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WBR: Obama on jobs and banking¹ 3 July 14

Thu, 3 Jul 14

The number of people with jobs in the US rose by more than 280,000 last month. President Obama tells our US sister show Marketplace the US needs to spend more on infrastructure² to create jobs. Also we hear how the BBC's Economics Editor Robert Peston fell foul³ of a European ruling which allows people to ask search engines like Google to remove results related to their name or business. And it's that time of year when some half a million people head to Wimbledon for the annual tennis championships. A fair number of those visitors will eat the famous strawberries while they're there. Strawberries are big business in Britain - worth some $1.4 billion a year - so we sent our reporter Elizabeth Hotson to a farm in Kent to find out more

1 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

2 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

3 foul   

adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规

参考例句：

• Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
• What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！