时间:2019-02-14 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2013年


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 Let’s check business and finance news.


 
Europe's markets have taken a dive after news that Greece's fragile coalition 1 government is again hanging by a thread.
 
A junior party decided 2 to pull its two ministers from cabinet after falling-out over the unpopular closure of state broadcaster ERT.The move has left the governing coalition with a slim majority of three, raising fears of further political instability The setback 3 hammered shares on the Athens Stock Exchange. Greece's turbulence 4 comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin met with German Chancellor 5 Angela Merkel for bilateral 6 talks. The leaders hosted a plenary session of the Saint-Petersburg Economic Forum 7 in Russia. They discussed political and economic issues, including world economic growth and the conflict in Syria.
 
And back home. Farmers says a lot is riding on an inquiry 8 into whether emergency measures are needed to save Australia's canned fruit and tomato industries. The fruit intake 9 at the SPC Ardmona Cannery in Victoria has been slashed 10 as it struggles to compete against cheaper imported products. The Productivity Commission has been charged with investigating whether emergency measures are justified 11 before introducing them. The commission will report back within three months.and the Federal Government says it could recommend tariffs 12 or quotas 13.
 
And check the markets and how they finished the week and as we can see, ah, Europe was all down.The FTSE down 43 points. A very savage 14 day on German markets as the Dax  down significantly.  And across the Atlantic, ah, it was mixed. The Dow finishing up 41 points. The Nadaq down marginally. 
 
And with currencies. The Aussie dollar, as trading around 92 US cents. It has bounced back a bit on its lows earlier in the week. 
 

n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合
  • The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
  • Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
n.退步,挫折,挫败
  • Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
  • She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。
n.喧嚣,狂暴,骚乱,湍流
  • The turbulence caused the plane to turn over.空气的激流导致飞机翻转。
  • The world advances amidst turbulence.世界在动荡中前进。
n.(英)大臣;法官;(德、奥)总理;大学校长
  • They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
  • He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。
adj.双方的,两边的,两侧的
  • They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
  • There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题,两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。
n.论坛,讨论会
  • They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
  • The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
n.打听,询问,调查,查问
  • Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
  • The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
n.吸入,纳入;进气口,入口
  • Reduce your salt intake.减少盐的摄入量。
  • There was a horrified intake of breath from every child.所有的孩子都害怕地倒抽了一口凉气。
v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 );鞭打;割破;削减
  • Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。
  • He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife. 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下。 来自《简明英汉词典》
a.正当的,有理的
  • She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
  • The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。
关税制度; 关税( tariff的名词复数 ); 关税表; (旅馆或饭店等的)收费表; 量刑标准
  • British industry was sheltered from foreign competition by protective tariffs. 保护性关税使英国工业免受国际竞争影响。
  • The new tariffs have put a stranglehold on trade. 新的关税制对开展贸易极为不利。
(正式限定的)定量( quota的名词复数 ); 定额; 指标; 摊派
  • In fulfilling the production quotas, John made rings round all his fellow workers. 约翰完成生产定额大大超过他的同事们。
  • Quotas of the means of production are allocated by the higher administrative bodies to the lower ones. 物资指标按隶属关系分配。
adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人
  • The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
  • He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。
学英语单词
afterglow period
anesthesia of anterior palatine nerve
antiferroquadrupole
antigoldstinos
antithetic variates method
apread factor table
as black as night
asymmerical bedding
at one point
Bamba, Mt.
bearingless rotor
blanking force
block signal interlocking
bobfly
boorstein
brutalises
central processor model
cigarette case
clubbability
coherently diffracting domains
combined surfacing-thicknessing planer
copernicia australiss
cryptolestes ferrugineus (stephens)
current balance relay
deferred rate
derograte
dexamethasone acetate
dibromogermane
Dunois
e-nf
earth boring auger
efficable
ever-evolving
excessive vegetative growth
faired contour balance
feeder reactor
fetid bugbane
field original map
fippenny bits
flashover time characteristic
Fourier spectroscopy
galactogogue action
glucosidoprotein
gothert similarity rule
gravitational shift
high flashing point
Il'ichëvka
Infrared Space Observatory
infraspecific
intertubercular line
Jungu
Kebir, Nahr al
leakage water system
leopardbane
liaison aviation
lifter motion cam shaft
luthos lazuli
magnetron amplifier
Maitland, Frederic William
malott
man-machine state
manganese(ii) chloride
max mullers
maximum continuous service rating
methyl phenyl sulfide
Model T Ford
multi-purpose signal generator
myroxylons
negative symptom
non-damage fault
over-consolidated soil
overscrupulosity
patient-centreds
peltigera leucophlebia
penalty interest rate
peysan
phenanthridines
phosphor material
quasi-differentiable
racing trim
rake sth out
Ramses X
rapunzel
reformatist
roundheaded apple tree borer
sales statistics
sleeve joint
structural limits
suggested price
sulphites
teratogenic action
thin film composite structure
three-way support
timber cargo regulation
tolerance of set pressure
triactine
ukcea (united kingdom central electricity authority)
Usmān Kot
weak discreteness
wedge belt
wilkins