英语听力精选进阶版 16962

 

Business Matters: No survivors¹ from Alps plane crash 15 Mar² 15

Wed³, 25 Mar 15

A Germanwings plane carrying 150 people has crashed in the French Alps on its way from Barcelona to Düsseldorf. It's thought that are no survivors. The black box has been found but at the moment investigators⁴ don't know what caused the crash. On Wednesday the first ever treaty aimed at tackling the trafficking of human organs will be signed - but what forces someone to give up a kidney? We'll also ask why is it so hard for women in America to break into the blue collar job market? Also, could a widely used weedkiller cause cancer in humans - a UN health organisation⁵ thinks it's probable, but Monsanto, the manufacturers, say that's not true. Joining us on the show are Mitchell Hartman, a Senior Reporter at Marketplace in Portland, Oregon and Anne Stevenson-Yang a Research Director at J-Capital Research in Beijing.

1 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

2 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。

3 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。

4 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 organisation   

n.组织，安排，团体，有机休

参考例句：

• The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
• His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。