英语听力精选进阶版 17166

 

FIFA Re-elects Sepp Blatter Amid Corruption¹ Scandal

Sat, 30 May 15

As Sepp Blatter is re-elected president of Fifa, football's world governing body, in a vote overshadowed by arrests and corruption allegations, Kara Scannell Investigations² Correspondent for the Financial Times, gave us her reaction from New York. Friday was a day for some big quarterly GDP figures. India's economy grew, the US recorded a first-quarter drop of 0.7 percent, Brazil was in negative territory too, but is it a recession? We asked the BBC's Daniel Gallas in Sao Paulo. President Obama has urged Congress to prevent security surveillance measures from lapsing³, but his calls are not without critics as more than 1,000 websites 'blackout' Congress in protest against the legislation. We speak to Evan Greer from Fight for the Future, the organisation⁴ staging the online demonstration⁵. The luxury home of late pop star Michael Jackson is for sale, but is Neverland worth $100 million? Colin Peacock of Radio New Zealand joins us from Wellington throughout the show.

1 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

2 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

3 lapsing   

v.退步( lapse的现在分词 )；陷入；倒退；丧失

参考例句：

• He tried to say, but his voice kept lapsing. 他是想说这句话，可已经抖得语不成声了。 来自辞典例句
• I saw the pavement lapsing beneath my feet. 我看到道路在我脚下滑过。 来自辞典例句

4 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。

5 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。