英语听力精选进阶版 16548

 

"Business Matters: Putin Warns of Hard Times Ahead 5 Dec 14

Fri, 5 Dec 14

Russia's leader president Putin says Western sanctions are the main reason his country is facing recession. We ask if people believe him. We have a report from India about a 2000 year old cow selling event that has attracted over 4 million people this month. And with more protests in New York and across America over the killing¹ of a black man during a police arrest - how far is the US a post-racial society? Finally, we speak to the Mithika Aborigines in Australia about why they're protesting fracking on their land. All this with guests Peter Morici, an economist² at the University of Maryland who's in Washington, and Tianjie Ma of Greenpeace China, Program Director for mainland China joining us from Beijing.

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。