英语听力精选进阶版 16553

 

"Business Matters: Financing Jihadism 12 Dec 14

Fri, 12 Dec 14

On Business Matters today we count the cost of jihadist violence and hear about the increasingly sophisticated ways groups like Islamic State and Boko Haram raise money. Russia's central bank has raised interest rates again as it desperately¹ tries to stop its currency sliding. The country is suffering as the price of oil falls. We'll hear from Muscovites who are starting to feel the pinch. We're also looking at those books you buy but never finish. Donna Tartt's Pulitzer-winning novel The Goldfinch, for example, was completed by less than half of the British readers who downloaded it. Joining us on the show today - Eugene Puryear a political and environmental activist² from Washington DC and Aaron Back, author of the Heard on the Street column for the Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong.

1 desperately   

adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地

参考例句：

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
• He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。

2 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。