英语听力精选进阶版 15379

 

Twitter shares soar 08 Nov 13

Fri, 8 Nov 13

Shares in Twitter surged on its stock market debut¹ on Thursday as investors² buying into this year's most anticipated technology flotation valued the company at more than $30bn. A new Lord Mayor will be sworn in, Fiona Woolf will be the 686th person and only the second woman to hold the post. And China's leaders get together this weekend to discuss the country's economic strategy for the next decade. So what will they decide and what will it mean for us?

1 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

2 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会