英语听力精选进阶版 11459

 

072 Ming Banknote 14 Sept 2010

Tue, 14 Sep 10

A surviving example of one of the world's first paper banknotes - much bigger than the notes of today and dated 1375. Neil MacGregor, Director¹ of the British Museum, explains how paper money comes about. While the rest of the world was happily trading in coins that had an actual value in silver or gold, why did the Chinese risk the use of paper?

1 director   

n.主管，导演；主任；理事；董事；处长

参考例句：

• The director has taken the visitors off to his office.经理把客人带到他办公室去了。
• The new director is easy to get along with.新来的主任很好处。