澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-02-24
时间：2019-02-14 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2016年
BHP Billiton has posted its first loss in 16 years as plunging 1 commodity prices battered 2 the business. In the second half of 2015 the company lost 7.8 billion dollars, that's a 230 percent drop on its net profit the same time a year ago. Revenue fell 37 percent thanks to slumping 3 oil and iron ore prices, it’s two biggest earners. BHP has also slashed 4 its dividend 5 payout to share holders 6 for the first time in almost 30 years, as it does away with its progressive dividend policy.
Qantas has doubled its profit for the first half of the year to a record 688 million dollars. The company has benefitted across the board from falls in the price of fuel which have saved it almost 400 million dollars over the same period last year. It is international earnings 7 were four times the amount for the first half of 2015. The company says it will buy back 500 million dollars of its shares from the market. It didn’t declare a dividend and hasn’t since 2009.
Qantas shares have dropped 5 percent despite the rise in profit. BHP Billiton gained, Rio Tinto wasn’t up as much and QBE insurance result impressed investors 8. Outside of the mining sector 9, most other industry groups were in the red dragging on the broadened market. Spot Gold prices are gaining ground in the Asian session. US Crude oil prices jumped over 6 percent overnight and the surging commodity prices gave the Australian dollar a boost.
- War broke out again, plunging the people into misery and suffering. 战祸复发，生灵涂炭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He is plunging into an abyss of despair. 他陷入了绝望的深渊。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
- The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。
- Hong Kong's slumping economy also caused a rise in bankruptcy applications. 香港经济低迷，破产申请个案随之上升。
- And as with slumping, over-arching can also be a simple postural habit. 就像弯腰驼背，过度挺直也可能只是一种习惯性姿势。
- 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》
- The company was forced to pass its dividend.该公司被迫到期不分红。
- The first quarter dividend has been increased by nearly 4 per cent.第一季度的股息增长了近 4%。
- Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
- It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识，才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事，同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。
- That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
- Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。
- 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