英语听力精选进阶版 15574

 

Business Matters: 'Breathtaking' EU corruption¹

Tue, 4 Feb 14

German MEP Jan Albrecht on what to do about corruption as a new report shows it's costing EU member states 120-billion euros every year. Robin² Lustig investigates the controversies³ surrounding the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi. We ask: Is Cuba's newly revamped port of Mariel a huge step towards a free market economy? And Ralph Silva in Toronto and Yuka Hayashi in Tokyo talk Wall Street stocks, sino-Japanese relations and whether it's ever polite to ask a person's age.

1 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。

2 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

3 controversies   

争论

参考例句：

• We offer no comment on these controversies here. 对于这些争议，我们在这里不作任何评论。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史
• The controversies surrounding population growth are unlikely to subside soon. 围绕着人口增长问题的争论看来不会很快平息。 来自辞典例句