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WBR: Ecclestone pays to settle bribery¹ charges, 5 Aug 14

Tue, 5 Aug 14

Bernie Ecclestone has paid $100m to put an end to a German corruption² case. We ask what it means for Formula One. Also in the programme, as leaders in the battle over Scottish independence go head-to-head in their first live television debate, we hear the economic arguments for and against an independence move. While African leaders continue a trade summit³ in the USA, we report from Lesotho about what impact the US's Africa Growth and Opportunity Act has had on the small African country. Plus, the American workers who dropped their tools and went on strike, not for higher wages, nor for better conditions, but to reinstate their boss.

1 bribery   

n.贿络行为，行贿，受贿

参考例句：

• FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。
• He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。

2 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

3 summit   

n.最高点，峰顶；最高级会议；极点

参考例句：

• They climbed up the mountain and reached the summit.他们爬山，最终达到了山顶。
• The summit of the mountain is lost in the cloud and mist.山顶隐没在云雾之中。