英语听力精选进阶版 16324

 

Business Matters: New Russia sanctions¹ 09 Sep 14

Tue, 9 Sep 14

As the European Council² approves another package of sanctions against Russia, Ukrainian MP, Lesya Orobetz, tells us why the measures will have no effect in the short term. Scottish UNITE union representative Duncan McPhee explains why he's concerned that large British military contracts will no longer go to his local shipyard if the people of Scotland³ votes to become independent. Ahead of the iPhone 6 launch⁴ in California, Mashable's Lance Ulanof tells us why it can never live up to expectations. In our London studio, Colin McElwee from WorldReader.org, tells us why the people of Catalonia will be glued to social media on the day of Scotland's independence referendum. In Delhi, Jyoti Malhotra, senior writer at India Today magazine, tells us why the people of Kashmir will NOT be glued to social media on the day of Scotland's independence referendum. From Myanmar, Jonah Fisher updates us on the hunt for the world's largest bell, lost beneath the waters of the Yangon River in 1608.

1 sanctions   

批准( sanction的名词复数 )； 认可； 制裁； 约束力

参考例句：

• There was general acquiescence in the UN sanctions. 普遍默认了联合国的制裁。
• Trade sanctions were imposed against any country that refused to sign the agreement. 凡拒签该协议的国家均受到贸易制裁。

2 council   

n.理事会，委员会，议事机构

参考例句：

• The town council passed a law forbidding the distribution of handbills.市议会通过法律，禁止散发传单。
• The city council has declared for improving the public bus system.市议会宣布同意改进公共汽车系统。

3 Scotland   

n.苏格兰

参考例句：

• He has been hiking round Scotland for a month.他围着苏格兰徒步旅行了一个月。
• Scotland is to the north of England.苏格兰在英格兰之北。

4 launch   

vt.发动，推出；发射；n.发射，下水，投产

参考例句：

• The makers are about to launch out a new product.制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。
• Would it be wise to launch into this rough sea?在这样汹涌的大海中游泳明智吗？