时间:2018-12-20 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2018年4月


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Next, we're traveling to the South American nation of Venezuela, which is trying something new to help save its failing economy. Venezuela used to be the wealthiest country in Latin America, but its government has become increasingly authoritarian 1 in recent years, taking over businesses, limiting people's freedoms and increasing its controls over the nation's economy. And now, that economy is in shambles 2.


AZUZ: And now with its currency almost completely worthless, Venezuela's government is turning to a cryptocurrency, like bitcoin, to try to bring in revenue. It's called the petro. It's the first government cryptocurrency in the world. It's hope to bring in more than $200 billion for Venezuela that's supposed to be supported by Venezuela's reserves of crude oil and precious metals like gold.


Some investors 3 say the idea is innovative 4 and that might attract investment from the Middle East, Europe and Asia. But many economists 5 say the petro is not going to solve Venezuela's problems of food shortages, decreasing oil production and people leaving the country.


Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says an economic war against his country that's been waged by the U.S. and other nations is responsible for Venezuela's problems. U.S. President Donald Trump 6 says the Venezuelan government is a dictatorship. And America is one of several countries that want Venezuelan President Maduro to either leave or democratically reform his government.



1 authoritarian
n./adj.专制(的),专制主义者,独裁主义者
  • Foreign diplomats suspect him of authoritarian tendencies.各国外交官怀疑他有着独裁主义倾向。
  • The authoritarian policy wasn't proved to be a success.独裁主义的政策证明并不成功。
2 shambles
n.混乱之处;废墟
  • My room is a shambles.我房间里乱七八糟。
  • The fighting reduced the city to a shambles.这场战斗使这座城市成了一片废墟。
3 investors
n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 )
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
4 innovative
adj.革新的,新颖的,富有革新精神的
  • Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
  • He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。
5 economists
n.经济学家,经济专家( economist的名词复数 )
  • The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
  • Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 trump
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
学英语单词
-elect
-opy
aconitum delavaryi var. coreana l'ev.
acquitt
airedale (terrier)
alpha helix
Ambinaninony
ancende
anthracotheres
basic dyes
beckner
BGMP
bite the tongue
bocage
bogaard
burlado
canafistula
centerman
Chicago overcoat
circular journey
coefficient of genetic similarity
cold emission
competency test
debye t3 law
demising
devil's tower
diagonal ventilation
dichotomous question
discommodity
disordered state
dualrail and expand spacer type piston ring
eischen
emersiprata
external axis of similitude
eyeletting and riveting machine
farm-cart
firing on all four cylinders
fixed hearing aid
Foramen parietale
forgetting error
fotp
fructicolous
grated on
haploid number of chromosomes
herman
high pressure spray nozzle
ieva
increment routine
intra-class variance
inventory-income ratio
Karlova
kiloamp
l'avoir
languet, langust(te)
Libberton
liquid purification process
litsea rubescens lec.
loran homing
macrosegments
magnetooculography
management analysis reporting system
national education
new zealand wrens
NIFC
norpinic acid
notched bar
odor-free
olje
optimum level of product
pacily
peaketh
piece-parts
pizza parlors
planning of skin flap in reverse
Potemkin, Grigori Aleksandrovich
prereplication complex
priority interrupt strategy
proximal phalanges
Pular, Cerro
quiddler
rectifying action
reflecting color
right of independent trial
sales supervision
scientific management psychology
semicircular room
Serangoon Harb.
slipform concrete curb paver
sound energy flux density
split secondary
stainless steel can
stress plane
the Golden Gate
trans-disciplinary
transient data aggregator
two step nozzle
unducal
verbal reinforcement
vessels subjected to external pressure
when'd
will-jill
You never know what you can do till you try.