英语听力精选进阶版 16836

 

WBR: Euro Falls on Draghi Comments 02 Jan 15

Fri, 2 Jan 15

The value of the euro has fallen to a four and a half year low against the US dollar after the head of the ECB hinted at future stimulus¹ measures. We analyse Mario Draghi's comments with BBC economics correspondent Andrew Walker and Justin Urquhart-Stewart from Seven Investment Management. Also the gambler's paradise Macau pulls in its lowest revenues since the casino industry was liberalised in 2001. Cambodia raises its minimum wage - how will it affect the country's all-important textile industry? Plus 13-year-old American Alyssa Carson has started training for NASA, with aspirations² to walk on Mars. We go to meet her. Presented by Roger Hearing.

1 stimulus   

n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物

参考例句：

• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。

2 aspirations   

强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 )； 志向； 发送气音； 发 h 音

参考例句：

• I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。
• The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。