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Business Matters: India begins voting 08 Apr 14

Tue, 8 Apr 14

India's enormous nine-phase general election gets underway. We're live in Calcutta and Bangalore to find out what's motivating voters. We'll have the latest from Donetsk, Ukraine, where pro-Russian activists¹ have seized government buildings. As the Game of Thrones Season 4 premiere sets the internet alight - crashing HBO's website and flooding Twitter with a deluge² of comments - we ask Quartz's Zach Seward: what is the future of TV? Is it downloads, streaming, Netflix, cable, satellite, or will we come full circle and return to conventional broadcasting? And Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times examines the twenty-first century office and its advantages over the offices of twenty years ago. In Calcutta, the BBC's Rahul Tandon is gauging³ the mood among voters. In Bangalore, Revathy Ashok does the same. And in Sunny Florida, Bloomberg's Diane Brady brings us the latest from the Palm Beach Strategic Forum⁴.

1 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 deluge   

n./vt.洪水，暴雨，使泛滥

参考例句：

• This little stream can become a deluge when it rains heavily.雨大的时候，这条小溪能变作洪流。
• I got caught in the deluge on the way home.我在回家的路上遇到倾盆大雨。

3 gauging   

n.测量[试]，测定，计量v.（用仪器）测量( gauge的现在分词 )；估计；计量；划分

参考例句：

• The method is especially attractive for gauging natural streams. 该方法对于测量天然的流注具有特殊的吸引力。 来自辞典例句
• Incommunicative as he was, some time elapsed before I had an opportunity of gauging his mind. 由于他不爱说话，我过了一些时候才有机会探测他的心灵。 来自辞典例句

4 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。