2011/3/31 You and Yours Listening Notes

C1: High Street Shopping: 英國銷售現況
As four out of ten items in supermarket trolleys are discounts or special offers, we find out how the downturn is affecting the high street.
(1) On the plus side
(2) turn the corner 好轉
(3) Sales figures are grim.令人擔憂的銷售數據
(4) CBI 英國產業聯合會
(5) High street sales are subdued at the moment.
(6) feel the pinch at this moment 經濟困難
(7) Price comparison promise
(8) Hard pressed consumers are much more conscious of values, bargains and quality.
(9) The shift has gone away from cheap throwaway/disposable fashion towards to fewer better quality purchases.
(10) It is the middle products being squeeze.
(11) blood bath 大屠殺
(12) phony war 戰爭狀態

 C2: Speed Cameras Switched Back on 測速照相機恢復運作 但費用從何而來
Oxfordshire speed cameras were switched off last year after a 40% cut in their Road Safety Grant provided by central government. But now they're being switched back on - so who's paying for them?
(1) penalty tickets  罰單
(2) reduce casualties on the road 減低道路傷亡人數


C3: Mobile Phones in Classrooms 學校是否該允許學生攜帶手機到校 以減低IT設備費用

With substantial cuts to their budgets, schools are considering using pupils’ mobile phones in the classroom rather than spending money on expensive IT equipment. But is it a good idea?
(1) obsolete (a.) 淘汰的
(2) loads of technology 許多的
(3) clear protocol in the classroom 教室清楚的協議
(4) hand-held device 手提的裝置
(5) Mobile phones have a disruptive influence on the class. 擾亂的


C4: Online Shopping: 線上購物

Morrisons confirms it won’t launch its service until 2013. But will that be too late?
(1) multi-channel 多元管道
(2) Consumers are much more empowered and knowledgeable.
(3) hassle (n.) 麻煩

C5: Prescription Charges 蘇格蘭4/1起廢除處方籤收費

Prescription charges will be abolished in Scotland tomorrow leaving England as the only UK country which continues charging patients. The BMA calls this a 'tax on the poor' and want it scrapped.
(1) bureaucratic (a.) 官僚作風的

C6: Gambling Laws: 博奕法規鬆綁是否能挽救酒吧?

Proposals have been made for a relaxation of gambling laws in order to boost the economy. But is gambling in pubs a good idea?
(1) deregulation 解除管制
(2) margin of error 誤差幅度
(3) liberalization 自由主義
(4) Gambling keeps you mentally alert.

C7: Scotch whiskey 蘇格蘭威士忌

Scotch whiskey producers are celebrating another year of record exports, but how is their whisky enjoyed in other countries?
(1) international reputation for its quality.
(2) impressive rival
(3) outsell by a long way


http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zt3pm