英语听力精选进阶版 16032

 

Business Matters: ECB acts to stop deflation 6 Jun 14

Fri, 6 Jun 14

The European Central Bank pulls out all the stops to stop falling prices across the eurozone. We hear from former economic adviser¹ to President Carter, Barry Bosworth, now with the Brookings Institution. Also Lego bows to demand and introduces a new range of female scientist figurines. And can you identify when a comment posted on Twitter is serious or sarcastic²? The US Secret Service is asking for software to help it determine just that. Presenter³ Roger Hearing is joined by Elizabeth Nolan Brown of the libertarian magazine Reason.com in Washington and Heather Timmons, Asia correspondent of the economics website Quartz⁴ in Hong Kong.

1 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

2 sarcastic   

adj.讥讽的，讽刺的，嘲弄的

参考例句：

• I squashed him with a sarcastic remark.我说了一句讽刺的话把他给镇住了。
• She poked fun at people's shortcomings with sarcastic remarks.她冷嘲热讽地拿别人的缺点开玩笑。

3 presenter   

n.（电视、广播的）主持人，赠与者

参考例句：

• Most people think being a television presenter is exciting.很多人认为当电视节目主持人是一件刺激的事情。
• The programme dispensed with its most popular presenter.这个节目最受欢迎的主持人被换掉了。

4 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。