英语听力精选进阶版 15841

 

Business Matters: GM execs face Congress 2 Apr 14

Wed¹, 2 Apr 14

Did General Motors put profit before safety? New CEO Mary Barra says she's 'deeply sorry', adding that the 'new GM will do the right thing'. The BBC's Michelle Fleury watched proceedings² in Washington and brings us the latest. As Russia hits Ukraine with a forty per cent increase in gas prices, we speak to celebrated³ Ukrainian journalist and author Andrei Kurkov about day-to-day life in a country in crisis. Beth McLeod reports from Philadelphia on US housing market doldrums. And collars for cows - a British invention making life easier for the world's dairy farmers. In our Singapore bureau, regular contributor David Kuo from The Motley Fool; in New York, former US Federal Official, Andrew Huszar. Now Senior Fellow at Rutgers Business School, Andrew was once charged with executing the centrepiece of the Fed's bond buying programme. In other words: quantitative⁴ easing, or QE. He'll have some serious questions to answer!

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 proceedings   

n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

3 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

4 quantitative   

adj.数量的，定量的

参考例句：

• He said it was only a quantitative difference.他说这仅仅是数量上的差别。
• We need to do some quantitative analysis of the drugs.我们对药物要进行定量分析。