英语听力精选进阶版 17119

 

Will HSBC move its headquarters outside the UK?

Fri, 24 Apr 15

The largest of the UK's banks HSBC has announced it's considering moving its headquarters out of London and setting up shop overseas. The bank cited UK taxes and regulations that have been imposed over the past few years. We speak to Philip Augar.Plus, two years ago today, the collapse¹ of the eight-storey Rana Plaza² clothing factory in Bangladesh claimed the lives of 1133 workers, but since the disaster has anything really changed? Lily Cole is a fashion model who's worn Chanel, Versace and McQueen on the catwalk - but she's also a social entrepreneur who has just launched a marketplace platform to promote sustainable goods. Our reporter Lucy Burton caught up with her at a social entrepreneurship conference in Oxford³. And the boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao could be the richest fight in the history of boxing. We speak to Brian Warner from CelebrityNetWorth.com.

1 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

2 plaza   

n.广场，市场

参考例句：

• They designated the new shopping centre York Plaza.他们给这个新购物中心定名为约克购物中心。
• The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen.这个广场上布满了便衣警察。

3 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。