澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-05-19
时间：2019-02-14 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2013年
The prime minister of Greece has been in meetings with China to seek investment and trade deals to help revive the Greek economy. Antonis Samaras met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, hoping to double two-A trade by 2015 and boost cultural exchanges. Greece needs more foreign investors 1 to buy state assets that it’s selling as demanded by its EU bailout deal.
A leaving US congressman 2 who’s cheering a hearing into a major tax scandal has called for a radical 3 reform of the US tax system. The Republican Congressman Dave Camp made the comments during hearings into why the country’s internal revenue service apparently 4 targeted conservative political groups for extra scrutiny 5.
Currency analysts 6 say renewed confidence in US economic recovery is combining with worries about Australia’s economic outlook to push the local currency down against the greenback. The Australian dollar has lost around six cents in just a fortnight to take the local currency to an eleven-month low yesterday. Economists 7 say the dollar has finally been hit by falling commodity prices.
- 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
- He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
- The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
- The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
- She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
- His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
- Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。
- 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。
- The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
- Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》