英语听力精选进阶版 15624

 

Business Matters: Death toll¹ rises in Ukraine 19 Feb 14

Wed², 19 Feb 14

We have the latest from Kiev where a tense stand-off continues between thousands of demonstrators and the riot police trying to evict³ them from Independence Square. Chinese soldiers are too fat for their tanks and too tall for their rifles. Ed Gribbin is President of Alvanon, which advises the clothing industry, and he's just been commissioned to look into the problem by the government in Beijing. Sean O'Neill's a travel writer with a terrific pedigree and he's been given exclusive access to the Marriott hotel chain's 'hotel design lab' - a three storey structure in which new hotel room designs are tested. Find out what he made of that enlightening experience. In Singapore, David Kuo of The Motley Fool talks expanding economies and expanding waistlines. In Washington, Brian Czech, President of the Center for the Advancement⁴ of the Steady State Economy, talks alternative economic models and the perils⁵ of endless growth.

1 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

2 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。

3 evict   

vt.驱逐，赶出，撵走

参考例句：

• The lessor can evict the lessee for failure to pay rent.出租人可驱逐不付租金的承租人。
• The government always says it's for the greater good when they evict farmers from their land.当政府把农民从他们的土地赶出去的时候，总是号称是为了更大众的利益。

4 advancement   

n.前进，促进，提升

参考例句：

• His new contribution to the advancement of physiology was well appreciated.他对生理学发展的新贡献获得高度赞赏。
• The aim of a university should be the advancement of learning.大学的目标应是促进学术。

5 perils   

极大危险( peril的名词复数 )； 危险的事（或环境）

参考例句：

• The commander bade his men be undaunted in the face of perils. 指挥员命令他的战士要临危不惧。
• With how many more perils and disasters would he load himself? 他还要再冒多少风险和遭受多少灾难？