英语听力精选进阶版 16982

 

Tesco Bank boss 26 Mar¹ 15

Thu, 26 Mar 15

Are you about to lose your local bank...and would you ever pay for a current account? We discuss the future of banking² with Benny Higgins, the boss of Tesco Bank, and the supermarket group's strategy director. Many of the new jobs created in recent years have been through self-employment. But does it offer freedom and independence or lower wages and hard graft³? The programme also looks at the UK's growing shoe exports to Japan.

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 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

3 graft   

n.移植，嫁接，艰苦工作，贪污；v.移植，嫁接

参考例句：

• I am having a skin graft on my arm soon.我马上就要接受手臂的皮肤移植手术。
• The minister became rich through graft.这位部长透过贪污受贿致富。