英语听力精选进阶版 17008

 

01 Apr 15 More flights but still not enough

Wed¹, 1 Apr 15

On today's podcast we hear from BT on creating 78 new jobs; Belfast hotel gets ￡1.5m makeover; flights from Poland to Belfast launched we speak to the airport's boss on today's cut in APD and Newry's First Derivatives² buys a second firm in as many weeks.

1 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。

2 derivatives   

n.衍生性金融商品；派生物，引出物( derivative的名词复数 )；导数

参考例句：

• Many English words are derivatives of Latin words. 许多英语词来自拉丁语。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• These compounds are nitrosohydroxylamine derivatives. 这类合成物是亚硝基羟胺衍生物。 来自辞典例句