夏说英语新闻晨读 第176期:印度纸币成废纸

 本期内容：
India's government made a surprise decision to withdraw current 500-and I, 000-rupee banknotes from circulation in an effort to clamp down on black marketeers and corruption¹. Banks were closed to allow them to stock up on lower-denomination notes, but some later ran out of cash as Indians swarmed² to swap³ high-value notes for legal tender.

Withdraw：撤回
Banknote：纸币
Circulation：流通
Clamp down：打击
Black marketeer：黑市商人
Denomination：面值
Swarm：蜂拥而至
Swap：兑换
Tender：零钱

1 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

2 swarmed   

密集( swarm的过去式和过去分词 )； 云集； 成群地移动； 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去

参考例句：

• When the bell rang, the children swarmed out of the school. 铃声一响，孩子们蜂拥而出离开了学校。
• When the rain started the crowd swarmed back into the hotel. 雨一开始下，人群就蜂拥回了旅社。

3 swap   

n.交换；vt.交换，用...作交易

参考例句：

• I will swap you my bicycle for your radio.我想拿我的自行车换你的收音机。
• This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。