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参考答案:过去几年里,人室盗窃案件数量大幅上升,如今已到了相当惊人的地步。让我引用一些小偷闯入屋内行窃的相关数字:现在每3分钟就会有一户失窃。在过去的五年中,报警的人室盗窃案件数量上升了大约6万起,今年已远超过50万起。保险公司称,仅仅去年一年,入室盗窃所造成的损失达到2.197亿英镑,比前一年上升了38%。一些保险公司拒绝对所谓的“高风险地区”提供保险。
解析:[听力原文]
(Man) The figures for burglaries have risen alarmingly over the last few years and are now quite appalling. Let me quote you a few statistics about break-ins. A house is burgled now about every three minutes, and over the past five years the number of burglaries reported to the police has risen by approximately 60,000 to well over 500,000 this year. The insurance companies report that last year alone household burglary losses rose by 38 per cent over the previous year to 219. 7 million pounds, and I believe one or two companies are refusing to provide burglary cover in what we might call high-risk areas.