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Business Matters: Will Arctic drilling be put on ice? 28 Dec 13

Sat, 28 Dec 13

Greenpeace activists¹ who boarded an oil drilling rig in Russian waters earlier this year have been pardoned, released and sent home. The story has received a lot of media coverage². But has the exercise made Russia's plans to drill in the Arctic any less likely to go ahead? We'll have the latest from South Sudan where the government has agreed to a ceasefire as rival forces are battling for control of the country's oilfields. Mike Johnson reports on re-shoring: bringing jobs, that were shifted abroad, back home. He asks how significant a trend it's likely to be. And land-grabbing in one of Europe's most downtrodden countries: reporter Lucy Burton meets Romanian farmers who aren't convinced that allowing foreign investors³ to buy up land is in their best interests. Plus, find out why bank heists are a thing of the past.

1 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

3 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