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Fuel energy: 26 October 2013

Sat, 26 Oct 13

In today's programme... As power companies set their winter prices and typical bills will rise by ?￡100, what can the six million people in fuel poverty do to keep warm this winter? The mobile phone surcharges that may be more than the law allows. A lawyer tells us why. Listeners contacted us in droves wanting to leave Cooperative Bank now it was taking money from two hedge funds. If you banked with Coop for its ethics¹ do you want to leave? And if so where to go? And the new current account switching service that was going to miss its seven working millennia² guarantee. Fuel poverty, mobile bills, coop and switching.

1 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。

2 millennia   

n.一千年，千禧年

参考例句：

• For two millennia, exogamy was a major transgression for Jews. 两千年来，异族通婚一直是犹太人的一大禁忌。
• In the course of millennia, the dinosaurs died out. 在几千年的时间里，恐龙逐渐死绝了。