英语听力精选进阶版 16437

 

Business Matters: The end of "too big to fail" 11 Nov 14

Tue, 11 Nov 14

New rules are announced that promise an end to taxpayer-funded bailouts of banks judged "too big to fail". We hear from their author, the Bank of England governor¹ Mark Carney, and ask whether the plan will really make a difference. President Obama weights into the heated 'net neutrality²' debate in the US, arguing that internet service providers should not be allowed to charge bandwidth-hungry websites extra to carry their content to consumers³. Also in the programme, we delve⁴ into Scandinavian folkore to find out why Denmark is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars researching trolls. We're joined throughout the programme by Billie Whitehouse from Wearable Experiments, a company that brings together technology and fashion, and David Kuo, of The Motely Fool website

1 governor   

n.统治者，地方长官(如省长，州长，总督等)

参考例句：

• The governor was an expert at fencing with reporters.这位州长是搪塞新闻记者的能手。
• He was elected governor of the state of California.他当选为加州州长。

2 neutrality   

n.中立

参考例句：

• Neutralism differs from neutrality in that it is an attitude of mind in time of peace rather than a legal status in time of war. Neutralism与neutrality的不同之处在于前者表示和平环境时的态度，而不是战争中有法律作用状态或地位。
• Switzerland declared its neutrality. 瑞士宣布中立。

3 consumers   

消费者，顾客( consumer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Consumers are very nervous about the future. 消费者对未来非常忧虑。
• The future of the company will depend crucially on how consumers respond. 这家公司的未来主要取决于消费者的反应。

4 delve   

v.深入探究，钻研

参考例句：

• We should not delve too deeply into this painful matter.我们不应该过分深究这件痛苦的事。
• We need to delve more deeply into these questions.这些是我们想进一步了解的。