2011年3月15日 星期二

2011/3/9 You and Yours Listening Notes

C1: Special Educational Needs: 英國特教改革:
Government proposes overhaul of the system that assists children with special educational needs.
(1) The single plan, like these statements(英國地方教育主管提出的評估報告)  in the UK are legally binding  (有法律效力的 )
(2) Parents will be given a wider choices of schools and legal rights to control the funding for their child's support.
(3) Green Paper: 英國供討論的政府提案文件
(4) the integrate approach of the single assessment

C2: Kaupthing:  英國欺詐重案辦公室證實 冰島銀行Kaupthing倒閉一案 多人遭逮捕  
The Serious Fraud Office confirms arrests in its investigation into the collapse of the Icelandic Bank Kaupthing
(1) go bust: 破產
(2) People were deliberately misled about how good or how secure their money would be.

C3: Daily Star Reporter Resigns  每日星報記者因報導詆毀回教徒而辭職
Richard Peppiatt claims the paper has been anti-Muslim in some of its stories.
(1) the final straw 壓垮駱駝的最後一根稻草
(2) have a skewed world view 扭曲的世界觀
(3) subliminal (a.) 下意識的
(4) a consicious editorial decision
(5) have a moral scruple 有道德的顧忌
(6) Muslims are falsely demonized.

C4: Vietnam's ban on computer games: 越南政府宣佈晚上10點後到清晨8點禁玩電玩遊戲 

Vietnam's government has a blunt solution to the problem of teenagers spending too long online. They have ordered service providers to block access to popular games websites after 10pm.

(1) Internet cafes dominate the high streets.
(2) Computer games are national obessesions for young people.

C5: Food Banks: 英國慈善食物賑濟處
Hundreds are popping up around the UK to feed people coping with redundancy and high inflation
(1) a poverty premium
(2) rely on the charity food parcels to survive.

C6: Patient Choice: 健保病患就醫選擇
How much choice do NHS patients really get?
(1) Minimal waiting time is imposed.
(2) referral system 轉診制度

C7: Online-shopping and your rights: 線上購物別忘詳讀條款
Always read the small print!
read properly and thoroughly the terms and conditions
The absence of receipts doesn't mean the absence of your consumer right.





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