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Business Matters: Israelis go to the polls 17 March 2015

Tue, 17 Mar¹ 15

As Israelis prepare to go to the polls, has Benjamin Netanyahu turned his back on the two state solution in order to secure last minute votes? We ask Yossi Mekelberg of Chatham House as Netanyahu's chances of winning a fourth term in office hanging in the balance. As Greece prepares to raise over a billion dollars this week in short-term financing to meet debt repayments², the Finance Minister Yannis Varoufakis has been criticised for showing off his expensive apartment in Paris Match. We speak to Constantine Michalos, Chairman of the Athens Chamber³ of Commerce and Industry. We're at the cutting edge of the multi-billion-dollar gaming industry - and it's not all about guns and car chases. Also, a Saudi court punishes a woman for insulting a man on WhatsApp. We hear about an online battle of wills between conservatives and progressives in the Kingdom. All this discussed with our guest David Kuo of The Motley Fool is 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 repayments   

偿还，报答，偿付的钱物( repayment的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The repayments of the loan are spread over 10 years. 贷款可在十年内分期偿还。
• The repayments of the loan are spread over 25 years. 这笔贷款分摊二十五年偿还。

3 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。