高中英语 voa常速听力2012年08月合辑文本top-5-wacky-warning-labels-identified素材.docVIP

高中英语 VOA常速听力2012年08月合辑（文本）Top-5-Wacky-Warning-Labels-Identified素材 Each year, a group called the Center for America, which is critical of frivolous lawsits, selects the year’s top five “Wacky Warning Labels.” The person who pointed out the warning label on this decorative globe won the $1,000 grand prize for this years Wacky Warning Labels contest. (Courtesy Center for America) For instance, it once found a stern advisory on a package of rat poison: 揥arning: Has Been Found to Cause Cancer in Laboratory Mice.? This year抯 dubious 搘inners?are out. They include this warning on an electric razor: 揘ever Use While Sleeping.? And this one on an office desk accessory that looks like the steering wheel of a car: 揘ever use this product while driving.? But the grand prize of $1,000 went to the person who found the following warning attached to a little decorative globe: 揟hese globes should not be referred to for navigation.? Warning labels on products can be useful when they alert you to a danger that抯 not obvious. But if you read some of these labels on toys, household appliances, and gadgets sold in the United States, you抎 have to conclude that the manufacturers think we抮e not very bright. Second place in the Wacky Warning Labels contest went to the person who sent in the label on this electric razor. (Courtesy Center for America) They apparently issue these warnings because they抮e worried that people will do stupid things with their products, hurt themselves, and blame the company. The messages say such things as: 揇on抰 take this toaster into the bathtub with you.?Or . . . 揇on抰 operate this airplane unless you抳e had flying lessons.? Over the years, we抳e seen warnings such as one on a child抯 scooter: 揟his product moves when used.?As if we didn抰 know that. And this one, on a kitchen blender that whips, chops, and dices: 揘ever remove food from the blades while the product is operating.?Ya think? Then there was this label on a curling iron. It read, 揊o