澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-07-09
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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A shrug 1 of the tough Federal budget with an unexpected increase in confidence, the widely watched NAB survey has found the optimists 2 outwiped pessimists 3 in June with business conditions hitting a five-month high.
Most industries showed improvement but it was construction doing the heavy lifting.
Sun Times is predicting a 25% drop in second-quarter profit because of a slowdown in the smart phone market and the strength of the Korean currency.
The company is expected to make an operating profit of $7b down from $9.5b a year ago.
And the Vatican Bank has also reported a big drop in profits. The bank's profit last year was less than $4m compared with well over $100m the previous year.
The bank says the figures reflect the cost for it reforming the institution; Pope Francis has sought to stamp out corruption 4 and other abuses at the Vatican.
Let's go to the market:
Wall Street has lost ground for the second day in a row with investors 5 stay cautious ahead of an earning season next week.
The Dow closed down; the Nasdaq lost more than 1%. The S&P 500 is also trading 14 points lower; in London overnight FTSE fell 85 points.
And the commodity prices:
West Texas Crude is trading at USD104 a barrel, Tapis Crude, USD111 a barrel, gold USD1,319 an ounce, and the Australian Dollar is buying 94 US cents, 69 Euro cents and 55 Pound Sterling 6.
v.耸肩(表示怀疑、冷漠、不知等)
- With a shrug,he went out of the room.他耸一下肩，走出了房间。
- I admire the way she is able to shrug off unfair criticism.我很佩服她能对错误的批评意见不予理会。
n.乐观主义者( optimist的名词复数 )
- Even optimists admit the outlook to be poor. 甚至乐观的人都认为前景不好。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Optimists reckon house prices will move up with inflation this year. 乐观人士认为今年的房价将会随通货膨胀而上涨。 来自辞典例句
n.悲观主义者( pessimist的名词复数 )
- Pessimists tell us that the family as we know it is doomed. 悲观主义者告诉我们说，我们现在的这种家庭注定要崩溃。 来自辞典例句
- Experts on the future are divided into pessimists and optimists. 对未来发展进行预测的专家可分为悲观主义者和乐观主义者两类。 来自互联网
n.腐败，堕落，贪污
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
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