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CRI听力:Are They Real Solid Wood Furniture?

2011-11-23来源:CRI

短语讲解:

1. At present, a lot of furniture retailers claim that their goods are made of solid wood, but the products are labeled with different names, like pure solid wood, complete solid wood, and solid wood veneer furniture.

be made of用…造成(用于原材料显而易见的场合)
例句:Most furniture is made of wood.
大部分家具是木制的。

2. But why does a solid wood table made from American Alder contain high density fiberboards?

make from由…制成
例句:Paper is made from rags.
纸是由破布制成的。

3. So, which part of the table is made from the so-called crumbled wood? The seller points it out to us.

point out指出
例句:He pointed out the finest pictures to me.
他把最好的图画指给我看。

4. Regardless of whether fiberboard or crumbled wood was used to make this table, it has been put in the middle layer of the product, out of sight from the customer.

regardless of不管, 不顾
例句:I shall go regardless of the weather.
无论天气好坏我都要去。
out of sight看不见, 在视野之外
例句:We waved until the car was out of sight.
我们一直在挥手道别, 直到汽车看不见为止。

5. Some might say that customers can easily find out the materials from the labels on the products.

find out发现, 看穿, 揭发, 找出;查明
例句:We must find out the truth of the matter.
我们必须弄清楚事情的真相。