英语听力精选进阶版 16141

 

Business Matters: Portuguese¹ bank in crisis

Fri, 11 Jul 14

As shares in one of Portugal's leading financial groups plummet² twenty per cent, we hear a fairly upbeat message from former Employment Minister, Professor Pedro Martins. Ben Lando - just back from Erbil in Kurdish administered Iraq - tells us how terror group ISIS is making $1-million per day smuggling³ stolen oil. In New Delhi, Jyoti Malhotra, discusses India's budget; at Cornell University, Professor Bob Frank, talks economic inequality and The Nepotist⁴ - a band featuring his two sons, Hayden and Chris. All that, plus the alternative World Cup that's overshadowing the football in France.

1 Portuguese   

n.葡萄牙人；葡萄牙语

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• They styled their house in the Portuguese manner.他们仿照葡萄牙的风格设计自己的房子。
• Her family is Portuguese in origin.她的家族是葡萄牙血统。

2 plummet   

vi.(价格、水平等)骤然下跌；n.铅坠；重压物

参考例句：

• Mengniu and Yili have seen their shares plummet since the incident broke.自事件发生以来，蒙牛和伊利的股票大幅下跌。
• Even if rice prices were to plummet,other brakes on poverty alleviation remain.就算大米价格下跌，其它阻止导致贫困的因素仍然存在。

3 smuggling   

n.走私

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• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

4 nepotist   

n.偏袒起用亲戚的人

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