英语听力精选进阶版 16725

 

Business Matters: Greece reveals bailout reforms 24 Feb 15

Tue, 24 Feb 15

Greece reveals an early summary of the economic reform package demanded of lenders in exchange for an extension of the country's bailout. The plan includes measures to combat tax evasion¹, corruption² and the smuggling³ of fuel and tobacco. It will also address what the Greek government calls the "humanitarian⁴ crisis" caused by austerity. The US Department of Homeland Security is about to run out of money because of a political row over President Obama's immigration reforms, raising fears of a partial government shutdown. We have a series of special reports form Bristol, European Green Capital for 2015, on how the English city is coping with the environmental problems posed by a growing population. And we find out how mobile phones can be tracked to within 100 metres just from data about their battery usage. We're joined throughout by David Kuo of The Motley Fool website in Singapore and Shikha Dalmia of The Reason Foundation in Detroit.

1 evasion   

n.逃避，偷漏(税)

参考例句：

• The movie star is in prison for tax evasion.那位影星因为逃税而坐牢。
• The act was passed as a safeguard against tax evasion.这项法案旨在防止逃税行为。

2 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

3 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

4 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。