英语听力精选进阶版 15831

 

Energy Upstarts 20 Mar¹ 14

Thu, 20 Mar 14

New energy companies are breaking into a market dominated by big established firms and turning up the heat but how do they go about the challenge of taking on established companies? Evan Davis talks prices, customer service and green energy with guests: Dale Vince, Founder² and CEO, Ecotricity Stephen Fitzpatrick, Founder and Managing Director, Ovo Energy Ann Robinson, Director of Consumer Policy at uSwitch.com

1 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。

2 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。