英语听力精选进阶版 16652

 

WBR: Rouble in free-fall despite rate rise 16 Dec 14

Tue, 16 Dec 14

Russia's currency plunges¹ despite emergency efforts to shore it up. So who's to blame? McDonalds in Japan is running low on French fries - and it's all because of industrial action in the US. Also in the programme, small businesses in Spain are braced² for a dramatic rise in their rents. And, the success of a Peruvian-born British teddy bear: why Paddington still sells after all these years.

1 plunges   

n.跳进，投入vt.使投入，使插入，使陷入vi.投入，跳进，陷入v.颠簸( plunge的第三人称单数 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• Even before he plunges into his program, he has his audience in his pocket. 他的节目甚至还没有出场，就已控制住了观众。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• 'Monseigneur, he precipitated himself over the hill-side, head first, as a person plunges into the river.' “大人，他头冲下跳下山坡去了，像往河里跳一样。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记

2 braced   

adj.拉牢的v.支住( brace的过去式和过去分词 )；撑牢；使自己站稳；振作起来

参考例句：

• They braced up the old house with balks of timber. 他们用梁木加固旧房子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The house has a wooden frame which is braced with brick. 这幢房子是木结构的砖瓦房。 来自《简明英汉词典》