时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2012年


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 And Germany has recorded a slower unemployment rate in 20 years. The jobless rate in December fell to 6.8 percent, that's down slightly from the 6.9 percent recorded in November.


The number of people unemployed 1 in Germany during 2011 topped more than 41 million people, a record high since the country's unification in 1990. The economists 2 are warning Germany's economic growth is expected to slow in the coming year, putting further pressure on jobs.
 
China's Premier 3 Wen Jiabao has warned of a difficult start to year amid rising concerns over a sharp slowdown in the economy. He's reiterated 4 his pledge to expand domestic demand to try to ward 5 off the effects of the downturns in both the United States and Europe.
 
China's economy grew by an estimated 9 percent last year, down one percent on the previous year.
 
Let's go to the markets. The Dow Jones has just closed 179 points higher. The Nasdaq gained 44 points. The S&P 500 was up 21 and in London, the FTSE closed 128 points higher.
 
Checking commodity prices now. West Texas Crude is trading at $102.99 a barrel. Tapis Crude is at $118.61 a barrel and Gold is at $1602.89 an ounce. The Australian dollar has firmed. It's now buying 103 US cents, 79 euro cents and 66 pence sterling 6.

1 unemployed
adj.失业的,没有工作的;未动用的,闲置的
  • There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
  • The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。
2 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》
3 premier
adj.首要的;n.总理,首相
  • The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
  • He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。
4 reiterated
反复地说,重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )
  • "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯,我一定要知道你的休假日期,"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后,波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。
5 ward
n.守卫,监护,病房,行政区,由监护人或法院保护的人(尤指儿童);vt.守护,躲开
  • The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
  • During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时,我要点根火把,抵挡蚊虫。
6 sterling
adj.英币的(纯粹的,货真价实的);n.英国货币(英镑)
  • Could you tell me the current rate for sterling, please?能否请您告诉我现行英国货币的兑换率?
  • Sterling has recently been strong,which will help to abate inflationary pressures.英国货币最近非常坚挺,这有助于减轻通胀压力。
学英语单词
a word in season
actuated error
ambulacral pore
average assistance
b.c.e
bows to
brush retouching
calendar watch
camik
cardio - pulmonary resuscitation
Catalogue of Life
chemical reprocessing
circulating system of rig
coded biphase
coefficient of price reaction
compound cylinder
contiental drift hypothesis
core bedding frame
cotton applicator
craniid
Custer's method staining
Decca data sheet
diaphalene
dietary laws
differential pulley
directional emissivity
double-handlings
double-membrane loudspeaker
ecological geobotany
El Ancón
Ephedra intermedia
epiton
esperoes
exchange premium
feed waterdeaeration
feedforward systems
force potential function
French drains
fusion torch
grafting of dormant season
group matrix
harmsworths
have a miff
have a thick hide
herringbone type evaporator
improvement on leased property
in someone's head
inbound freight
inda
inharmoniously
ink-dot
investment counselor
jsoc
Keep posted
Krugerdorf
look right through someone
low active working register
medicare benefits
memory assisted recognition
metacolloidal minerals
Munte
nonlinear actuator
Oicomonas
Old Hundred
one-armed bandits
pattern drag
pedal steel guitarist
per capota
Pressac
prototype patterns
push-pull output stage
Pyrgo
pyrovatex CP
radial flow fan
rear mudguard stay
renovation of old buildings
revenue-earning department
road-rage
Sabrina Necklace
saline facies
self-checking system
sentinels
shamee
short carriage knitting machine
silk reeling
silver dithionate
Spokoynaya
Springton
stank eye
stearothermophilus
sulfuranes
summonsing
swing state
take springs out of
transverse sinus
vaginal cavity
vertical burning method
vivonex
water thrushes
water-jet propulsion
weisser
zonked-out