BBC双语新闻讲解附字幕:香港首富谈选举
Late last year, we reported extensively on weeks ofpro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. They didn’tachieve their aim, but the territory’s legislators stillhave to approve the controversial reforms thatsparkthe protests. Well, now Hong Kong’s richestman has weighed into the debate. I heard from oureast Asia editor Michael Bristol. This man Li Ka-shing has said that their legislators who’ll due tovote on this later this year should put through these reforms.And does he have much sway?
Well, he is a businessman. He is not a politician. So he doesn’t have direct sway but in HongKong, historically, business people have always had quite a lot of power. The territory itself hasbuilt its economy open. Business people are always pushing for business friendly policies. Sothey’ve historically been heard by the leaders. They’ve also seen the demonstrators on thestreet just at the end of last year. Seeingthe possible damage that that might cause to HongKong’s reputation and its ability to do business, so many of them came out and asked theprotesters to go home. They want this thing to go through smoothly. They want the reformsto be pushed through smoothly.
That just comes after his move the base of his companies from Hong Kong to the CaymanIslands.
He himself has moved two of his businesses to the Cayman Islands.
Michael Bristol.
As we record this podcast, star gazers in Europe are hoping to catch a glimpse of a comet,which hasn’t crossed the night sky for more than 11,000 years. Comet Lovejoy hits its peakover the next few days. And its greenish blue glow may be visible to the naked eye. It’sexpected to remain visible for around two weeks. The comet was discovered by amateurastronomer Terry Lovejoy in August from his observatory in Australia. He has, in fact,discovered four comets. And this one is his fifth. What started his whole interest?
My father had an interest in astronomy.
Halley’s Comet is the one that’s most famous to all of us, isn’t it?
That’s correct. The 1910 return of Halley’s Comet was particularly great one.
So I bet you’d like to discover a comet quite as impressive as that, or perhaps your LovejoyComets are.
None of them have got to that sort of level.
Well, you are still young.
Tell me about yourself now. I believe you are a man with a shed, at least that’s what your wifetold me.
You can take the roof off and stick your telescope through the top, can you?
It’s a quite common design.
How do you find a comet in the sky? How do you spot one?
You have to search a lot of sky. And I take many many photos of the sky.
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1.protester n.抗议者
My arm is sore where the protester grabbed me, andmy heart is beating out a frantic rhythm in mychest.
我的胳膊被那个抗议者抓过的地方酸痛，我的心在我的胸腔里疯狂地跳动着，节奏紊乱。
2.reputation n. 声誉
He tried to lie away her reputation.
他极力以谎言毁损她的名誉。
3.smoothly adv.平稳地
The train glides smoothly into the station.
列车平稳而缓慢地驶进车站。
4.spark v.激起
A single spark can start a prairie fire.
星星之火， 可以燎原。
5.controversial adj.有争议的
They tried their best to run away from controversial issues.
他们尽力避开有争议的问题。
6.Cayman Islands n.开曼群岛
Since then, once-notorious tax havens like the Cayman Islands and Liechtenstein havereluctantly accepted reforms to get off the list and escape the threat of sanctions.
此后，开曼群岛以及列支敦士登这些曾声名狼藉的避税天堂便被迫接受改革，以脱离灰名单中并避免制裁威胁。
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1.Business people are always pushing forbusiness friendly policies.
push for 争取
Yet as I said, there’s a push for a repeat of thisdisastrous performance.
然而，正如我前面所说的那样，有人推动要重演灾难性的这一幕。
This discovery prompted consumer groups, as well as scientists, to push for comprehensivetesting of the potential allergenicity of GM foods.
这一发现促使消费者团体和科学家推动对转基因食物潜在过敏性进行更加全面的测试。
2.It’s expected to remain visible for around two weeks.
be expected to 有望做某事
Only programmers who do system debugging should be expected to deal directly with XMLmessages.
只能期望确实进行系统调试的程序员来直接处理 XML 消息。
Any gains from having more than one offspring at a time might be expected to be like higherinfant and maternal mortality rates.
每次从多于一个孩子那里获得的比期望的更多，通常会伴随着较高的婴儿死亡率和母亲死亡率。
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去年，我们以大篇幅报道了香港持续数周的“争取民主”游行活动。他们的目标没有达成，而香港立法者仍得批准引发游行活动的有争议的改革。日前，香港首富加入了这场争论。本台亚洲记者迈克尔·布里斯托报道。香港首富李嘉诚称，今年末将对此进行投票的香港立法者应该保证这些改革措施顺利完成。
他的影响力大吗?
他是商人，不是政治家，所以不会产生直接的影响，但是香港商人历来很有权力。香港的经济本身就比较开放，所以领导人总是会听取商人的意见。去年年底，他们也看到了街上的示威游行者，想到游行对香港的声誉和经济可能造成破坏，所以许多商人出来呼吁游行者回家。他们想让这件事情顺利开展。他们希望改革顺利推进。
在此之前，李嘉诚刚把公司从香港迁到了开曼群岛。
他把旗下的两家公司迁至开曼群岛。
迈克尔·布里斯托报道。
在我们录制这期播客时，欧洲的天文爱好者正期待着看到一颗1.1万年没在夜空划过的彗星。洛夫乔伊彗星将于近日升至最高点。可能用肉眼就能看到它绿蓝色的辉光。这颗彗星预计在两周内持续可见。八月份，天文爱好者特里·洛夫乔伊在他的澳大利亚观测台发现了这颗彗星。事实上，他之前已经发现了4颗彗星，这是第5颗。究竟是什么引发了他的兴趣呢?
我的父亲对天文学很感兴趣。
我们大家最熟悉的一颗彗星是哈雷彗星，对吧?
没错。1910年哈雷彗星的回归是非常棒的一件事情。
那你肯定也想发现一颗像哈雷那样令人印象深刻的彗星，或者说你的洛夫乔伊彗星已经做到了这一点。
我发现的这几颗都还没有达到那种水准。
没关系，你还年轻嘛。
跟我说说你自己吧。你有一个小屋?你妻子告诉我的。可以把屋顶拿开，把望远镜伸出去，是吗?
它的设计很普通。
你是如何在天空中发现彗星、辨认彗星的?
你需要观察大面积的天空。我拍了很多张天空照片。
高材生，就是不一样吃饭去了，看不懂 吃货节奏 发表于 15-1-24 11:52
高材生，就是不一样吃饭去了，看不懂
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