英语听力精选进阶版 16903

 

Business Matters: Is US tech bubble about to go pop? 11 Mar¹ 15

Wed², 11 Mar 15

Fergus Nicoll was joined from Hong Kong by Catherine Yeung from Fidelity³ Worldwide Investment and from LA by Paddy Hirsch of Marketplace. On the fourth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes told us how the event was being marked in Japan. Concerns continue that the Nasdaq might be reaching dangerously frothy levels as we mark fifteen years since its last high at the top of the dot com boom. As students clashed with police in Myanmar, Joshua Kurlantzick of the Council on Foreign Relations told us why the EU and Norway could influence the situation. Tracey Samuelson from our partner programme Marketplace gave us the buzz about why bees are so important to US almond harvests that they are chauffered from farm to farm in trucks. Jazz devotee Robin⁴ Lloyd shared her passion with us following claims jazz is the least popular musical genre⁵ in the US. And Fergus and guests discussed dating etiquette⁶ - to pay or not to pay?

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 wed   

v.娶，嫁，与…结婚

参考例句：

• The couple eventually wed after three year engagement.这对夫妇在订婚三年后终于结婚了。
• The prince was very determined to wed one of the king's daughters.王子下定决心要娶国王的其中一位女儿。

3 fidelity   

n.忠诚，忠实；精确

参考例句：

• There is nothing like a dog's fidelity.没有什么能比得上狗的忠诚。
• His fidelity and industry brought him speedy promotion.他的尽职及勤奋使他很快地得到晋升。

4 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

5 genre   

n.(文学、艺术等的)类型，体裁，风格

参考例句：

• My favorite music genre is blues.我最喜欢的音乐种类是布鲁斯音乐。
• Superficially,this Shakespeare's work seems to fit into the same genre.从表面上看， 莎士比亚的这个剧本似乎属于同一类型。

6 etiquette   

n.礼仪，礼节；规矩

参考例句：

• The rules of etiquette are not so strict nowadays.如今的礼仪规则已不那么严格了。
• According to etiquette,you should stand up to meet a guest.按照礼节你应该站起来接待客人。