澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-11-18
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2015年
英语课
Good morning, everyone. The Brazilian mining company Samarco which is jointly 1 owned by BHP Billiton and Valley since two of its dams that it uses to hold waste water from iron ore production are damaged and could also collapse 2. Now one of the company’s dams burst earlier this morning flooding dozens of homes in southeastern Brazil, killing 3 11 people. BHP and Valley have been fined (a) 365-million dollars for the disaster in addition to the 90 million dollars they’ve already been ordered to pay. Emergency workers are trying to avoid another breach 4 (that) will begin immediately and that could last up to 90 days.
US consumer prices have risen in October increasing speculation 5 that the US Federal Reserve may raise rates in December. The US Consumer Price Index increased by 0.2% in October after two months of declines. Now this figures along with strong employment numbers that came up last month are signs of strong domestic strength in the US economy is growing and that is a sort of conformation that analysts 6 say the US Federal Reserve is looking for in order to raise rates next months. Let’s go to the global markets now. Well, shares on Wall Street have given back some early gains following that bomb threat in Hannover of Germany. At the close, the Dow was up just under 0.1%. The Nasdaq finished flat. The S&P 500 fell 0.1% while in London, the FTSE finished 2% higher. Checking commodity prices for you now. West Tapis Crude is at 41 US dollars a barrel. Tapis Crude is at 43 US dollars a barrel. And gold is trading at 1069 US dollars an ounce. The Australian dollar is currently buying 71 US cents, 67 euro cents, and 47 pence sterling 7.
US consumer prices have risen in October increasing speculation 5 that the US Federal Reserve may raise rates in December. The US Consumer Price Index increased by 0.2% in October after two months of declines. Now this figures along with strong employment numbers that came up last month are signs of strong domestic strength in the US economy is growing and that is a sort of conformation that analysts 6 say the US Federal Reserve is looking for in order to raise rates next months. Let’s go to the global markets now. Well, shares on Wall Street have given back some early gains following that bomb threat in Hannover of Germany. At the close, the Dow was up just under 0.1%. The Nasdaq finished flat. The S&P 500 fell 0.1% while in London, the FTSE finished 2% higher. Checking commodity prices for you now. West Tapis Crude is at 41 US dollars a barrel. Tapis Crude is at 43 US dollars a barrel. And gold is trading at 1069 US dollars an ounce. The Australian dollar is currently buying 71 US cents, 67 euro cents, and 47 pence sterling 7.
ad.联合地，共同地
- Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
- She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破
- We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
- He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。
n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机
- Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
- There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。
分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。