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Business Scotland - Immigration TX 14/15 March 2015

Sun, 15 Mar¹ 15

This week on Business Scotland, Douglas Fraser is talking immigration and ethnic² minorities in Scotland. Following on the theme running through BBC Scotland news in the past week, he's been finding out about how Scotland's Pakistani and Chinese entrepreneurs do things differently and he hears from the Filipinos that keep Fraserburgh's fishing fleet afloat.

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 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。