2012/2/1 You and Yours Listening notes

(1) gym membership: 健身房會員 The launch of the Office of Fair Trading's investigation into gym memberships.
a valid reason for the cancel (n.) of the contract 取消合約的充分理由
to terminate the contract 終止合約
be made redundant 被解雇
sticking point 分歧點 問題癥結
be hounded by debt management company
be in breach of ... 違反...

(2) No win no fee: Should "success fees" for lawyers be scrapped?律師收取的費用應該被取消嗎 ?

take the legitimate claim to the court

double or quits : (American English: double or nothing) : 賭博時要不輸個精光 要不贏雙倍...

(3) Accessible Museum: Bristol's new museum M Shed has won a Jodi award - it’s pioneering the use of the Penfriend labelling device to give visually-impaired people access to information about the various exhibits.

(4) Rate my care home? The care minister has said that there should be TripAdvisor style online ratings for care homes. But how would this work in practice? 線上評鑑看護之家可行嗎  ?

(5)  Trust deeds: 信託契約 If you are buying a house with friends should you get one? And what happens when things go wrong?
legal binding agreement: 有法律約束力的合約

(6)  Nail bars 美甲店 : Manicures 美甲護理- a new economic indicator? Why Nail bars are bucking the recession.

franchise (v.) 加盟

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bb7jk