英语听力精选进阶版 16723

 

Business Matters: 'Moscow is Recognising Ukraine Separatists as Rulers' 20 Feb 15

Fri, 20 Feb 15

Russia is supplying Ukrainian separatists with gas. Our expert tells us that supplying energy amounts to aid to the region. Horrific conditions in an asylum¹ refuge in Papua New Guinea have led to'self-harming and grossly unsanitary conditions'. Wal Mart has said it is going to raise the wages for almost half of its workers. We speak to the co-founder of US burger restaurant Moo Cluck Moo, Brian Parker, about why he pays his employees $15 an hour and why it's so important to stay well above the minimum wage. And this year's Oscars have been criticised for having a 'woeful lack' of Black actor nominations². We speak to Tony Whatley, a prolific³ YouTuber known as Black Critic Guy, who tells us about tokenism and bias⁴ in the Academy. All this with our guests Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and a columnist⁵ for RealClearMarkets.com in Washington, and Simon Littlewood from AsiaNow Consulting group, who is in the UK. Presented by Roger Hearing.

1 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

2 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句

3 prolific   

adj.丰富的，大量的；多产的，富有创造力的

参考例句：

• She is a prolific writer of novels and short stories.她是一位多产的作家，写了很多小说和短篇故事。
• The last few pages of the document are prolific of mistakes.这个文件的最后几页错误很多。

4 bias   

n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见

参考例句：

• They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
• He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。

5 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。