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Business Matters: Missing Planes: Why No Real Time Tracking Yet? 30 Dec 14

Tue, 30 Dec 14

As an Air Asia airplane goes missing, we ask why it has taken so long to install location tracking devices on airplanes. Aviation crash investigator¹ Anne Evans tells us why, after a string of disappearing airplanes, it is still difficult to get consensus² for the big airlines to install real-time tracking. We look at the repercussions³ of a snap election in Greece, and who is likely to win, amidst contesting views on implementing⁴ austerity. We listen to a conversation between two big banking⁵ brains: Chairman of the Federal Reserve, and former Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King, as they talk sports, memories and recessions. Finally, we report from Lithuania as it prepares to join the Euro. All this with our guests David Kuo from financial website The Motley Fool in the UK, and Jose Martin, a social researcher and blogger. Presenter⁶ by Manuela Saragosa.

1 investigator   

n.研究者，调查者，审查者

参考例句：

• He was a special investigator for the FBI.他是联邦调查局的特别调查员。
• The investigator was able to deduce the crime and find the criminal.调查者能够推出犯罪过程并锁定罪犯。

2 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？

3 repercussions   

n.后果，反响( repercussion的名词复数 )；余波

参考例句：

• The collapse of the company will have repercussions for the whole industry. 这家公司的垮台将会给整个行业造成间接的负面影响。
• Human acts have repercussions far beyond the frontiers of the human world. 人类行为所产生的影响远远超出人类世界的范围。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 implementing   

v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句

5 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

6 presenter   

n.（电视、广播的）主持人，赠与者

参考例句：

• Most people think being a television presenter is exciting.很多人认为当电视节目主持人是一件刺激的事情。
• The programme dispensed with its most popular presenter.这个节目最受欢迎的主持人被换掉了。