时间:2019-01-01 作者:英语课 分类:地道美语播客


英语课

   Sybil: Oh, this is it! This is the perfect location for our new store!


 
  Leo: Sorry, but this space isn’t zoned 1 for retail 2. It’s zoned for offices.
 
  Sybil: But couldn’t we get the zoning commission to re-zone it?
 
  Leo: That’s not an easy process. The city’s urban planners decided 3 that this space would be best suited for offices. Changing their minds won’t be easy.
 
  Sybil: I’ve heard that a lot of new developments are being zoned for mixed-use. That’s all we need to do. We just need this building to be re-zoned for mixed-use. Then, we can use the space downstairs for commercial purposes and use the upstairs space for offices or even housing.
 
  Leo: This area was zoned for industrial purposes over 30 years ago. It took 10 years for it to be re-zoned for offices. It may take another 10 years to get it re-zoned for commercial purposes. Do you think you can wait 10 years to open your store?
 
  Sybil: No, I guess not. What if I rented this space for an office and then ran my store out of it?
 
  Leo: You’ll never get a business license 4 for your store if you do that. Each type of zoning has different ordinances 5 and the inspector 6 won’t be fooled.
 
  Sybil: All right. I’ll look for another space, but nothing will live up to this one.
 
  Leo: That’s the spirit!
 
  Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

adj.划成区域的,束带的v.(飞机、汽车等)急速移动( zoom的现在分词 );(价格、费用等)急升,猛涨
  • This small town has been zoned as a shopping area. 这个小镇已划作商业区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They zoned the house into sleeping, sitting and dining rooms. 他们将房子区分成卧室、客厅和餐厅。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v./n.零售;adv.以零售价格
  • In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
  • These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
n.执照,许可证,特许;v.许可,特许
  • The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
  • The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。
n.条例,法令( ordinance的名词复数 )
  • These points of view, however, had not been generally accepted in building ordinances. 然而,这些观点仍未普遍地为其他的建筑条例而接受。 来自辞典例句
  • Great are Your mercies, O Lord; Revive me according to Your ordinances. 诗119:156耶和华阿、你的慈悲本为大.求你照你的典章将我救活。 来自互联网
n.检查员,监察员,视察员
  • The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
  • The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。
学英语单词
abiomyia annulipes
accordances of rights
aeromagnetic circuit
alkalophilic bacterium
anti-satellite weapon (asat)
Aschner's phenomenon
baptitoxine
barrel bulk, barrel-bulk
barshevsky
Beta-Methydigoxin
bombonne
brass finisher's lathe
british association unit (bau)
bronchodilatator
casas ibanez
cascading style sheet
Cash-surrender value
cat-food
catalimetic titration
cell loss ratio(clr)
centre of excellence
cesaire
Clofluonide
concentric lay cable
corporate policy
cover torn by hand hooks
depreciation reducing installment method
detection-plate-resistance bridge
Diasorb
dig one's feet in
eberman
Eforie Nord
electromagnetic contacter
enpatron
exhauster draft fan
Ezra Loomis Pound
finding nemo
forecastle ladder
freedom-of-speech
Frenchifies
generative scheme
genus melocactuss
grand prince
hirata
Khreshchatyk
lacottes
Lath.
lawick
lead dimethide
Lib Atoll
lipidal
long robe
lorry-park
mcelreath
Mequinenza, Embalse de
mermother
Military Engineer
Mitrastemon yamamotoi
Moreots
mountain bluebird
Neodielsia polyantha
nondata based category
on-site service
orpanoxin
Osteoglossiformes
P.Q.
pay-per-channel
Pimpinella candolleana
pseudoscholarship
psoi
remotely sensed data
running with blood
scanister
scrape dozer
second-innings
semi-directional interchange
side water wall tube
sound soundlevel
South Porcupine
statement of charges
stop cycle
sub-
subordinate political corporations
synchronous digital process
Sǔrnevo
temporary state
Teutschenthal
thalifinine
Theotocopoulos, Domenikos
thiosulfate transsulfurase
tintless
trust fund baby
twiglike
unquench
variable deductions
waiting gentlewoman
waste hold-up tank recirculation pump
wastes of space
water head accumulator
weidenfelds
windam