Fully insured 全保險
Insurance companies are normally willing to insure anything. Insuring public or private property is a standard practice in most countries in the world. If, however, you were holding an open air garden party or a fete it would be equally possible to insure yourself in the event of bad weather. Needless to say, the bigger the risk an insurance company takes, the higher the premium you will have to pay. It is not uncommon to hear that a shipping company has made a claim for the cost of salvaging a sunken ship. But the claim made by a local authority to recover the cost of salvaging a sunken pie dish must surely be unique.
保險公司一般說來愿意承保一切東西。承辦公共財產(chǎn)或私人財產(chǎn)保險是世界上大部分國家的正常業(yè)務(wù)。如果你要舉辦一次露天游園會或盛宴,為避免碰上不好的天氣而遭受損失也同樣可以保險,不用說,保險公司承擔(dān)風(fēng)險越大,你付的保險費也就越高。航運公司為打撈沉船而提出索賠,這是常有的事,但某地當(dāng)局為打撈一只焙制餡餅的盤子提出索賠,倒是件新鮮的事兒。
New words and expressions 生詞與短語
admittedly
adv. 公認(rèn)地
purchase
v. 買
annual
adj. 一年一度的
teenager
n. (13至19歲的)青少年
capsize
v. (船)翻
shiver
v. 打顫,發(fā)抖
dive
v. (頭向下)跳水
haul
v. 拖曳
hawser
n. 粗纜繩
rim
n. (圓形物品的)外沿,邊
winch
n. 絞車
agonizing
adj. 精神緊張的,提心吊膽的
perch
v. 處于(高處)
precariously
adv. 危險地,不穩(wěn)固地
overbalance
v. 失去平衡
clamp
n. 夾鉗,夾板
vertically
adv. 垂直地
torrent
n. 激流,洪流
rebound
v. 彈回