英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-09-08
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2013年
The Australian share market has reversed earlier gains. Right now, the All Ordinaries index is down around half of a per cent, as is the ASX 200 index. The banks are weaker. Insurance, like QBE insurance, are on the rise. Mining stocks are down. The gold miner Newcrest is off around 3 per cent. And Telstra is also on a decline. Across the region, Japan's Nikkei has shed more than one per cent, but stocks in Hong Kong are edging up. And in the US, strong employment and business activity figures pointed 1 to resilience in the US economy. And added to the case, the US Federal Reserve will taper 2 stimulus 3 later this month. As a result, the Australian dollar has been falling against the strengthening greenback. But it's making some ground this afternoon to 91.31 US cents.
And building activity is still weak, Alicia.
That's right. The Housing Industry Association says rising house prices should start to boost residential 4 construction by the end of the year. The latest performance of construction index by the ANI Group and the Housing Industry Association slipped to a reading of 43.7 for August. The survey shows the construction sector 5 has now been in decline for more than three years. But the HIA says builders are reporting increased confidence among home buyers.
- He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
- She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
- You'd better taper off the amount of time given to rest.你最好逐渐地减少休息时间。
- Pulmonary arteries taper towards periphery.肺动脉向周围逐渐变细。
- Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
- Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。
- The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
- The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。