泽平 的ScalersTalk第七轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day

练习材料：

Lesson 36-1 Thecost of government

If a nation isessentially disunited, it is left to the government to hold it together. Thisincreases the expense of government, and reduces correspondingly the amount ofeconomic resources that could be used for developing the country. And it shouldnot be forgotten how small those resources are in a poor and backward country.Where the cost of government is high, resources for development arecorrespondingly low.

This may beillustrated by comparing the position of a nation with that of a privatebusiness enterprise. An enterprise has to incur certain costs and expenses inorder to stay in business. For our purposes, we are concerned only with onekind of cost---the cost of managing and administering the business. Suchadministrative overheads in a business are analogous to the cost of governmentin a nation.

ðə kɒst ɒv ˈgʌvnmənt

ɪf ə ˈneɪʃən ɪz ɪˈsɛnʃəli

ˌdɪsjuːˈnaɪtɪd, ɪt ɪz lɛft tuː ðə ˈgʌvnmənt tuː həʊld ɪt təˈgɛðə. ðɪs ˈɪnkriːsɪz

ði ɪksˈpɛns ɒv ˈgʌvnmənt, ænd rɪˈdjuːsɪz ˌkɒrɪsˈpɒndɪŋli ði əˈmaʊnt ɒv ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk

rɪˈsɔːsɪz ðæt kʊd biː juːzd fɔː dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ðə ˈkʌntri. ænd ɪt ʃʊd nɒt biː fəˈgɒtn

haʊ smɔːl ðəʊz rɪˈsɔːsɪz ɑːr ɪn ə pʊər ænd ˈbækwəd ˈkʌntri. weə ðə kɒst ɒv ˈgʌvnmənt ɪz haɪ, rɪˈsɔːsɪz

fɔː dɪˈvɛləpmənt ɑː ˌkɒrɪsˈpɒndɪŋli ləʊ.

ðɪs meɪ biː ˈɪləstreɪtɪd

baɪ kəmˈpeərɪŋ ðə pəˈzɪʃən ɒv ə ˈneɪʃən wɪð ðæt ɒv ə ˈpraɪvɪt ˈbɪznɪs ˈɛntəpraɪz.

ən ˈɛntəpraɪz hæz tuː ɪnˈkɜː ˈsɜːtn kɒsts ænd ɪksˈpɛnsɪz ɪn ˈɔːdə tuː steɪ ɪn

ˈbɪznɪs. fɔːr ˈaʊə ˈpɜːpəsɪz, wiː ɑː kənˈsɜːnd ˈəʊnli wɪð wʌn kaɪnd ɒv kɒst---ðə kɒst ɒv

ˈmænɪʤɪŋ ænd ədˈmɪnɪstərɪŋ ðə ˈbɪznɪs. sʌʧ ədˈmɪnɪstrətɪv ˈəʊvɛhɛdz ɪn ə ˈbɪznɪsɑːr əˈnæləgəs tuː ðə kɒst ɒv ˈgʌvnmənt ɪn əˈneɪʃən.

任务配置：L0 + L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、essentially：本质上，实质上，2、disunited：分裂的，3、reduce：减少，降低，缩小，4、correspondingly：相应地，5、backward：落后，向后，6、illustrate：阐明，演示，绘图，7、position：位置，定位，地位，8、enterprise：企业，事业，9、incur：招致，蒙受，10、administrative：行政的，11、overheads：间接费用，12、analogous：类似的，

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练习感悟：今天的文章， 跟读起来感觉不是特别难，但是真到读的时候，却一直打结，不是这里读不出就是那里读错，最后录了三四遍，勉勉强强在打结中达标