英语听力精选进阶版 16724

 

Business Matters: Greece agrees deal with eurozone 21 Feb 15

Sat, 21 Feb 15

Eurozone finance ministers reached an agreement to extend Greece's financial rescue by four months. We get reaction from Vicky Pryce an economist¹ at the Centre for Economics and Business Research in London. From Athens, we gage² the Greek reaction to the deal with Journalist Yannis Palaiologos who writes for the Greek conservative leaning newspaper Kathimerini. We take a tour of one of the companies that has made costumes for many Oscar winning films PLUS we hear why the Les Paul Gibson guitar known as "Black Beauty" has sold at auction³ for $335,500. We are joined throughout the programme by Peter Ryan, business editor at ABC news in Sydney.

1 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

2 gage   

n.标准尺寸，规格；量规，量表 [=gauge]

参考例句：

• Can you gage what her reaction is likely to be?你能揣测她的反应可能是什么吗？
• It's difficult to gage one's character.要判断一个人的品格是很困难的。

3 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。