英语听力每日五分钟（高级）28

We accept making a reduction in price of 5% if this will help you to develop a new market for our products.
我们接受降价5%，如果这将有助于您为我们的产品开发一个新的市场。
He began to learn English when he was twelve years old, that is to say, when he entered junior high school.
他十二岁时也就是当他进入初中时就开始学英语了。
Irene Pepperberg, a researcher at Northwestern University, is discovering that a parrot can not only mimic people but also learn the meaning of words.
西北大学研究员艾琳●佩珀伯格发现，鹦鹉不仅能模仿人，而且还能理解单词的含义。
The restraining role that the community once played is losing its force as adults become reluctant to reprimand other people's unruly children.
社区曾经具有的规范作用正在失去它的力量，因为成年人越来越不愿意斥责别人家的熊孩子。
I thought that if we lined up benches in the garden as well, we could achieve quite a seating capacity.
我想，如果我们也在花园里摆好长椅，我们就能达到相当大的座位容量。
Don't give in to despair just because you didn't get into the college that was at the top of your wish-list.
不要仅仅因为你没有进入在你最想进去的大学而绝望。
For a display where the data items increase and decrease I think you are best making use of a spreadsheet program, not Access.
对于数据项增加和减少的显示，我认为您最好使用电子表格程序，而不是访问数据库。
The speeding vehicle skidded and crashed head-on into the rear-end of a truck.
超速行驶的车辆打滑，迎头撞上了一辆卡车的尾部。