2011/2/24 You and Yours Listening Notes

C1: OFT: (Office of Fair Trading) 英國公平交易廳認為合約內容應該簡化 並移除附屬細則
The OFT says consumer contracts need to be simplified and 'hidden traps' removed from the small print.
(1) put consumers at a disadvantage 使消費者處於不利地位
(1) extended warranty 延長保固書
(2)catch sb out= put sb in a difficult position

C2: Centrica 營收獲利皆創新高  能源監督機構採取行動進行調查

Centrica, which owns British Gas, has reported record profits and income; so strong was their performance
 that the energy regulator is under pressure to act.
(1) make a windfall profit 意外收入
(2) chicken in the egg
(3) scrutinize the price and profit 仔細審查價格與穫利
(4) The winter set in. 到來 開始
(5) get at the bottom of it
(6) with impunity 逃過懲罰
(7) on a first-name terms with .... 與...關係密切

C3: Paperless Office? 無紙化辦公室
Clint Witchalls has been dreaming of the paperless office - but then he woke up.
(1) enduring (a.) 持久的

C4: Paper Talk
Paper is one of Britain's biggest manufacturing industries and Director General of the Confederation of Paper Industries David Workman tells us why
(1) be awash with 充滿
(2) make a big dent in paper consumption 降低紙的使用
(3) disposable napkins/diapers 紙尿布
(4) underservedly get a bad name 冤枉人的
(5) turn over sth: 營業額為...
(6) wrappers 包裝材料


C5: Peter in Africa  

Peter White gives us the latest from his Kenyan adventure in aid of treatments for the blind in developing countries.

C6: City Center Blues: 市中心

Will some of our towns ever regenerate following the damage inflicted by the recession, and the effects of the government's budget cuts?
Northern towns are taking a battering with shoppers down (遭到打擊) and shop vacancies on the up (成長中) but when the good times come around again, will the damage done in recent years be so great that they will struggle to recover? Do we need to radically re-think how we plan and run our town centres?

C7: Libraries:

Dozens of councils are looking to save money by cutting or closing libraries - but one local authority has bucked the trend by planning to save money by expanding its library services.