英语听力精选进阶版 16505

 

WBR: Russia's currency slides 07 Nov 14

Fri, 7 Nov 14

Russia's currency - the rouble - continues to fall. We ask what the country can do as it continues to face sanctions¹ over its involvement in eastern Ukraine, as well as falling oil prices. More than 400 internet sites only accessible via the 'dark web' have been closed down in an international operation to combat² cybercrime - we speak to the head of the operation. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, we hear how former East Germany is doing economically. And we discuss the week's biggest business stories with Helen Thomas from the Wall Street Journal in London, and David Freedman from The Atlantic in Boston.

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 combat   

n.战斗，斗争，格斗；vt.与...斗争，与...战斗

参考例句：

• The police are now using computers to help combat crime.警方现在使用电脑打击犯罪活动。
• A reporter interviewed the combat hero.记者访问了这位战斗英雄。