2011/3/18 You and Yours Listening Notes

C1: Royal Wedding Street Party  舉辦街頭派對來慶祝凱特與威廉王子皇家婚禮 並不如所想的簡單
Why holding a street party to celebrate the Royal Wedding may not prove as easy as the first thought.
The organiser who, despite pledges from the government that holding street parties to mark the Royal Wedding will be 'easier than ever', has been asked by her local council to adhere to thirty conditions - including providing her own road cones (traffic cone) and obtaining public liability insurance to the value of £5 million.
(1) conditions asked to meet: six-page document with thirty covenants. (合約)
(2) The event organizers take responsiblity for everything from food safety,noise safety and road safety.  
(3)get your neighbors to chip in the insurance.  跟鄰居湊保險費用
(4) Obligations put people off  使...退卻
(5) endless form-filling stringent measures and legal stuff
(6) It goes against all the whole ethos of the day. 與當天的思想違背
(6) silver jubilee 25 週年紀念日
(7) bunting: 裝飾街道用的彩紙
(8) stringent requirement <--> lax 嚴格的規範
(9) an increasingly litigious society 愛訴訟的
(10) put in your application by March 18th. 三月十八號前交出申請書

C2/C5: Dermot O'Leary 紅鼻子慈善會主持人 Dermot O'Leary 分享 慈善募款對他的影響

Red Nose Day presenter Dermot O'Leary on how walking across one of the world's harshest deserts to raise money for Comic Relief has shaped him.
(1) do it wholeheartedly
(2) whining youngster 哭哭啼啼抱怨的年輕人
(3) To use and abuse your celebrity to raise money is a sensible way of charity.
(4) unsettling 令人不安的
(5) be closely entwined with their livestock 與牲口緊密相關


C3: School Report 校園報導: 多塞特交通導護(lollipop patrols) 將有一線希望保留下來  
How an interview for the BBC's School Report has given fresh hope that Dorset's lollipop patrols will be saved

(1) lollipop lady 交通導護媽媽
(2) make provisions for.. 為...做準備
(3) The county council signs up to the BIG SOCIETY idea that the government is pushing. (還政於民的大社會概念)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-12780324

C4: Oddbins: 英國最後一個獨立外賣酒的商店Oddbins 面臨經營困難

The UK's last independent off licence chain in in trouble.
(1) The company still has a heartbeat.
(2) Oddbins has the highest price per bottle compared with other off-licence stores.

C6: Train Journey from Hell: 梅林傳奇主角:理察威爾森 分享為何他要進行"調查英國火車服務"這樣艱鉅的任務

Richard Wilson, star of Merlin and One Foot in the Grave, tells us why he took on the challenge of investigating UK train services.
(1) love-and-hate relationship with trains
(2) to criss and cross the UK by train
(3) Booking in advance means tangling with voice recoginition on the phone
(4) grossly overcrowding: There aren't enough carriages, so people just sit on the loos. (= 盥洗室)
(5) be penalized for changing your mind, like getting off one stop earlier.  因為改變主意被處罰
(6) luggage rack 行李架

C7: Interviews with a Stammer: 口吃者如何準備面試?

Ashley Morrison tells us what job interviews are like when you have a stammer.
(1) Oscar-adorned film
(2) If thrown a question which has been anticipated or familiar, I will find it significantly harder to answer it. 如果被問的問題不熟悉或出乎意料之外 口吃者就比較有困難回答.
(4) shake the feeling that...
(5) Stammers have clear idea of what you want to say, and you will do well. 清楚自己想說的話 就能克服口吃問題

C8: Olympics: 五十項物品禁止攜帶進入奧運會場 包括飛盤, 手機,等
A list of fifty things you may not take to watch the Olympic games is published including frisbees and mobiles, horns and food.
(1) Objects which bear trademarks can't be allowed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zfmvw

2011/3/17 You and Yours Listening Notes

C1: Surface Water Bills:
Are the water companies doing enough to make sure their customers aren’t paying for services they don’t use or need?
(1) over-surface drainage which takes away from the property
(2)Water companies unfortunately charge all the customers the surface drainage charge by default. 
(3) extension 建築物增建部份
(4) Individual assessment of each property is needed.
(5) be entitled to get the rebate 有權利得到退款

