2011年5月24日 星期二

2011/5/19 You and Yours Listening Notes BBC英文聽力筆記

BBC英文聽力筆記

C1: Rail Report:
Sir Roy McNulty's rail report recommends big changes to organisation and fare structures in a bid to reduce the burden on the taxpayer and bring costs in line with comparable European networks.
(1) in a nutshell 簡言之
(2) sufficiently conducive to
(3) bottleneck 瓶頸
(4) the rationale behind/for/of sth: 基本原理
(5) provide more car-parking capacity/facility
(6) franchise
(7) peak rate: 收費最高的使用高峰期 peak fare: 尖峰期費用

C2: Perfume:
City of London police warn consumers over online perfume fraud.
(1) a spate of reports on the fraud 一連串的....
(2) It is too good to be true
(3) counterfeit perfume 偽造 冒牌的香水

C3: typewriters 打字機
How old typewriters are transforming the educational prospects of blind children in Africa
(1) contract the measles 感染麻疹
(2) typist 打字員
(3) typewriters 打字機
(4) come about 發生
C4: Allotments: 
The government say a new law will stop the decline in allotments and make it easier for communities to force local councils to make more available.
(1) to be on the waiting list 等候名單
(2) add the value to the land

C5: West Coast Mainline
In the second of his reports on the West Coast Mainline franchise Mark Holdstock profiles the British train companies hoping to clinch the deal
(1) socially necessarily but not profitable
(2) bidder  投標者
(3) too ambitious time plan
(4) the consolidation  合併

C6: Comet:
The well known electrical store Comet could be sold by its French owners

http://www.bbc.co.uk/airplay/console/b0112y4g

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