BBC 英文聽力筆記
C1: Which? 1: 消費者議題: 保險爭議與信用卡收費
The consumer campaign group's new executive director explains how Which? plans to fill the gap left by the government body, Consumer Focus, which disappears in 2013.
(1) PPI issue: misselling of a policy where self-employed or unemployed can't claim
PPI= PAYMENT PROTECTION INSURANCE英國銀行過去為衝業績 把產品賣給自己本身為雇主失、業者或是不了解該產品的個人，但該保險卻無法讓因失業或生病無法支付債務時的客戶獲得保障，
(2) The regulators seem to sleep on the job (把...拖延到第二天) They have been alert to this problem on an industrial scale
(3) flex your muscles 顯示力量 實力 (作為警告)
(4) surcharges; rip-off charge 索價過高
(5) categorically 斷然地
C2: Olympic Tickets Payment: 倫敦奧運訂票自5/9開始自帳戶扣款
From tomorrow money can be taken from your account to pay for your allocated Olympics tickets
(1) There will be resell opportunities.
C3: Royal Mail: Suffolk 居民抱怨英國郵務系統二流的服務
C1: Which? 1: 消費者議題: 保險爭議與信用卡收費
The consumer campaign group's new executive director explains how Which? plans to fill the gap left by the government body, Consumer Focus, which disappears in 2013.
(1) PPI issue: misselling of a policy where self-employed or unemployed can't claim
PPI= PAYMENT PROTECTION INSURANCE英國銀行過去為衝業績 把產品賣給自己本身為雇主失、業者或是不了解該產品的個人，但該保險卻無法讓因失業或生病無法支付債務時的客戶獲得保障，
(2) The regulators seem to sleep on the job (把...拖延到第二天) They have been alert to this problem on an industrial scale
(3) flex your muscles 顯示力量 實力 (作為警告)
(4) surcharges; rip-off charge 索價過高
(5) categorically 斷然地
C2: Olympic Tickets Payment: 倫敦奧運訂票自5/9開始自帳戶扣款
From tomorrow money can be taken from your account to pay for your allocated Olympics tickets
(1) There will be resell opportunities.
C3: Royal Mail: Suffolk 居民抱怨英國郵務系統二流的服務
Residents in one Suffolk village say they are paying for a first-class mail service but getting only second-class delivery.
(1) They don't get their letters on a daily basis but every other day.不是每天收到信 而是每隔一天才收到
C4: Rabbit Farms: 英國兔肉需求有多少?
(1) They don't get their letters on a daily basis but every other day.不是每天收到信 而是每隔一天才收到
C4: Rabbit Farms: 英國兔肉需求有多少?
How much demand is there for rabbit meat farmed in the UK? A business owner planning several rabbit farms says he'll now adopt a free-range system after claims of battery farming.
(1) free-range: 放養的
(2) battery farming: 密集養殖場
C5: Back to Work: 失業問題
An American entrepreneur thinks he has the answer to Britain's unemployment problem
(1) reciprocal responsibilities 互惠
(2) reduction of grants and doles 減少撥款與救助金
(3) The approach should be straight away
C6: Energy Series: Energy Savings: 再生能源所節省的費用
(1) free-range: 放養的
(2) battery farming: 密集養殖場
C5: Back to Work: 失業問題
An American entrepreneur thinks he has the answer to Britain's unemployment problem
(1) reciprocal responsibilities 互惠
(2) reduction of grants and doles 減少撥款與救助金
(3) The approach should be straight away
C6: Energy Series: Energy Savings: 再生能源所節省的費用
How you could shave up to 30% off your heat and power bills by using low-tech solutions. We'll give you details of schemes that will help to pay for them.
(1) to exploit sth
(2) There are still some pitfalls to look out for.
(3) to crack up 崩潰
(1) to exploit sth
(2) There are still some pitfalls to look out for.
(3) to crack up 崩潰
C7: Which?2:
The consumer campaign group's new executive director discusses how consumers can make sure they get the best deals on energy.
The consumer campaign group's new executive director discusses how consumers can make sure they get the best deals on energy.
C8: Outdoor Advertising:
This week's Face the Facts investigation is into missing sports advertising promised to charities at televised events. John Waite hears how the outdoor advertising business as a whole has taken off.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01104bz
This week's Face the Facts investigation is into missing sports advertising promised to charities at televised events. John Waite hears how the outdoor advertising business as a whole has taken off.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01104bz
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