C2: Comic Relief:
(Comic Relief 是英國的慈善機構 透過娛樂的力量來消除世界的貧窮)
Peter White remembers his 100 Km Desert Trek ahead of the Documentary tonight
(1) one heart-stopping moment

C3: 5-pound notes in cash points: 為何提款機的五磅鈔票

There are supposed to be more of them in circulation, but only 3% of our cash points dispense them.
(1) break into large notes
(2) fiver: 五磅鈔票

C4: Irish Economy & Toursim: 愛爾蘭經濟與旅遊業現況:

St Patrick's Day traditionally marks the start of the tourist season for Ireland and in the current harsh economic environment, tourism is more important for the country than ever.

C5: Fingerprinting 指紋辨識將取代傳統的會員卡
Fingerprinting is set to replace the more traditional membership card but would you give your fingerprints for a session on the sunbed?
(1) Your wallet is congested with a variety of royalty cards.
(2) encrypted data 

C6: Stafford Hospital:   英國國民健保局至今已花五個月三百萬英磅調查Stafford Hospital 糟糕的醫療服務  
The public inquiry following the hundreds of unexpected deaths at Stafford Hospital is now in its fifth month and has cost more than £3 million. So what's emerged that has not come out before?
(1) sit on the enquiry
(2) My mom who had been a proud woman now clung to me like a baby; there was not any form of care.

C7: Poor Theatre 簡約劇場提供英國社區和村落戲劇表演
Theatre can be expensive if you live far from a city. A number of companies across the country aim to bring affordable theatre to village and community halls across the UK.

C8: Internet Speed 網路連線速度
We talk to technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones about the future of two speed internet services.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zfmqg

2011/3/16 You and Yours Listening Notes

C1: Southern Cross: Southern Cross 面臨安養院經營困境
Chief Executive Jamie Buchan on the future of Britain's biggest care home operator.
(1) 750 of care homes are run by Southern Cross which warns it can not survive in the long term.
(2) crystallization 明確 澄清
(3) Negotiating with the landlords is like herding cats.
(4) have a shining reputation
(5) break even 收支平衡

C2:  British apples: 英國蘋果市場:
As the Gala takes over from the Cox as our favourite English apple, we discuss the state of the British apple market.
(1) There is an upsurge of demand for locally-grown produce.

(2) union jet logo

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/8378992/Cox-apple-toppled-by-the-gala.html#

C3: Ryanair to Allow complaints by e-mail: 英國廉價航空: 瑞安航空開放接受電子郵件型式的抱怨函 
What impact will it have on customers?

C4: Retail Conference: 零售業會議

Some of the biggest names in retail talk to our reporter Melanie Abbott.
(1) clued-up customers: 所知甚多的消費者 (savvy)

C5: Phone Charges: 在OFCOM 新規範下 打電話到手機話費可望下降

Prices for calls to mobiles are set to fall under new OFCOM rules.
Should there be a cap on mobile phone roaming charges worldwide - just as there are in Europe? 手機漫遊費用是否應該像在歐洲一樣有最高限額

C6: Malnutrition: 醫療院所的病人是否營養不良

The Patients Association launches a survey on nutrition - have your say.
(1) It is unpleasant and undignified to have patients lie in a wet bed.

C7: BBC 新報告探討什麼原因讓聽眾無法理解節目主持人?

A new BBC report shows that poor diction and regional accents are among the factors which prevent people from understanding TV presenters.
(1) background music, (背景音樂) regional accents, (地區發音差異) speaking too fast , poor pronounciation
(2) per se 本身
(3) It is not the question of accents but the question of how you deliver it.
(4) babble like a fool
(5) breathe right

2011/3/11 You and Yours Listening Notes

C1: Wifi  wifi 路由器會降低寬頻上網多達40%速度

A study has shown that a wireless router can degrade the speed of your broadband as much as 40 %  - so we ask is being fast always best?
(1) Physical barriers like baby monitors, microwaves,and even walls can slow down braodband speed.
(2) flexing your muscle
(3) trading off a slightly conveniece for performace

C2: Ruth Watson  Ruth Waston 探討英國旅館業
Hotelier and restaurateur Ruth Watson talks to Peter about the UK hotel industry.

