英伦广角 2010-04-11 燃油费养路费见涨，驾车者顾

April Fools'day no joke for the motorists this year.double-whammy of rising petrol prices and increased road taxes is hitting the driver's heart.Bend's amcares wihich make the most too will cost extra 500 pounds to drive out the show room from today.from the bruisers and customers,the cost is the major consideration.
   With the new budget coming through,they have actually shote below,and I'm not happy with,so I am having the second thought,do I realy afford a car?which one am I going for,from there work out innocence¹ what to do.
   The cost of running a car is approaching a record high too.price of petrol is accelerating up since the new year.from january 2009,the average price per liter has risen steadily² from 86.2 pence,driven by the weake pound against dollar and rising the wholesale³ fuel prices.on april the first last year,the price left the government increase the fuel duty by 1.84 pence per liter.on september the first,another two pence per liter ?on the duty.In january this year VAT⁴ went break up to 17.5 percent.
   And despite the average price rising 5 pence in the recent weeks,the Chancellor⁵ would put up fuel duty by futher penny per liter,the first installment⁶ to a three pence per liter price hike.
   And if the price are bad enough as they are,some experts predict they could reach averge 125 pence per liter second half of this year.but petrol stations insist the tax is hitting them too.
   I heard some company after get low on the few margin⁷ on the free sales,and that is certainly not the retailor ? the ?.
   There are plenty of tactics those make your pound in your petrol tank go further.the biggest thing as well is how you actually drive,if you drive total aggressively,or even,you know just not in a very calm manner,you can use a lot more fuel.so just drive calmly,and you know that could save your quiet a lot
   Keeping calm,easier said than done.
 

1 innocence   

n.无罪；天真；无害

参考例句：

• There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
• The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。

2 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。

3 wholesale   

n.批发；adv.以批发方式；vt.批发，成批出售

参考例句：

• The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物，以零售价卖出。
• Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。

4 vat   

n.(=value added tax)增值税，大桶

参考例句：

• The office is asking for the vat papers.办事处要有关增值税的文件。
• His father emptied sacks of stale rye bread into the vat.他父亲把一袋袋发霉的黑面包倒进大桶里。

5 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

6 installment   

n.(instalment)分期付款；(连载的)一期

参考例句：

• I shall soon pay the last installment of my debt.不久我将偿付我的最后一期债款。
• He likes to buy things on the installment plan.他喜欢用分期付款法购买货物。

7 margin   

n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘

参考例句：

• We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。