时间:2019-02-14 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2014年


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 Carmaker General Motors has announced a four percent rise in global sales. The company sold just over 9.7 million vehicles in 2013. Sales in the US rose seven percent. 


 
There was an 11 per cent increase in China and the UK. And late last year General Motors announced it was to stop making cars in Australia by the end of 2017. 
 
Internet giant Google has announced it's buying firms data maker 1 Nest Labs for 3.5 billion dollars. The California-based company was founded by two former Apple executives. It produces a themostat which works out whether the building is occupied or not using temperature humidity, activity and light sensors 2
 
Google says the cash deal is expected to be completed in the next few months. Former Apple Ipod visionary Tony Fidel will continue to head the company. 
 
Looking at the markets.
 
And the Dow regained 3 some of yesterday's losses,trading about half a percent higher. The Nasdaq jumped 1.5 percent and the S&P 500 also rebounded 4, gaining almost a percent. In London, the FTSE posted modest gains. 
 
To commodity prices.
 
West Texas Crude is trading at 92 US dollars a barrel. Tapis Crude is trading at 113 US dollars a barrel. And gold is 1243 US dollars an ounce.
 
And the Australian dollar is buying 89.6 US cents, 65 Euro cents and 54 pence sterling 5.

n.制造者,制造商
  • He is a trouble maker,You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼,你不要跟他在一起。
  • A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
n.传感器,灵敏元件( sensor的名词复数 )
  • There were more than 2000 sensors here. 这里装有两千多个灵敏元件。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Significant changes have been noted where sensors were exposed to trichloride. 当传感器暴露在三氯化物中时,有很大变化。 来自辞典例句
复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地
  • The majority of the people in the world have regained their liberty. 世界上大多数人已重获自由。
  • She hesitated briefly but quickly regained her poise. 她犹豫片刻,但很快恢复了镇静。
弹回( rebound的过去式和过去分词 ); 反弹; 产生反作用; 未能奏效
  • The ball rebounded from the goalpost and Owen headed it in. 球从门柱弹回,欧文头球将球攻进。
  • The ball rebounded from his racket into the net. 球从他的球拍上弹回网中。
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
adactyl fetus
alopecia totalis
amphigouri
ante-uppings
antibrachii
antisecrecy
AShBM
average outgoing qualtity levelaoql
be raised to the purple
benocyclidine
bicolor
biopsychiatric
bird-nesting
bromochloroacetic acid
Bunetzone
burchett
burning-on method
buzzman
carrier-bornes
carvalho de egas
Cento Croci, P.di
chronic intermittent recurrent aphthae
co-saviour
cold-finger
Compiègne, Forêt de
comptroller
concave roll
costiform
cross and resident assembler
default print settings
Devanagari
diamond cubic
draught tube bend
Drive C
e-market maker
edens
edge blower
elevated tank
embedded object
enchanter
enginist
environmental newsletters
Eustis' test
fascist dictatorship
He that is afraid of wounds must not come near a battle.
HEL-M
human system
hypochromic shift
import tariffs
indurant
informal justice
instantaneous overload
internal-frame
Kaminokae
kykuit
land-carriage
laser lighthouse
live stage
lyrisms
methyl abietate
moveableness
multi-fuelled
nasolaryngoscopy
noncandidates
nuclear-missile
online interactive system
organized array
original issue
out of rule
out of the woods
overflow (incalculators)
pick button
plutonium regeneration
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
precoracoid process
product ion
prompt jump approximation
proportional flow control valve
region-dependent segmentation
remote television
Ronnie Biggs
salmon-fishing
sand-blasting abrasive
scanning disk
sea hag
selector pulse
sequence of event
Sirius Radio
smooth away
speak highly
static buffering
stress-relieving cavity
Surgestone
survey at stop
systema nervorum sympathicum
track scale
up down counter
vacuum suction filter
Vodan
water-distributing pipe
windbounds
withdrawal force