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Business Matters: Is Samsung trying to buy BlackBerry? 15 Jan 14

Thu, 15 Jan 15

Rumours¹ swirl² that Samsung is trying to buy BlackBerry. Both companies have issued forms of denials but we discuss whether it would be a good move for the smartphone companies. The charity Survival International says people are being forcibly evicted³ from their homes in the Kanha Tiger Reserve in India. Kanha in Madhya Pradhesh was where Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book was set. We hear from Dr Jo Woodman who is campaigning on behalf of the tribespeople. Africa is set to enter its first ever team into the Tour de France. MTN-Qhubeka's team principle, the former Olympic cyclist Douglas Ryder, tells us he's excited about the team's prospects⁴. Joining Roger Hearing on Business Matters tonight are Peter Morici from the University of Maryland in the US and Lily Kuo of Quartz⁵ magazine in Hong Kong. They'll be discussing all of these stories as well as entrepreneurship in their countries.

1 rumours   

n.传闻( rumour的名词复数 )；风闻；谣言；谣传

参考例句：

• The rumours were completely baseless. 那些谣传毫无根据。
• Rumours of job losses were later confirmed. 裁员的传言后来得到了证实。

2 swirl   

v.(使)打漩，(使)涡卷；n.漩涡，螺旋形

参考例句：

• The car raced roughly along in a swirl of pink dust.汽车在一股粉红色尘土的漩涡中颠簸着快速前进。
• You could lie up there,watching the flakes swirl past.你可以躺在那儿，看着雪花飘飘。

3 evicted   

v.（依法从房屋里或土地上）驱逐，赶出( evict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• A number of tenants have been evicted for not paying the rent. 许多房客因不付房租被赶了出来。
• They had evicted their tenants for non-payment of rent. 他们赶走了未交房租的房客。

4 prospects   

n.希望，前途(恒为复数)

参考例句：

• There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
• They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。

5 quartz   

n.石英

参考例句：

• There is a great deal quartz in those mountains.那些山里蕴藏着大量石英。
• The quartz watch keeps good time.石英表走时准。