英语听力精选进阶版 16902

 

Business Matters: Apple Watch details revealed 10 March 15

Tue, 10 Mar¹ 15

Apple CEO Tim Cook reveals further details about the firm's foray into wearable technology - the Apple Watch. But with some models priced at $17,000 does the tech giant risk alientating its core, mass market? Europe's central bank begins what's set to be a $1tn economic stimulus² package, but is it enough? We go on a whistle-stop tour of the eurozone to find out. The governments of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia sign a new agreement on sharing the waters of the Blue Nile, marking progress in an area of dispute that has seen threats of military force. Plus, the Australian national obsession³ that's a multi-billion dollar industry - how surfing is riding out the global financial storm. And Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times talks common sense, pomposity⁴, and ambition. We're joined throughout by Anuradha Mittal, of the Oakland Institute in California, and David Kuo of the Motley Fool in Singapore.

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 stimulus   

n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物

参考例句：

• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。

3 obsession   

n.困扰，无法摆脱的思想(或情感)

参考例句：

• I was suffering from obsession that my career would be ended.那时的我陷入了我的事业有可能就此终止的困扰当中。
• She would try to forget her obsession with Christopher.她会努力忘记对克里斯托弗的迷恋。

4 pomposity   

n.浮华；虚夸；炫耀；自负

参考例句：

• He hated pomposity and disliked being called a genius. 他憎恶自负的作派，而且不喜欢被称为天才。 来自辞典例句
• Nothing could deflate his ego/pomposity, ie make him less self-assured or pompous. 任何事都不能削弱他的自信心[气焰]。 来自辞典例句