英语听力精选进阶版 16494

 

WBR: Wall Street Update 30 Oct 2014

Thu, 30 Oct 14

We get a comment from US Treasury¹ Secretary Jack² Lew on the positive US GDP numbers. Cary Leahy from Decision Economics tells us about the best performers of the day on Wall Street, Visa and Mastercard. And we get an update on the deal signed between Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission to secure gas supplies.

1 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

2 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。