英语听力精选进阶版 16250

 

Interest Rate Rises 18 Aug 14

Mon, 18 Aug 14

Adam Parsons and Mickey Clark explore the latest clues given by the Governor of the Bank of England regarding when the first interest rate rise in five years will come. We also look at a report into potential revenues from North Sea oil and gas reserves with claims they are being wildly underestimated. And following the success of the Commonwealth¹ Games, we talk about the value of hosting big sporting events to a country and what it does for its profile.

1 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。