英语听力精选进阶版 15378

 

ECB rate decision 07 Nov 13

Thu, 7 Nov 13

As the European Central Bank considers cutting interest rates, we ask if the eurozone is really recovering. The UK's biggest listed firms are making "steady progress" towards hitting 2015 targets to increase the number of women in their boardrooms. And London Gateway¹, the UK's newest container port, is due to welcome its first vessel². We speak to the boss of the company that built it.

1 gateway   

n.大门口，出入口，途径，方法

参考例句：

• Hard work is the gateway to success.努力工作是通往成功之路。
• A man collected tolls at the gateway.一个人在大门口收通行费。

2 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。