英语听力精选进阶版 16016

 

Business Matters: Protests over Turkish mine disaster 15 May 14

Thu, 15 May 14

We'll have the latest from Soma: Orla Guerin is at the scene of what has now been confirmed as Turkey's worst ever mining disaster. In Delhi, Babita Sharma, soaks up election fever as India eagerly awaits the results of six weeks of polling; Justin Webb rides shotgun in Google's driverless car and John Sudworth has the latest business news from Shanghai. In our New York bureau, Zach Seward of Quartz¹ talks television and the increasing presence of wearable technology; in Bangalore, Revathy Ashok talks political corruption² and the gargantuan³ task facing India's returning officers.

1 quartz   

n.石英

参考例句：

• There is a great deal quartz in those mountains.那些山里蕴藏着大量石英。
• The quartz watch keeps good time.石英表走时准。

2 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

3 gargantuan   

adj.巨大的，庞大的

参考例句：

• My gargantuan,pristine machine was good for writing papers and playing solitaire,and that was all.我那庞大的、早期的计算机只适合写文章和玩纸牌游戏，就这些。
• Right away,I realized this was a mistake of gargantuan proportions.我立刻意识到这是一个巨大的错误。