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1、课外阅读英国人那些不交电视费的奇葩理由AhomeownersaidtheydidnotthinktheyhadtopaytheirTVlicencefeebecausetheyclaimedtheirpetwasrelatedtooneoftheQueen'sdogs.OtherexcusesgiventoofficialsbyevaderslastyearincludedwatchingastolenTVset,TVLicensingsaid.Morethan400,000peoplewerecaughtwatching

2、TVwithoutalicencein2012.UKresidentsarelegallyrequiredtohavealicenceiftheywatchorrecordTVatthesametimeasitisbroadcastorcouldfaceafineofupto￡1,000.AcolourTVlicencecosts￡145.50whileablack-and-whitelicencecosts￡49.InJanuary,TVLicensingrevealedthatmorethan13,000househo

3、ldsacrosstheUKwerestillusingblack-and-whitetelevisionsets.Excusesfornon-paymentgivenlastyearincluded:"Apparentlymydog,whichisacorgi,wasrelatedtotheQueen'sdogsoIdidn'tthinkIneededaTVlicence.""WhywouldIneedaTVlicenceforaTVIstole?NobodyknowsI'vegotit.""Onlymythree-ye

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6、nt]videoadj.居住的；住院医师；定居的n.居民legally['li:gəli]videoadv.合法地；法律上reveal[ri'vi:l]videovt.显示；透露；揭露；泄露n.揭露；暴露；门侧，窗侧torch[tɔ:tʃ]videon.火把，火炬；手电筒；启发之物vi.像火炬一样燃烧vt.用火炬点燃allowance[ə'lauəns]videon.津贴，零用钱；允许；限额vt.定量供应lethal['li:θəl]videoadj.致命的，致死的n.致死因子invade[in'veid]videovt.

7、侵略；侵袭；侵扰；涌入vi.侵略；侵入；侵袭；侵犯英国一家房主说他们觉得自己不该交电视牌照费，因为他们家的宠物和女王的一只狗有关系。英国电视牌照局还说，去年有人为了不交电视费编造出各种借口，包括“我们看的电视机是偷来的。”2012年，有40多万英国人看电视不交牌照费。按照英国法律，居民观看电视节目或在节目播出时录像都要缴纳电视牌照费，否则将面临高达1000英镑的罚款。每台彩色电视需缴纳牌照费145.50英镑，黑白电视49英镑。一月份，英国电视牌照局发布公告，全英国还有超过1.3万家电视用户仍然使用黑白电视机。去年不付电视费

8、的借口千奇百怪：“很显然我的狗是威尔士矮脚狗，这种狗和女王的宠物狗有联系，所以我认为我不需要交电视费。”“我的电视机是偷来的，为啥还要交电视费？没人知道我有电视。”“我家只有三岁的儿子看电视。你能直接从政府给我的子女抚养津贴里扣吗？他看电视所以应该他付钱。”“我已经被执行注射死刑了，所以才没交电视费。”