提交的申报表通常错误也会更多 。
"Why always tell people don't sign until you're sure and don't do anything _5_."
“所以我们才经常告诉民众在你确定之前不要提交,做任何事情都不要着急 。”
To buy more time, you can request automatic 6-month extension of time-to-file through the free file link at IRS.gov. But Domoller says you still need to pay any tax you own with extension request.
为了争取更多时间,你可以在国税局网站上点击免费申报链接,要求自动延长长个月的申报时间 。但是多莫勒表示,在延长申请期间你仍然要支付所得税 。
"Any amounts you don't pay on time, you could possibly be subject to penalty and definitely will be subject to the interests."
“如果你不按时支付金额,你可能会被惩罚,而且你的利益一定会受到影响 。”
Craig Windham, NPR News, Washington.
NPR新闻,克雷格·温德姆华盛顿报道 。
词汇解析:
1. be subject to
可能受…影响的;易遭受…的;
eg. Trains are subject to delay after the heavy snowfalls.
一下大雪火车就往往误点 。
eg. Men are subject to sudden changes of fortune as the moon is subject to the changes of being full and crescent, cloudy and clear.
人有旦夕祸福,月有阴晴圆缺 。
2、extension request
延期申请
eg:The deadline extension request will be made to the Presidential Chief of Staff Jose Dirceu.
延长最后期限的请求将递交给总统的最高顾问乔斯·德赛 。