Developments in technology have eroded some of the natural monopoly aspects of traditional public utilities. For instance, electricity generation, electricity retailing, telecommunication and postal services have become competitive in some countries and the trend towards liberalization, deregulation and privatization of public utilities is growing, but the network infrastructure used to distribute most utility products and services has remained largely monopolistic.
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- erode [iˈrəud] v.侵蚀
- retailing [ˈri:teiliŋ] n.零售业
- postal service [ˈpəustəl - ˈsə:vis] n.邮电业
- competitive [kəmˈpetitiv] adj.竞争的
- trend [trend] n.趋势
- liberalization [ˌlibərəlaiˈzeiʃən] n.自由化
- deregulation [di:ˌreɡjuˈleiʃən] n.缩小国家对经济干预的范围
- privatization [ˌpraivətəˈzeiʃən] n.私有化
- infrastructure [ˈinfrəˌstrʌktʃə] n.基础设施
- distribute [disˈtribju:t] v.分配
- monopolistic [məˌnɔpəˈlistik] adj.垄断的
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我发现infrastructure出现好几次了也。
目前出现两次了
图中的services少个r