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WBR: Microsoft buys Minecraft maker¹ for $2.5bn 15 Sep 14

Mon, 15 Sep 14

So how will it make money from the popular computer game? World environmental campaigners ask philanthropists to step in to avert² climate change. We hear from one of the campaign organisers. As Google launches its $100 Android One handset, we explore the battle for the smartphone market in India. Can it see off the competition? Also in the programme, we examine the possible economic gains of the European Space Agency's upcoming attempt to land a probe on a comet for the first time ever. And our regular commentator Lucy Kellaway gives us her view on perfecting a sales pitch

1 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

2 avert   

v.防止，避免；转移(目光、注意力等)

参考例句：

• He managed to avert suspicion.他设法避嫌。
• I would do what I could to avert it.我会尽力去避免发生这种情况。