2021考研英語長難句復習（一二二）

　　

　　①The vast consolidation within the rail industry means that most shippers are served by only one rail company.

　?、赗ailroads typically charge such “captive” shippers 20 to 30 percent more than they do when another railroad is competing for the business.

　?、跾hippers who feel they are being overcharged have the right to appeal to the federal government’s Surface Transportation Board for rate relief, but the process is expensive, time-consuming, and will work only in truly extreme cases.

　　①(總)鐵路行業(yè)的大規(guī)模整合意味著，大多數托運人只能得到一家鐵路公司的服務。

　?、?并列)鐵路公司通常會向這些“受控制的”客戶收取20%到30%的費用，這比其他鐵路公司競爭業(yè)務時要多。

　?、?并列)覺得要價過高的托運人有權向聯邦政府的地面運輸委員會上訴，要求減少運費，但這個過程既昂貴又耗時，而且只在真正極端的情況下才會奏效。