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Business Matters: Vanishing Planes 11 Mar¹ 14

Tue, 11 Mar 14

How a plane can vanish in this age of modern technology. We find out why, in an age where location-pinpointing software is a click away, an entire aircraft bafflingly disappears. Also, how banana monopolies are affecting farmers in Ecuador. Meanwhile, a new presidential candidate in El Salvador - Salvador Sanchez Ceren - is raising eyebrows² because of his past as a leftist guerrilla fighter. Plus, Lucy Kellaway tells us why women may handle humiliation³ in the workplace better than men. Finally, we talk about the Fukushima nuclear disaster three years on – all this with Yuka Hayashi from the Wall Street Journal in Tokyo, and Diane Brady from Bloomberg in New York.

1 mar   

vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟

参考例句：

• It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
• Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

2 eyebrows   

眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
• His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。

3 humiliation   

n.羞辱

参考例句：

• He suffered the humiliation of being forced to ask for his cards.他蒙受了被迫要求辞职的羞辱。
• He will wish to revenge his humiliation in last Season's Final.他会为在上个季度的决赛中所受的耻辱而报复的。