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[by:聽力課堂~m.360newlife.cn]
[00:01]proclaim
[00:03]During the panel discussions at the World Economic
[00:05]Forum, participants didn't hesitate to proclaim that
[00:10]tougher bank regulations were (or weren't) needed.
[00:15]decline
[00:16]Depending on the comments received, the editor would
[00:20]accept the paper for publication or decline it.
[00:25]descend
[00:26]A more risk-aware response might be: "to get to the
[00:30]summit, and then descend successfully." Sometimes, we
[00:33]are so focused on one objective-to the exclusion of all
[00:37]else-that we neglect the obvious.
[00:43]diminish
[00:44]A warm climate fosters crops better than a cold one,
[00:48]but as the globe continues to warm, benefits diminish.
[00:53]Hotter climes will eventually diminish crop yields worldwide.
[01:00]appliance
[01:02]There are now fairly simple ways to barter for home
[01:05]appliances, video games, clothes, even car leases and the
[01:11]services of accountants and hair dressers.
[01:16]apparatus
[01:18]Physicists last week were watching with interest a
[01:21]complicated apparatus parked near a nuclear reactor at
[01:26]Hanford, Washington.