Lily的Scalers Talk第八轮新概念朗读持续力训练Da

L43-1: Fully insured

Insurance companies are normally willing to insure anything. Insuring public or private property is a standard practice in most countries in the world. If, however, you were holding an open air garden party or a fete it would be equally possible to insure yourself in the event of bad weather. Needless to say, the bigger the risk an insurance company takes, the higher the premium you will have to pay. It is not uncommon to hear that a shipping company has made a claim for cost of salvaging a sunken ship. But the claim made by a local authority to recover the cost of salvaging a sunk enpie dish must surely be unique.

 Admittedly it was an unusual pie dish, for it was eighteen feet long and six feet wide. It had been purchased by a local authority so that an enormous pie could be baked for an annual fair. The pie committee decided that the best way to transport the dish would be by canal, so they insured it for the trip.

insure  投保

fete /feɪt/ 宴会、 游乐会

open air garden party  露天游园会

premium /ˈpriːmiəm/ 保险费

salvage /ˈsælvɪdʒ/ 打捞;挽救;挽回

recover  使。。。得到补偿、弥补

admittedly /ədˈmɪtɪdli/  公认地、无可否认地

purchase  /ˈpɜːrtʃəs/ 买

annual /ˈænjuəl/ 一年一度的

canal  /kəˈnæl/ 运河

又是有难度的一篇文章。今天跑步回来有点累了，仅仅完成了今天的作业。