英语听力精选进阶版 16176

 

WBR: NATO Chief Accuses Russia of Supporting Anti-Fracking Groups

Fri, 20 Jun 14

NATO's Secretary General has accused Russia of buying up the anti-fracking lobby to protect its own interests. Best-selling economist¹ Thomas Picketty defends his controversial theories about the widening gap between rich and poor. And we have a report from the US programme Marketplace about the extraction of horseshoe crab² blood for medical purposes and concerns over whether the practice is sustainable. Finally, we look back at the week's biggest business stories with Mark Gilbert from Bloomberg in London and Zach Seward from Quartz in New York City

1 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

2 crab   

n.螃蟹，偏航，脾气乖戾的人，酸苹果；vi.捕蟹，偏航，发牢骚；vt.使偏航，发脾气

参考例句：

• I can't remember when I last had crab.我不记得上次吃蟹是什么时候了。
• The skin on my face felt as hard as a crab's back.我脸上的皮仿佛僵硬了，就象螃蟹的壳似的。