英语听力精选进阶版 16021

 

Business Matters: Ebay's Password Scare 22 May 14

Thu, 22 May 14

Ebay at bay over its own cyber security; will more than 120 million people have to swap¹ their passwords? The BBC's Diarmaid Fleming in Dublin has been finding out what the Irish public thinks about Bono and his taxes. And as China and Russia put one of the world's biggest energy deals ever in the pipeline² is life now a gas for Vladimir Putin? Plus has the sun set of the land of the rising sun? We discuss the future of Japan's economy. We're joined by Scott Foster of TAP Japan, who's at the Future in Review conference overlooking Laguna Beach, California, Nisha Gopalan of the Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong and economist³ Peter Morici in Washington.

1 swap   

n.交换；vt.交换，用...作交易

参考例句：

• I will swap you my bicycle for your radio.我想拿我的自行车换你的收音机。
• This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。

2 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

3 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。