(1) blunt assessment of propert
(2) qualities for running hotels: being thoughtful; anticipating people's needs and doing it  with good grace.
(3) A fixed hair-dryer is totally useless;
(4)having a plug near a mirror to style one's hair
(5) rating system in the public arena is needed
(6) There is no substitute for the words of mouth.

C3: Irish Cricket: 在板球世界盃中 愛爾蘭意外擊敗英格蘭隊
After a stunning and surprising win against England in the Cricket World Cup last week, we find out how Cricket Ireland will be capitalising on its recent success.
(1) fine sporting pedigree

C4: Football T-shirt :
How one thirteen year old football fan was so incensed after Reading sold his favourite player he decided to sue - and won.
(1) settle without aceepting any liabilities
(2) redundant

C5: E-books Harper Collins 限制美國圖書館電子書出借次數
A major publisher, Harper Collins has imposed a limit on ebook lending in the US, and concern is growing on this side of the Atlantic.
(1) check-out limits
(2) ripples
(3) shift workers, people in the rural area, people with visual impairment
(4) get hold of the book
(5) reap up
(6) eletronic books are viewed as the same as the hard-copy ones.
(7)put a limit on the license with a set of conditions attached
(8) fast-growing but still nancent e-book markets.
(9) send the rocket in the market


C6: Dating with a stammer: 約會時 如何克服口吃困難?

Ashley Morrison tells us how he copes with the difficulties of dating when you have a stammer.

C7: Ruth Watson : Ruth Watson (繼 Hotel Inspector 系列後 ) 推出 Country House Rescue

Ruth Watson is back with a new series of Country House Rescue. She tells Peter why we're so fascinated with these old country piles.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00z6f30

2011/3/10 You and Yours Listening Notes

C1: Commonwealth Games: 英國廠商向英國政府求助 討回2010年德里"大英國協運動會" 的積欠的款項
British companies are asking for more help from the government to get money they are still owed for work they did on last year's Commonwealth Games.

(1) go massively over-budget 大量超出預算
(2) Indian government corruption 印度政府的腐敗
(3) a colossal disappointment for most Indians (a.) colossal = extremely large
(4) Logistics and broadcasting companies complain about late payments
  物流公司及廣播公司抱怨延遲付款
(5) rack up 累積
(6) make disproportionately high profit out of the game

C2:  Interest rates : 英國暫不調高2011/3月利率 
After interest rates were kept on hold for another month, we ask what is behind the decisions made by the Monetary Policy Committee.

(1) grin and bear it: 默默忍受
(2) spell sth out ; to give a clear-cut statement 說清楚 講明白
(3)  variable-rate mortgage變動利率抵押 

 C3: Cash for Data: 如何保護個人資料 並利用個人資料賺錢

How to take control of your personal data and make money from it.
(1) proxy 代理

C4: London 2012: 2012 倫敦奧運運動員運用高科技增進效能
Olympic athletes turn to technology to increase the chance of medals next year.

(1) high-tech drive to optimize the performace
(2) It is unsporting (不光明正大的) since we need to rely on athletes' own prowess. (造詣)
(3) aggregation of marginal gains

C5: Iraqi interpreters :  伊拉克口譯因協助英軍而遭到恐嚇, 綁架甚至謀殺
在向英國政府求償無門後 他們決定採取法律行動
Face the Facts revealed how Iraqi interpreters were intimidated, kidnapped and murdered after helping British forces. Now some of them are taking legal action after failing to get compensation.
(1)be denied entry on the compensation scheme

C6: Icorrrect:  Icorrect網站讓名人有機會糾正網路上的誤解
We hear about a new website which gives people in the public eye the chance to set the record straight.
(1) warp-up
(2) be misrepresented
(3) in cyber world, so much is lopsided.
(4) libel (a.) 毀謗

C7: Office of Fair Trading: Price baiting enforcement 公平會開罰: Groupola 宣稱能以99英磅 購得iPhone 4 供貨數有數百台 但實際只提供8 台  
The OFT has found the web service Groupola was guilty of price baiting when it claimed to have hundreds of iPhone 4's for sale at £99 when only 8 handsets were on offer.
(1) name them and shame them


 C8: Fake Escort Agency: 約一萬四千人遭伴遊公司詐騙

Trading standards officers are trying to trace up to 14 thousand people who have fallen for a suspected internet scam.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00z6f1l

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.

