高级听力作业 参考

1.underscore: a. emphasize

2.Fair trade:supports small producers in developing countries by offering favorable terms.

3. A PARADIGM SHIFT is a fundamental change in the way something is done.

4.Clean tech refers to more energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly technological

appliances.

5.BLAMESTORMING is when a group meets to decide who’s responsible for poor

performance.

pliance is the act of adhering to a prescribed legal code of conduct

7.You need to do a REALITY CHECK when you’ve lost touch with the real world.

8.foremost: main

9.sustain: support

10.To DRILL DOWN is to go into more detail.

11.Looking at THE BIG PICTURE is looking at the situation as a whole.

12.Accountability: is the term used to describe a company’s acceptance of its responsibility

13.Your carbon footprint: is the impact you have on the environment by the emission of

CO2 gases.

14.To SYNERGIZE means to combine strengths and benefit from working together as a

team.

15.To be PROACTIVE is to make things happen rather than waiting for them to happen.

16.A change of MINDSET means completely rethinking your attitude and approach to

something.

17.absolve yourself of responsibility:claim it’s not your responsibility

18.margins narrowing:profits getting smaller

19.THE BOTTOM LINE is the essential point in a discussion.

20.frugality:economizing

21.Renewable means generated from natural resources which can be replaced

22.hand all the accountability:give all the responsibility

23.To think OUTSIDE THE BOX is to think in totally new and creative ways.

24.rampant: widespread

25.Diversity is the visible and non-visible differences between people, especially employees.

26.Thrive: do well

27.Tackle: deal with

28.drained: empty

29.doling out: distributing

30.inexorable: inescapable