He says nothing about the poor selection of goods in the shops, or about those unfortunate people who have to travel from the country to the city every day to get to work.
他也不说商店货物品种单调，以及那些每天不得不从乡下赶到城里工作的不幸的人们。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 41 Illusions of Pastoral peace
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 选择;被选中者;可供选择的事物;
💡 se分开+lect选择，收集+ion表名词 →select分开选=选择+ion表名词 → 选择
"a wide selection of merchandise"
品种丰富的商品
近义：appointment, assortment, nomination, option, pick, preference
adj. 不幸的，倒霉的;不吉利的;不成功的;可惜的，可叹的;
n. 不幸的人;
💡 un不，没有+fortun运气+ate形容词后缀→不幸的
"He was unfortunate to lose in the final round."
他不幸在最后一轮输了。
近义：miserable, wretch, lamentable, luckless, ominous, poor
反义：jammy, privileged, propitious, successful, fortunate, happy
n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
adj. 贫穷的，贫乏的;令人怜悯的，可怜的;匮乏的;低劣的;
n. the poor 贫困者，穷人;
💡 穿破（po）衣服的人（or），是因为 贫穷的
"Taxes should be levied more on the rich than on the poor."
向富人征收的税应该比穷人的多.
近义：indigent, impecunious, landless, meager, miserly, needy
反义：loaded, moneyed, monied, opulent, abundant, propertied
n. 商品，货物;动产;本领;合意的人;
"Kitchen goods are sold in the basement."
厨房用具在地下室出售。
近义：havings, assets, merchandise, possessions, products, property