英语听力精选进阶版 15980

 

WBR: Anglo Irish Bankers Convicted 17 Apr 14

Thu, 17 Apr 14

After years of austerity how are the people of Ireland reacting to the fact that a court has found two former executives of Anglo-Irish Bank guilty of orchestrating a secret and illegal scheme to lend money to a select group of rich people? Also, shares in the Chinese company Weibo have received a lukewarm reception from investors¹ as the Chinese microblogging site makes it debut² on the NASDAQ. Taiwan has banned the catching³, selling and eating of dolphins for more than 20 years after it faced international pressure for dolphin hunting. But recent cases have shown that there is still an active blackmarket trade in dolphin meat.

1 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

2 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

3 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。