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Taxes,Taxes,andMoreTaxes

TextAmericansoftensaythatthereareonlytwothingsapersoncanbesureofinlife:deathandtaxes.Americansdonothaveacorneronthe“death”market,butmanypeoplefeelthattheUnitedStatesleadstheworldwiththeworsttaxes.NewWords

Tax(n.)稅款（vt.）對…征稅

haveacorneron壟斷（某物）2ndperiod:text(ContentQuestions;Languagepoints

)QuestionsHowdoyouunderstandthesentence“Americansdonothaveacorneronthe‘death’market?”ItmeansthatAmericans，justlikeallotherpeople，mustdie.Text

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peoplewhoearnmorethanafewthousandsdollorsmustpayacertainpercentageoftheirsalariestothefederalgovernment.Thepercentagevariesfrompersontoperson.Itdependsontheirsalaries.Thefederalgovernmenthasagraduatedincometax.NewWords

Salary(n)工資（vt）給

…發(fā)薪Vary(vi)有不同（vt）改變使不同Salaried(a)拿薪水的，領(lǐng)工資的Varyfrom與…不同Varyacross因…不同Varywith隨…變化Wage(n)工資Textthepercentageofthetax(14to70percent)increasesasaperson’sincomeincreases.Withthehighcostoftaxes,peoplearenotveryhappyonApril15th,whenthefederaltaxesaredue.

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taxdue

應(yīng)交稅款；到期應(yīng)繳稅款TextThesecondtaxisforthestategovernment:NewYork,California,NorthDakota,oranyoftheotherforty-sevenstates.Somestateshaveanincometaxsimilartothatofthefederalgovernment.Ofcourse,thepercentageforthestateislower.NewWords

anyoftheother指除上述的那個，其他任何一個（be）Similarto與…很相似50states50stars13colonies7red&6whitestripes

（be）Similarin在…上相似TextOtherstateshaveasalestax,whichisapercentagechargedtoanyitemwhichyoubuyinthatstates.Somestatesuseincometaxinadditiontosalestaxtoraisetheirrevenues.

Eg.Apersonmightwanttobuyapacketofcigarettesfor25cents.Ifthereisasalestaxof8percentinthatsates.Think:Whatisthecostofcigarettes?27cents2cents25×1.08=27TextThethirdtaxisforthecity.Thistaxcomesintwoforms:propertytax(peoplewhoownahomehavetopaytaxesonit)andexcisetax,whichischargedoncarsinacity.Thecitiesusethesefundsforeducation,policeandfiredepartments,publicworksandmunicipalbuildings.NewWords

Property(n)財產(chǎn)，資產(chǎn)，所有物

municipal（n）市的，市政的excise（n）國產(chǎn)稅；本國銷售稅TextSinceAmericanspaythreetypesoftaxes,theyfeelthattheyareworkingonedayeachweekjustistopaytheirtaxes.AlthoughAmericanshavedifferentviewsonmanyissue,theytendtoagreeononesubject:taxesaretoohigh.

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3rdperiod:Grammar-numeral

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