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Business Matters: US Fed Hints At Interest Rate Rise 19 Mar¹ 15

Thu, 19 Mar 15

The Fed may raise interest rates this year for the first time since the financial crisis. We speak to a former Federal Reserve board member about what that could mean for the US and beyond. The UK announces its budget, but has the government got the right economic approach? The economist² Roger Bootle gives us his analysis. Plus, the struggle to revive cities after the recession. In the wake of violent protests at the opening of the new ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, we ask is it always possible to achieve peaceful protest? Debating this we are joined from Washington, by Alexis Goldstein of The Other 98% - an off-shoot of Occupy Wall Street - and from Bangalore, by Revathy Ashok of the Political Action Committee. Finally, Himalayan yak³ cheese anyone? How a traditional Nepalese cheese snack became a canine⁴ favourite in America.

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 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

3 yak   

n.牦牛

参考例句：

• The most common materials Tibetan jewelry are Yak bone.藏饰最常见的材料当属牦牛骨。
• We can sell yak skin,meat and wool.我们可以卖牦牛的皮、肉和毛。

4 canine   

adj.犬的，犬科的

参考例句：

• The fox is a canine animal.狐狸是犬科动物。
• Herbivorous animals have very small canine teeth,or none.食草动物的犬牙很小或者没有。