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Business Matters: UN Says Recovery¹ Is Not Working 11 Sep 14

Thu, 11 Sep 14

The UN's key economic development agency² says the global recovery isn't working AND Microsoft is reported to be about to spend $2bn on the video game Minecraft. How Ebola is threatening the West African cocoa crop, we have a sepcial report from Liberia. PLUS the strange story of an endangered bird that french chefs think should be on the menu for one weekend every year. We are joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite sides of the pacific - David Kuo of the Motley Fool in Singapore and Dave Shaw of Marketplace in Washington.

1 recovery   

n.恢复，痊愈；追回，寻回，收复

参考例句：

• The doctors said that his recovery was a miracle. 医生们说他的复原是件奇事。
• The quick recovery was truly in response to medication.这次迅速康复确实是对药物治疗的反应。

2 agency   

n.经办；代理；代理处

参考例句：

• This disease is spread through the agency of insects.这种疾病是通过昆虫媒介传播的。
• He spoke in the person of Xinhua News Agency.他代表新华社讲话。