英语听力精选进阶版 16422

 

Business Matters: UN criticises Detroit for water shutoff

Tue, 21 Oct 14

The UN's special rapporteur on the right to safe drinking water and sanitation¹, Catarina de Albuquerque, tells us why the city of Detroit has contravened² human rights by disconnecting the water supplies of people unable to pay their bills. DeMeeko Williams from the Detroit Water Brigade gives us his reaction. The head of the French oil corporation Total, Christophe de Margerie, has been killed after his plane collided with a snow plow³ at Moscow's Vnukovo airport. Artyom Liss from the BBC's Russian Service has the latest. Roger Hearing is joined by Diana Furchtgott-Roth from the Manhattan Institute and Kaiser Kuo and Jeremy Goldkorn, hosts of the "Sinica podcast". And we hear from the BBC's Rahul Tandon on the stories making the headlines in India. Hugh Schofield tells us all about a small independent television news channel in France which has become one of the country's most influential forces in media and politics

1 sanitation   

n.公共卫生，环境卫生，卫生设备

参考例句：

• The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看，这个地段非常糟糕。
• Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。

2 contravened   

v.取消，违反( contravene的过去式 )

参考例句：

• Mr. Shell is said to have contravened the regulation. 听说史尔先生违反了规定。 来自互联网
• Your behaviour contravened the law of the country. 你的行为触犯了国家的法律。 来自互联网

3 plow   

n.犁，耕地，犁过的地；v.犁，费力地前进[英]plough

参考例句：

• At this time of the year farmers plow their fields.每年这个时候农民们都在耕地。
• We will plow the field soon after the last frost.最后一场霜过后，我们将马上耕田。