英语听力精选进阶版 15436

 

US Fed starts tapering¹

Thu, 19 Dec 13

The US Federal Reserve announces plans to slow its stimulus² effort. We ask what it means for the economy on this side of the pond. A new report says the taxman is spending too much time going after the little guy and not enough chasing multinational³ companies for tax owed. It's tough on the high street if you're running a bookstore. We hear from a man who has 300 of them. And why a major space satellite launch later today owes quite a lot...to Chelmsford.

1 tapering   

adj.尖端细的

参考例句：

• Interest in the scandal seems to be tapering off. 人们对那件丑闻的兴趣似乎越来越小了。
• Nonproductive expenditures keep tapering down. 非生产性开支一直在下降。

2 stimulus   

n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物

参考例句：

• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。

3 multinational   

adj.多国的，多种国籍的；n.多国籍公司，跨国公司

参考例句：

• The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
• He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。