英语听力精选进阶版 15941

 

HMRC reclaiming¹ tax debts and tackling illegal downloading

Fri, 9 May 14

Concerns from MPs on plans to allow HM Revenue and Customs to dip into people's bank accounts to collect debts. The BBC understands a deal is close to being done between entertainment companies and Internet Service Providers to tackle illegal downloading. Apple is to spend two billion pounds to buy the headphones maker² Beats. And Pret A Manger is to register annual sales of more than ￡500m thanks to consumers newfound appetite for coconut³ water and kale crisps.

1 reclaiming   

v.开拓( reclaim的现在分词 )；要求收回；从废料中回收（有用的材料）；挽救

参考例句：

• People here are reclaiming land from the sea. 这儿的人们正在填海拓地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• How could such a man need reclaiming? 这么一个了不起的人怎么还需要别人拯救呢？ 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

2 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

3 coconut   

n.椰子

参考例句：

• The husk of this coconut is particularly strong.椰子的外壳很明显非常坚固。
• The falling coconut gave him a terrific bang on the head.那只掉下的椰子砰地击中他的脑袋。