L47-2: Too high a price?
Burglar alarms going off at any time of the day or night serve only to annoy passers-by and actually assist burglars to burgle. Car alarms constantly scream at us in the street and are a source of profound irritation. A recent survey of the effects of noise revealed (surprisingly?) that dogs barking incessantly in the night rated the highest form of noise pollution on a scale ranging from 1 to 7.
The survey revealed a large number of sources of noise that we really dislike. Lawn mowers whining on a summer's day, late-night parties in apartment blocks, noisy neighbours, vehicles of all kinds, especially large container trucks thundering through quiet villages, planes and helicopters flying overhead, large radios carried round in public places and played at maximum volume. New technology has also made its own contribution to noise. A lot of people object to mobile phones, especially when they are used in public places like restaurants or on public transport. Loud conversations on mobile phones invade our thoughts or interrupt the pleasure of meeting friends for a quiet chat. The noise pollution survey revealed a rather surprising and possibly amusing old fashioned source of noise. It turned out to be snoring! Men were found to be the worst offenders. It was revealed that 20% of men in their mid-thirties snore. This figure rises to a staggering 60% of men in their sixties. Against these figures, it was found that only 5% of women snore regularly, while the rest are constantly woken or kept awake by their trumpeting partners. Whatever the source of noise, one thing is certain: silence, it seems, has become a golden memory.
burglar /ˈbɜːrɡlər/ 窃贼 burglar alarm 防盗报警器
go off 响起
burgle /ˈbɜːrɡl/ 入室盗窃
assist /əˈsɪst/ 帮助;协助;援助;
scream /skriːm/ 尖叫
profound /prəˈfaʊnd/ 极度的，意义深远的;深邃的，深沉的;
irritation /ˌɪrɪˈteɪʃn/ 恼人事;烦心事;
incessantly /ɪnˈsɛsəntli/ 不停地;不断地
rate /reɪt/ 评估;评价;估价,划分等级;分等;
scale 刻度;标尺， scale range 刻度范围;标度范围;
survey /ˈsɜːrveɪ/ 调查;测量;勘测;民意调查;
whine /waɪn/ 发出呜呜声
large container truck 大型集装箱卡车
maximum /ˈmæksɪməm/ 最大的
invade 干扰
contribution /ˌkɑːntrɪˈbjuːʃn/ 贡献，捐款;捐资
snore 打鼾
offender /əˈfendər/ 冒犯者，犯罪者;违法者 。
figure /ˈfɪɡjər/ 图形;(代表数量，尤指官方资料中的)数字;
staggering /ˈstæɡər/ 令人惊愕的
against these figure 与这些数字相比
trumpet /ˈtrʌmpɪt/ 吹号
真是日益艰难的学习，尤其是在假期里，要靠意志力才能坚持下来。
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