英语听力精选进阶版 16901

 

Business Matters: Learning the lessons of MH370 07 Mar¹ 15

Sat, 7 Mar 15

Malaysian Airlines will start increasing the frequency of aircraft tracking - a year after flight MH370 vanished. We get reaction from a former pilot and aviation export. The threat of more sanctions is hanging over Russia. Europe's foreign ministers have been meeting in the Latvian capital Riga today, amid heightened tension over the crisis in Ukraine. Yuriy Pavlenko, Ukraine's Minister for Agrarian² Policy, tells the BBC how the fighting has affected³ output in Eastern Ukraine. The latest employment figures from the US shows there are more jobs out there - but pay packets aren't getting much fatter. We have a report from our correspondent Michelle Fleury. Plus - just how much should your employer be able to keep tabs on you? We talk snooping with Kai Rysdell from our partner station Marketplace. We're joined throughout the programme by Robert Milliken, Australia correspondent for The Economist⁴.

1 mar   

vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟

参考例句：

• It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
• Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

2 agrarian   

adj.土地的，农村的，农业的

参考例句：

• People are leaving an agrarian way of life to go to the city.人们正在放弃农业生活方式而转向城市。
• This was a feature of agrarian development in Britain.这是大不列颠土地所有制发展的一个特征。

3 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

4 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。