英语听力精选进阶版 16543

 

"Business Matters: OPEC piles pain on Venezuela 28 Nov 14

Fri, 28 Nov 14

OPEC's refusal to cut oil production, sending prices even lower, heaps more economic pain on one of its members - Venezuela. The country is heavily dependant¹ on oil to balance its books, and we speak to a leading energy expert from Venezuela's top business school, who says the country needs an oil price of about $160 per barrel to break even - more than double what it is now. Plus, Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy leads an anti-corruption crackdown following a series of political and industrial scandals, and we hear from an award-winning Chilean film director about how hard it is to get a production off the ground in his home country. We're joined through the show by Megan Stodel, a writer for The F Word, and Song Seng Wun, from CIMB Research in Singapore. With them we discuss the growing online campaign to boycott² Black Friday, hatred³ of all things pumpkin⁴ on Thanksgiving, and a controversial suggestion to ban the word "feminist⁵".

1 dependant   

n.依靠的，依赖的，依赖他人生活者

参考例句：

• The dependent dependant cannot live independently.依靠别人的被赡养者不能独立生活。
• The fact that the woman is still regarded as the man's dependant.再加上女人仍被看作是男人的附属品这一事实。

2 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

3 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。

4 pumpkin   

n.南瓜

参考例句：

• They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
• It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你！

5 feminist   

adj.主张男女平等的，女权主义的

参考例句：

• She followed the feminist movement.她支持女权运动。
• From then on,feminist studies on literature boomed.从那时起，男女平等受教育的现象开始迅速兴起。