英语听力精选进阶版 15433

 

Business Matters: Judge rules NSA spying "unconstitutional" 17 Dec 13

Tue, 17 Dec 13

A U.S. judge rules the NSA mass phone surveillance programme as 'unconstitutional'. And two former Vietnamese shipping¹ executives are sentenced to death as the government there cracks down on corruption². We're joined live by Jonathan Cheng of the Wall Street Journal in Seoul, and Bloomberg's Nela Richardson in Washington.

1 shipping   

n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）

参考例句：

• We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
• There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。

2 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。