2011/2/18 You and Yours Listening Notes

C1: Car Hire: Decode Hire Company Scam /Con 汽車租賃公司 (car rental)詐騙
Car hire brokers who refused refunds after failing to secure promised rentals are shut down by the Insolvency Service.
(1) be taken into the High Court and forced into liquidation.

C2: Football Rights:  

The Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn has said he "despises" fans who watch matches in pubs on illicit foreign satellite feeds. So is he right to criticise those propping up (支持) the bar instead of his club?
(1) satellite decoders: 衛星解碼器

C3: Scratch Cards 刮刮樂:
Companies which promise prizes where no genuine win is involved are found to be in breach of the law. (違法)
(1) claim one's prize: 領獎
(2) It doesn't worth the hassle.
(3) unlawful = illegal 非法的

C4: Celebrity Voices 名人配音真的能吸引更多觀眾嗎?

Do famous actors who lend their voices to animated characters really bring in the box office crowds?
(1) to dub: 配音 to voice
(2) set the trend: 開啟風潮
(3) safety net : 保障措施
(4) huge time commitment 極大的時間花費
(5) suspend the belief
(6) trailer :預告片

C5: Royal Wedding Tourism: 王室婚禮旅遊
With only four hundred accredited (官方認可的) hotel rooms, how can the Isles of Scilly cope with the increased demand fuelled by Royal honeymoon rumours?
(1) influx 人潮湧入
(2) be booked up 訂購一空

C6: Video Game Age Classification: 電玩分級制度
By the end of the year, it will be illegal for all types of video game to be sold to people who are under age, as a single way of rating their suitability is to be introduced.
(1) The age rating system is shaky. 分級制度搖搖欲墜
(2) gross violence
(3) legally enforceable 法律強制...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yjt8s