英语听力精选进阶版 16249

 

Slow Wage Growth 15 Aug 14

Fri, 15 Aug 14

The BBC's Business Editor Kamal Ahmed joins us to review a week where the UK saw the slowest wage growth on record and the Eurozone economy flatlined. We look at why Amazon has come under fire from a major publisher and some of the world's most high-profile authors. And ahead of the start of the Premier¹ League season we talk to a former Chief Executive² of Chelsea about the state of top flight football: "an industry of extremes where long term stability³ hangs in the balance."

1 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

2 executive   

adj.执行的，行政的；n.执行者，行政官，经理

参考例句：

• A good executive usually gets on well with people.一个好的高级管理人员通常与人们相处得很好。
• He is a man of great executive ability.他是个具有极高管理能力的人。

3 stability   

n.稳定，稳固

参考例句：

• The situation is tending towards stability.局势趋于稳定。
• She lacks emotional stability.她的情绪不稳定。