英语听力精选进阶版 16905

 

Business Matters: Commerzbank to pay $1.45bn to US 13 Mar¹ 15

Fri, 13 Mar 15

Germany's second-largest bank, Commerzbank, has agreed to pay a total of $1.45bn to US authorities for violating economic sanctions against businesses in Iran and Sudan. We get the background from the BBC's Samira Hussein in New York. The president of Iceland talks to us about the potential wealth the Arctic can offer his country. It's one of the world's remaining unconquered frontiers with a wealth of oil, gas and minerals. It was a night of awards and glamour² for the video games industry here in London. We speak to one of the BAFTA winners. We also speak to the journalist George Monbiot who is campaigning for the rewilding of indigenous³ animals to the UK. We debate whether it's anything more than a romantic notion. Joining us on the show are Ben Simpfendorfer, of Silk Road Associates in Hong Kong and Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

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 glamour   

n.魔力，魅力；vt.迷住

参考例句：

• Foreign travel has lost its glamour for her.到国外旅行对她已失去吸引力了。
• The moonlight cast a glamour over the scene.月光给景色增添了魅力。

3 indigenous   

adj.土产的，土生土长的，本地的

参考例句：

• Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
• Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。