2011年2月25日 星期五

2011/2/23 You and Yours Listening Notes

C1: Google Impersonator:
Worldwide Market Solutions Limited (based in Manchester )
NetSearch Media Limited  假冒Google 谷歌名義銷售網路廣告
(sell space on its list ; more chances of being seen in the front page)
(1) Shari Vahl investigates complaints about companies claiming they are Google.
(2) website banner
(3) come to light 為人所知
(4) write it off as a bad day
(5) ligitimate and authorized Google reseller
* ask their names, ask them to send you an email and see if it is from google.com
* pass themselves off as google 假冒google

C2: Patient Feedback: 病人抱怨 NHS對待病人態度不佳 缺乏同理心
A report analysing patients' complaints about the NHS puts rude staff and lack of (=lacking in) compassion at the top of its list.
(1) Health service ombudsman report  健保申訴報告
(2) offhand manner 漫不經心的方式
(3) have the audacity to tell... 大膽...
(4) A hundred good experiences are cancelled out by one really poor one.  (被...抵銷)

further reading: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2011/feb/15/poor-treatment-older-people-nhs

C3: Vegetarian Food: 英國超市重新標示包裝素食以吸引非素食主義者
Supermarkets are re-packaging and re-branding their vegetarian ready meals so they'll appeal to people who are not vegetarian.
(1) Vegetarian has been brought into mainstream (主流)
(2) label it prominently as vegetarian 清楚明顯標示...
(3) ethically got it right

C4: Turkey Hydro-electric 土耳其新興建的水力發電廠 將殃及羅馬遺址  
Controversy in Turkey over plans to build hydro-electric plants (水力發電廠) which some fear may put Roman ruins at risk.

further imformation: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/10/06/allianoi.flooding/index.html

C5: Bus Cut: 英國偏遠地區公車服務範圍縮減
As local authorities announce their budgets, we examine the impact of the cuts to bus services.
(1) mitigate the effect 減輕影響
(2) scale back 縮減
(3) Local people in North Yorkshire  are bidding to take over the running of their own buses using a new Government transport fund.
(4) hot spot
(5) Big Society 英國保守黨首相 David Cameron所提出 自由主義 還政於民的概念

C6: Biba (英國60, 70年代受歡迎的成衣品牌)
There are two Biba inspired collections in the shops for spring- we hear from the woman who created the original Biba label.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yqtqp

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