英语听力精选进阶版 15575

 

Business Matters: New CEO at Microsoft 05 Feb 14

Wed¹, 5 Feb 14

There's a new CEO at Microsoft and he's not at all like notorious extrovert², Steve Ballmer. We get the lowdown on cricket and poetry lover Satya Nadella from a woman who's known him many years: Recode executive editor Kara Swisher. Facebook is ten years old. Will it last another decade? Radium One MD Rupert Staines thinks so and tells us why. And we'll hear from Mattress³ Mack himself, the Texas furniture salesman who bet one thousand of his customers the Seahawks wouldn't win the Superbowl . . . And lost! Despite now facing a seven million dollar bill the irrepressible Houstonite is still smiling and still optimistic that he'll come up trumps⁴ in the end. Lars Kroijer, former hedge fund manager joins us on his book "Investing Demystified" with David Kuo in Singapore. And the BBC's Jonah Fisher will have all the latest business news from Burma.

1 wed   

v.娶，嫁，与…结婚

参考例句：

• The couple eventually wed after three year engagement.这对夫妇在订婚三年后终于结婚了。
• The prince was very determined to wed one of the king's daughters.王子下定决心要娶国王的其中一位女儿。

2 extrovert   

n.性格外向的人

参考例句：

• A good salesman is usually an extrovert,who likes to mingle with people.一个好的推销员通常很外向，喜欢和人们交往。
• Do you think you're an extrovert or introvert?你认为你是个性外向的人还是个性内向的人？

3 mattress   

n.床垫，床褥

参考例句：

• The straw mattress needs to be aired.草垫子该晾一晾了。
• The new mattress I bought sags in the middle.我买的新床垫中间陷了下去。

4 trumps   

abbr.trumpets 喇叭；小号；喇叭形状的东西；喇叭筒v.（牌戏）出王牌赢（一牌或一墩）( trump的过去式 )；吹号公告，吹号庆祝；吹喇叭；捏造

参考例句：

• On the day of the match the team turned up trumps. 比赛那天该队出乎意料地获得胜利。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Every time John is late getting home he trumps up some new excuse. 每次约翰晚回家都会编造个新借口。 来自《简明英汉词典》