留美老师带你每天说英文 第659期:在新加坡的开销为什么这么高?

台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是：

So why is Singapore so expensive? The EIC points to the high cost of groceries, basic amenities, and clothing, which often have a 50% premium markup over New York prices. Additionally, Singapore is famous for their "sin tax", where "beer, wine and liquor, tobacco products, motor vehicles and petroleum products" are taxed at a much higher rate than other commodities.
所以为什么在新加坡的开销这么高呢？经济学人智库把矛头指向日常必需品、基本生活设施和服饰的高售价，新加坡的价格时常比纽约的价格还要高出百分之50，此外，新加坡还以他们的"罪恶税"闻名，举凡是啤酒、葡萄酒和酒精类饮品、烟草制品、机动车辆及石化产品都被课以比其他商品还要高很多的税率。

学习重点：

1.expensive 高价的
expensive (adj.) 高价的
expense (n.) 支出

2.grocery 杂货
grocery (n.) 杂货

3.amenitiy 愉快、便利设施
amenitiy (n.) 愉快、便利设施
amend (n.) 修订、修正

4.sin 罪孽
sin (n.) 罪孽

5.commodity 日用品
commodity (n.) 日用品