CRI听力:China's Intellectual Property Rights Getting Stronger

blast off离地升空; 发射
例句：The country blasted off another man-made satellite.
这个国家又发射了一颗人造卫星。

2. Steve Dickenson is a US lawyer specializing in Chinese intellectual property law.

specialize in专攻, 精通, 以…为专业
例句：Many students specialize in engineering.
许多学生专攻工程学。

3. But when they start designing their own stuff and making their own films and making their own music and their own copyrightable material then it occurs to them, maybe we ought to protect it because we can't get any value if we don't protect it.

occur to被想起〔到〕; …发生在
例句：It never occurred to me that I had seen her before somewhere.
我想不起来以前我在哪儿见过她。

4. To help foreign firms understand intellectual property law in China, some embassies here have staff focusing on the issue.

focus on对(某事或做某事)予以注意
例句：Many firms are focusing on increasing their markets overseas.
许多商行都专注于扩大国外市场。

5. Tom Duke is based at the British embassy in Beijing. He admits some companies do think twice about entering China for fear of copyright infringement.

think twice三思, 反复考虑
例句：He told me to think twice before speaking.
他叫我三思而后再发言。
for fear of为了避免,害怕
例句：For fear of accidents, the driver drove very slowly.
因害怕发生事故，这位司机开得很慢。

6. Things are changing very fast in China so perceptions can become out of date very quickly if you're not here on the ground watching, speaking to people, finding out what's going on.

out of date过时的, 陈旧的
例句：This kind of machine is out of date.
这种机器过时了。
find out发现, 看穿, 揭发, 找出;查明
例句：We must find out the truth of the matter.
我们必须弄清楚事情的真相。