2011/1/12 Follow the Leader: Episode 2 Listening Notes

1. Carolyn Quinn examines the psychology of leadership. Once you've secured your position as leader, how do you deal with the demands at the top?
Carolyn Quinn探討領導心理學: 一旦你當上領導者, 你如何處理問題:

(1) According to Psychology Professor Condola, one of the major differences in today's leadership is visibility because decisions are scruntinized in public far more than used to be.
(2)A good leadship involves an element of followship and listening. 
(3) The first 100 days in your office as a head in your party is crucial.
(4) come into one's grilling: face a tough grilling: 受到嚴厲的盤問
(5) Leaders should have a clear vision of how to lead the country or the company.
領導者應該有清楚願景 如何領導國家及企業
(6) Group processe: How people interact in teams:
(7) There is a mistake to imagine that leaders do the lead and followers do the follower.  Leadership and followship should go hand in hand.
(7) muttering against Camerion's leadership
(7) When you step in their shoes, the learning curve is deep.  設身處地...
(8) It is impossible to permanently lead from the front on every single issue.There is a balance to be drawn. 但領袖無法事事恭親 還是需要在領導與傾聽中獲得平衡
(9) his eyes and ears...

2. The level of media attention acrss all sectors, from politics to football, means that today's leaders are under more scrutiny than ever before. In the last episode, Carolyn explores the challenges of modern leadership, from stepping up to the top job, to stepping down. 

(10) In sports such as the high-profile of football managers, the need to deliver the result and fast is even higher. 在運動場上像是身為足球經理人, 更要能夠立即及迅速達到成效
(11) It must be an instaneous decision. 必須作出立即的決策
(12) If not your job is on the line. 如果無法達成..工作就不保
(13) Half-time talk is intended to insipre your team to victory. but it is also when your leadship is truely put to test.
(14) penalty area 罰球區 dressing room 更衣室
(15) Phil Brown  made a mistake in making his teams humilated in the public.
(16) high-profile job of football manager



3, She talks to psychologists about the dos and don'ts of successful leadership and finds out how leaders create and change their image to attract followers.

(17) Since there is no hiding place for leaders.it is more even important to be media-savvy in an era of 24-hour news.
(18) Media judgement can be quick and harsh.
(19) 85 percent is how you look; ten percent is how you say and 5 percent is what you actucally say. 85%與外表有關: 10%與你表達能力有關 所說的內容只佔5%的重要性
(20) go to great lengths to be appear to be one of us and not like the one the people are arguing against:
(21) play out the middle name of Obama which is associated with Muslin as a means of undermining his credibility.

4. The gender gap in leadership is still large. According to the 2010 Female FTSE report, produced annually by Cranfield University, female appointments to corporate boards in the UK's top companies have stalled at around 12 percent. 在領導界中 性別差距仍大

(22) Particular facial features of top-front CEOs have strong jawline which is assocaited with a masculine face.
(23) The number of  female on corporate board
(24) Leadership should be gender-balanced.

5. Research by Prof Michelle Ryan, from Exeter University, has also shown that women are more likely to be given top positions in organisations that are doing badly, when there is more chance of failure. 根據Michelle Ryan研究 女性通常在表現不佳的公司 被指派給予較高職位 因此也更容易失敗

(25) It has less to do with lack of talent but more to do with lack of confidence
(26) sexism in business communities 企業中的性別歧視
(27) glass ceiling 女性在升遷中所面對的無形障礙
(28) a glass cliff: a position that is rather risky and precarious;  teetering on the edge 搖搖欲墜
(29) The old-boys network suffers from the fear the unknown.
(30) women as teabag you don't know how strong they are until you put them in the hot water. 女性被描述為茶包 女性要接受困境考驗 才知其能力好壞與否 (因為把茶包放入熱水中 (hot water 有麻煩之意) 才知道茶的味道濃郁(strong) 與否

(31) relinquish the leadership 不情願的放棄領導權


http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x95j2