英语新闻听写 特朗普欲阻止药品上涨趋势

According to Gizmodo.com, "Earlier this July,

据美国知名科技博客Gizmodo报道：“今年七月早些时候，

the pharmaceutical¹ company Pfizer announced price jumps for many of its brand name drugs,

美国的辉瑞制药公司宣布大幅上调其多个品牌药物的价格，

including the smoking cessation aid Chantix and the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra."

其中包括戒烟药伐尼克兰和勃起功能障碍药物万艾可。”

Quickly after this announcement, they went back on their word

声明发布后不久

after President Donald Trump² criticized them for their business decision on Twitter.

唐纳德·特朗普总统就在推特上批评了辉瑞制药的经营决策。之后，辉瑞制药就食言了。

He even spoke³ to the company's CEO, Ian Read, directly.

他更是直接跟该制药公司CEO晏·瑞德进行了谈话。

Gizmodo explained, "Trump has long pledged to tackle drug prices...

Gizmodo解释道：“唐纳德·特朗普长久以来一直承诺要处理高药价的问题

he and his administration have still sworn to finally knock Big Pharma down a peg⁴

特朗普和他的政权仍旧宣誓要打倒大型制药公司，

and pop the ballooning costs of life-saving medications."

并且减少不断高涨的救命药的花费。”

1 pharmaceutical   

adj.药学的，药物的；药用的，药剂师的

参考例句：

• She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
• We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 peg   

n.木栓，木钉；vt.用木钉钉，用短桩固定

参考例句：

• Hang your overcoat on the peg in the hall.把你的大衣挂在门厅的挂衣钩上。
• He hit the peg mightily on the top with a mallet.他用木槌猛敲木栓顶。