2019年12月大学英语四级阅读200篇汇总
Singapore Issues Casino License
新加坡首个赌场开张
Singapore's first casino won regulatory approval to open, paving the way for the debut of gambling in the squeaky clean city-state as early as next week's Lunar New Year holiday.
新加坡禁锢政府核准该国首个赌场开门营业。娱乐业早将于夏历新年期间在这个明哲保身的都市国度登台表态。
The opening of the casino by Malaysian gambling company Genting Singapore PLC---ahead of Las Vegas Sands Corp.'s much-delayed showpiece project in Singapore's downtown---would bring a formal end to the Singapore government's decades-long opposition to gambling.
该赌场由马来西亚娱乐上市公司——新加坡绅士策划，拉斯维加斯金沙团体 (Las Vegas Sands Corp.)在新加坡市中心的示范项目严重滞后，未能抢得先机。意味着新加坡当局数十年来阻挡打赌的政策正式竣事。
It also establishes an important new front for the growth of the booming casino industry in Asia, roping in new gamblers even as it seeks to take business away from Macau and smaller gambling operations in Malaysia, Cambodia, the philippines and elsewhere.
新加坡此举为亚洲发达成长的娱乐财富成立了重要的新阵地，不单能吸引新的赌客，还力求从澳门以及马来西亚、柬埔寨、菲律宾等其他处所的小赌场吸引生意。
It comes as the city-state seeks to find a competitive edge amid a nascent boom in outbound tourism and business travel from China, India and the rest of the region.
来自中国、印度及该地域其他处所的出境游和商务观光客流不绝壮大，新加坡力争通过此举在该新兴市场中保持竞争优势。
But bringing casinos to Singapore also raises a number of sticky questions for the cautious government, which is barring under-21s from entering a casino, proscribing automatic-teller machines from the casino floor and blacklisting anyone deemed to have gambling problems. Authorities are also trying to dissuade Singaporeans and permanent residents from gambling by forcing them to pay a US$70 entry fee to casinos---a levy from which tourists are exempt.
但答允赌场进入新加坡也给审慎的新加坡当局带来了一些困难。当局克制21岁以下人士进入赌场，不答允在赌场内安排自动柜员机，并将据称有打赌问题的人士列入黑名单。政府要求，新加坡国民及永久住民进入赌场时需缴纳每人70美元的入场费，以试图劝阻其远离赌场。外国旅客无需缴纳这笔用度。
Singapore's Casino Regulatory Authority posted a notice announcing the approval of the license Saturday. While the approval was expected, its timing was unclear. Lim Kok Thay, chairman of Genting Singapore's Resorts World Sentosa said in a statement that he was "happy to have received the casino license."
新加坡赌场管束局在网上宣布通知，公布营业执照已于周六获批。尽量外界估量执照将获核准，但时间并不确定。云顶新加坡公司旗下的圣淘沙胜景世界董事长林国泰在声明中说很是兴奋得到赌场执照。
While largely a formality, Singapore regulators said they wouldn't grant a gambling license to either of the city's two resort operators until a certain proportion of the broader property is finished. Last month, Genting opened four luxury hotels at its project and has been giving private tours of its casino floor, which has been fitted out in anticipation of the license approval.
尽量主要是形式上的要求，新加坡禁锢机构称在内地两个休闲场合运营商的相关地产建树进度到达确定比例之前，他们不会为其揭晓赌场执照。上个月，云顶公司该项目中的4家豪华旅馆开业，赌场也装备齐全，开始答允私人旅行。
The company has long hoped to launch its casino operations ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday, which begins on Feb. 14 and is a time when many people in the region will be traveling or on holiday. The company has booked Stefanie Sun, the city's best-known homegrown pop singer, for Feb. 16.
该公司一直但愿赌场能在中国夏历新年假期之前开门营业。中国夏历新年假期开始于2月14日，届时该地域将会有很多人出门观光或度假。该公司已经预订了新加坡著名的风行歌手孙燕姿于2月16日作为高朋加入。
The centerpiece of Resorts World's family-oriented attractions, a large Universal Studios theme park, is also expected to open.
该胜景世界的中心区是一个吸引家庭游玩的大型举世影城主题公园也即将开业。
The timing of gambling's arrival in Singapore could prove to be lucky, both for Singapore and for the global gambling industry. Growth prospects remain uncertain in Las Vegas and across the US, while policy uncertainties continue to hover over Macau, the Chinese enclave that delivered most of the industry's revenue growth since 2002.
对新加坡及全球的娱乐业而言，该国开放娱乐业的机缘极佳拉斯维加斯及全美的增长前景仍不清朗，政策不确定性问题继承困扰中国澳门。自2002年以来，整个娱乐业的收入增长大多来自于澳门。
In this environment, Singapore's casinos could open a big untapped market in Southeast Asia---a fast-growing region of 600 million people---and in doing so help Asia further eclipse the US-based gambling industry.
在此配景下，新加坡的赌场将可以或许在东南亚这一具有6亿人口且经济快速增长的地域打开一个庞大的未开拓市场，这有助于亚洲进一步赶超美国的娱乐业。
句型讲授:
1. It also establishes an important new front for the growth of the booming casino industry in Asia, roping in new gamblers even as it seeks to take business away from Macau and smaller gambling operations in Malaysia, Cambodia. the Philippines and elsewhere.
本句是一个复合句，主句是It also…in Asia, roping in...elsewhere 此刻分词短语奉陪伴状语。个中even as引导时间状语从句，意为“正巧在……的时候，正如”。
语法重点分词短语作状语，时间状语从句
2. But bringing casinos to Singapore also raises a number of sticky questions for the cautious government, which is barring under-21s from entering a casino proscribing automatic-teller machines from the casino floor and blacklisting anyone deemed to have gambling problems.
本句是一个复合句，主句是 But bringing casinos... cautious government，个中 bringing casinos to Singapore是动名词短语作主语。 which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰government，作从句的主语，个中 barring under...casino, proscribing... floor和 blacklisting...problems是三个并列的谓语布局。在blacklisting...problems短语中， deemed to have gambling problems是已往分词短语作后置定语，修饰anyone。
语法重点动名词短语作主语，分词短语作定语，定语从句
3. Growth prospects remain uncertain in Las Vegas and across the US, while policy uncertainties continue to hover over Macau, the Chinese enclave that delivered most of the industry's revenue growth since 2002.
本句是一个复合句，主句是 Growth prospects remain uncertain in Las Vegas and across the US。 while引导时间状语从句，个中the Chinese enclave是Macau的同位语。后头that引导定语从句，修饰Macau。
语法重点时间状语从句，同位语，定语从句
2019年12月大学英语四级阅读200篇汇总
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