英语听力精选进阶版 15581

 

Business Matters: Dark net arrests 13 Feb 14

Thu, 13 Feb 14

As Dutch and German police close down Utopia, the online market for illegal goods and services, Professor Alan Woodward gives us the lowdown on the murky¹ world of the dark net. Two people are arrested as police probe allegations of bribery² at Rolls Royce. The Economist's correspondent in Sydney, Robert Milliken, examines Australia's flagging economy, while Peter Morici in Washington talks corruption³, container ships and cricket. And finally, the BBC's Cindy Sui in Taipei gives us the Taiwanese perspective on the talks with China.

1 murky   

adj.黑暗的，朦胧的；adv.阴暗地，混浊地；n.阴暗；昏暗

参考例句：

• She threw it into the river's murky depths.她把它扔进了混浊的河水深处。
• She had a decidedly murky past.她的历史背景令人捉摸不透。

2 bribery   

n.贿络行为，行贿，受贿

参考例句：

• FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。
• He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。

3 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。