新概念英语第四册第8课:Trading standards

Lesson 8  Trading standards贸易标准      First listen and then answer the following question.      听录音，然后回答以下问题。      What makes trading between rich countries difficult?        Chickens slaughtered in the United States, claim officials in Brussels, are not fit to grace European tables. No, say the American: our fowl are fine, we simply clean them in a different way. These days, it is differences in national regulations, far more than tariffs, that put sand in the wheels of trade between rich countries. It is not just farmers who are complaining. An electric razor that meets the European Union's safety standards must be approved by American testers before it can be sold in the United States, and an American-made dialysis machine needs the EU's okay before is hits the market in Europe.      布鲁塞尔的官员说，在美国屠宰的鸡不适于用来装点欧洲的餐桌。不，美国人说，我们的家禽很好，只是我们使用了另一种清洗方式。当前，是各国管理条例上的差 异，而不是关税阻碍了发达国家之间的贸易。并不仅仅是农民在抱怨