英国政府再发钱，是直接让民众“薅羊毛”吗？（讲解版）|E0718

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More than eight million households will start to receive the first of two payments totalling £650 from Thursday.

Soaring energy bills - coupled with rising prices in supermarkets and shops - continue to put pressure on people, with figures showing more and more people are buying less food to get by.

▍语言点 

1. total /ˈtoʊtəl/ v. 总计 

2. soaring /sɔːrɪŋ/ adj. 飙升的 

3. couple /ˈkʌp(ə)l/ v. 合计，加上 n. 伴侣

4. put sth. on 对……造成影响

· put pressure on sb. 给某人带来压力

· 常见搭配：put a limit on 限制，限定 

· The government put a limit on imports of textiles.

政府限制纺织品的进口。

5. get by 勉强过活，勉强对付过去 

· I don’t earn a huge salary, but we get by.

我挣得不多，但生活还过得去。

▍复述文本

You probably don’t realise what British people are suffering at the moment. Soaring energy bills and the rising cost of living are driving them to the wall. It continues to put pressure on people.

Some of them feel like the whole world is falling apart. More than eight million households will receive the first of two payments from the government. That’s £650(six hundred and fifty pounds) in total. Figures show more and more people are buying less food to get by.

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