时间:2019-01-19 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2015年


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 It was a volatile 1 day of trade on the local share market. Investors 2 are waiting for next week’s decision on interest rates by the US central bank. Australian shares were up and down. The All Ordinaries lost 0.4%. The ASX 200 fell two. To the Movers now, the big banks ended mainly lower. Litigation Fund IMF fell despite winning leave to appeal to the high court in the bank fee’s case. Commonwealth 3 Bank has fallen short of its capped raising target. It remains 4 in a trading halt. And Rio Tinto jumped on higher iron ore prices. Stocks on Wall Street made sold gains. The Dow Jones Index put on 0.5%. To commodities, gold and oil are stronger. And the Australian dollar is pushing towards 71 US cents. The Commonwealth Bank has services returning to normal after a technical problem knocked down many of its facilities. Retail 5 and business customers reported problems with ATM machine creditor 6 and debit 7 cards at facilities, mobile, internet and telephone banking 8. Customers also complain they couldn’t get cash out or use their cards. The bank says it’s investigating the calls of the glitch 9 and it has apologized for the disruption.


In South Africa, retailer 10 Woolworth has appointed former Westpac boss Gale 11 Kelly to its board. Mrs. Kelly was at the full front of getting more female executives on Australia’s corp.’s ladder. Woolworth which has no relation to Woolworth Australia / retailer David Jones last year. Mrs. Kelly takes up the position next month.

adj.反复无常的,挥发性的,稍纵即逝的,脾气火爆的;n.挥发性物质
  • With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定,投资冒着很大的风险。
  • His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱,喜怒无常。
n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 )
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
n.共和国,联邦,共同体
  • He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
  • Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
v./n.零售;adv.以零售价格
  • In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
  • These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。
n.债仅人,债主,贷方
  • The boss assigned his car to his creditor.那工头把自己的小汽车让与了债权人。
  • I had to run away from my creditor whom I made a usurious loan.我借了高利贷不得不四处躲债。
n.借方,借项,记人借方的款项
  • To whom shall I debit this sum?此款应记入谁的账户的借方?
  • We undercharge Mr.Smith and have to send him a debit note for the extra amount.我们少收了史密斯先生的钱,只得给他寄去一张借条所要欠款。
n.银行业,银行学,金融业
  • John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
  • He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。
n.干扰;误操作,小故障
  • There is a glitch in the computer program somewhere.这个计算机程序中的某个部分有点小问题。
  • It could just be a random glitch that can be solved by restarting the machine.可能只是一个小故障,重新启动主机就能解决了。
n.零售商(人)
  • What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢?
  • The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。
n.大风,强风,一阵闹声(尤指笑声等)
  • We got our roof blown off in the gale last night.昨夜的大风把我们的房顶给掀掉了。
  • According to the weather forecast,there will be a gale tomorrow.据气象台预报,明天有大风。
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