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VOA慢速英语:Plan Aims to Expand Broadband Across US

2010-03-19来源:和谐英语
1.The F.C.C. wants one hundred million homes to have inexpensive Internet service at ten times current speeds.

ten times用来表示倍数。最常见的表示方法就是:倍数+as+形容词/副词/(名词)+as 
 
His apartment is three times as large as that of mine. 

而在后文出现了一句:

But it says the plan will require ten times more unused spectrum than it can now offer.

是表示倍数的比较。符合下面这种表达方式:

主语+谓语+ X times + 形容词(副词)比较级+ than…
 
例如:The grain output is one time higher this year than that of last year.
      今年比去年粮食产量增加一倍。

2.The government says fourteen million of them cannot get broadband even if they wanted it.

even if即使, 纵然

例句:I wouldn't lose courage even if I should fail ten times.
      即使要失败十次, 我也绝不灰心。

3.Fast connections, it says, are important to business and job creation, and to other areas like education and health care.

it says插入语

例1:副词插入语——frankly, especially, fortunately, indeed, however                 
  坦率地说,旅游可以促进国家之间的相互了解。                 
  Tourism, frankly, may promote mutual understanding among nations。                 
  
例2:短语插入语——generally speaking (总的来说), to tell the truth (老实说), in a sense (从某种意义上说),in a word (总而言之), strange to say (说来奇怪)                 
  总而言之,家长不该无视电脑游戏对小孩的副作用。                 
  In a word, parents should never lose sight of the side-effects of computer games on their children。                 
例3:短句插入语——I suppose, as I see it, I believe, what is important (重要的是)                 
  在我看来,环境对人的性格有深远影响。                 
  Environment, as I see it, has a far-reaching influence on one personality。

4.But some experts point out the lack of such "open access" rules for telephone and cable companies.

point out指出,指明

例句:I pointed out the problems of the government.
      我指出政府的问题。

相关短语:

point to表明

例句:All the signs at the moment point to an early resumption of the fighting between the two countries.
      眼下的一切迹象都表明这两个国家将很快重新开战。