英文課外閱讀英國(guó)人

1、英文課外閱讀英集團(tuán)文件發(fā)布號(hào)：（9816-UATWW-MWUB-WUNN-INNUL-DQQTY-課外閱讀英國(guó)人那些不交電視費(fèi)的奇葩理由A homeowner said they did not think they had to pay their TV licence fee because they claimed their pet was related to one of the Queens dogs.Other excuses given to officials by evaders last year included watching a stolen TV set, T

2、V Licensing said.More than 400, 000 people were caught watching TV without a licence in 2012.UK residents are legally required to have a licence if they watch or record TV at the same time as it is broadcast or could face a fine of up to 1, 000.A colour TV licence costs 145.50 while a black-and-whit

3、e licence costs 49. In January, TV Licensing revealed that more than 13, 000 households across the UK were still using black- and-white television sets.Excuses for non-payment given last year included:Apparently my dog, which is a corgi, was related to theQueens dog so I didnt think I needed a TV li

4、cence. Why would I need a TV licence for a TV I stole? Nobody knowsIve got it.Only my three-year-old son watches the TV. Can you take it out of the family allowance I receive for him? He watches it so he should pay.I had not paid as I received a lethal injection.I dont want to pay for a licence for

5、a full year. Knowing my luck Ill be dead in six months and wont get value for money.I have lost weight recently and had to buy new clothes. Thats why I could not afford to buy a TV licence.I could not pay for my TV licence because the Olympic torch was coming down my road and I could not get to the

6、shop as the road was too busy.My house was invaded by a squirrel which weed on my TV, so now it doesnt work properly.resident rezid?ntadj.居住的；住院醫(yī)師；定居的n.居民legally li:g?liadv.合法地；法律上reveal rivi:lvt.顯示；透露；揭露；泄露n.揭露；暴露；門側(cè)，窗側(cè)torch t?:t?n.火把，火炬；手電筒；啟發(fā)之物vi.像火炬一樣燃燒vt.用火炬點(diǎn) 燃allowance ?lau?nsn.津貼，零用錢；允許；限額vt.

7、定量供應(yīng)lethal Ti?ladj.致命的，致死的n.致死因子invade inveidvt.侵略；侵襲；侵?jǐn)_；涌入vi.侵略；侵入；侵襲；侵犯英國(guó)一家房主說他們覺得自己不該交電視牌照費(fèi)，因?yàn)樗麄兗业膶櫸锖?女王的一只狗有關(guān)系。英國(guó)電視牌照局還說，去年有人為了不交電視費(fèi)編造出各種借口，包括“我們看的電視機(jī)是偷來的?！?2012年，有40多萬英國(guó)人看電視不交牌照費(fèi)。按照英國(guó)法律，居民觀看電視節(jié)目或在節(jié)目播出時(shí)錄像都要繳納電視牌 照費(fèi)，否則將面臨高達(dá)1000英鎊的罰款。每臺(tái)彩色電視需繳納牌照費(fèi)145.50英鎊，黑白電視49英鎊。一月份，英 國(guó)電視牌照局發(fā)布公告，全英國(guó)還有超過1.3萬家電視用戶仍然使用黑白 電視機(jī)。去年不付電視費(fèi)的借口千奇百怪：“很顯然我的狗是威爾士矮腳狗，這種狗和女王的寵物狗有聯(lián)系，所以 我認(rèn)為我不需要交電視費(fèi)?！薄拔业碾娨暀C(jī)是偷來的，為啥還要交電視費(fèi)沒人知道我有電視。”“我家只有三歲的兒子看電視。你能直接從政府給我的子女撫養(yǎng)津貼里 扣嗎他看電視所以應(yīng)該他付錢?！薄拔乙呀?jīng)被執(zhí)行注射死刑了，所以才沒交電視費(fèi)?！薄拔也幌虢蝗甑碾娨曎M(fèi)。我會(huì)給自己算命，再有六個(gè)月我就