英语听力精选进阶版 6175

F1 Dispute Settled F1 纠纷得以解决

It has been a turbulent year for Formula One with leading teams such as Honda withdrawing due to financial difficulties.

It has also been touch and go over the past few months as to whether the Formula One World Championship would continue as we know it.

The Formula One Team Owners Association (FOTA), consisting of teams such as Ferrari, McLaren, Red Bull, Toro Rosso, Toyota, Renault, Brawn¹ and BMW Sauber, had been campaigning for changes to the way Formula One is run.

However, FOTA’s threats to boycott² the 2010 racing³ season and to form their own breakaway series are now a thing of the past.

After months of strained negotiations⁴ with Formula One’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), an agreement has been reached.

All of FOTA’s members will now participate in the 2010 Formula One World Championship.

Max Mosely, the president of the FIA outlined the new agreement in which they have agreed to drop plans to limit teams’ spending.

They intend to get spending levels back to that of the early 1990s. He also announced that he will step aside as president of the FIA in October.

FOTA chairman, Luca di Montezemolo said that the FOTA teams had "asked for things which were fair and realistic" and welcomed the breakthrough.

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone also showed relief that an agreement had been reached and said that he was "very happy common sense had prevailed".

GLOSSARY 词汇表

turbulent 动荡的，混乱的

withdrawing 退出

touch and go 情况不稳定

as we know it 像我们知道的

campaigning 提倡

boycott 联合抵制，拒绝参加

breakaway 分离出来

thing of the past 已经过去了的事情

strained 紧张的

negotiations 谈判

governing body 管理团体

outlined 大概, 简要概括

drop plans 放弃计划

step aside 退位

fair 公平

realistic 现实的

breakthrough 突破

supremo 最高级人物

common sense 常识

prevailed 获胜了

1 brawn   

n.体力

参考例句：

• In this job you need both brains and brawn.做这份工作既劳神又费力。
• They relied on brains rather than brawn.他们靠的是脑力，而不是体力。

2 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

3 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

4 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。