英语听力精选进阶版 15844

 

Business Matters: Afghan Presidential Election 5 Apr 14

Sat, 5 Apr 14

As Afghans prepare to go to the polls, we speak to Noah Coburn, author of 'Derailing Democracy in Afghanistan', who is in Kabul. Collapsing¹ in Cambodia: why workers at garment factories in Southeast Asia are fainting en masse - sometimes as many as three hundred at a time. Charlie Herman, Business & Economics Editor at WNYC, and Anne Bagamery, IHT Europe Editor, discuss the week's events, including the sensational² resignation of Mozilla CEO, Brendan Eich, and the controversial publication of Michael Lewis' latest book, 'Flash Boys', which lifts the lid on the Wall Street practice known as high frequency trading. And we'll hear from Father Slawomir Kostrzewa, parish priest in the west Polish town of Wolsztyn, who says Lego is a tool of Satan. Lego, he says, leads children to the dark side.

1 collapsing   

压扁[平]，毁坏，断裂

参考例句：

• Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。
• The rocks were folded by collapsing into the center of the trough. 岩石由于坍陷进入凹槽的中心而发生褶皱。

2 sensational   

adj.使人感动的，非常好的，轰动的，耸人听闻的

参考例句：

• Papers of this kind are full of sensational news reports.这类报纸满是耸人听闻的新闻报道。
• Their performance was sensational.他们的演出妙极了。