时间:2019-02-14 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2015年


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 New data shows economic growth among the world’s developed economies slowed in the first quarter of this year. The Organisation 1 for Economic Co-operation and Development says gross domestic product across thirty-four member states, including Australia, grew by point three percent in the quarter. That’s the weakest GDP reading for the nations in a year. Weak growth in US, Germany and United Kingdom was offset 2 partially 3 by stronger growth in France and Japan. Specific Australian figures are due out next week.


 
The first criminal trial linked to the manipulation of a key interest rate known as Libor has begun in London. A former trader has become the first individual to face court for manipulating the interest rate used by banks to set the price of financial products. British prosecutor 4 say Tom Hayes was motivated by greed when he conspired 5 to rig the Libor rate on an almost daily basis. Mr. Hays has pleaded not guilty.
 
To the markets. And US share markets fell sharply overnight as upbeat economic data failed expectations. But the Federal Reserve was still on track to raise interest rates this year. The Dow lost a-hundred-ninety points. The NASDAQ and S&P 500 were both down more than one percent while in London the FTSE also fell more than one percent. 
 
Checking commodity prices. West Texas crude is trading at fifty-seven US dollars a barrel. Tapis crude is trading at sixty-five US dollars a barrel. And gold is trading at eleven-hundred-and-eighty-seven US dollars an ounce. The Australian dollar is currently buying seventy-seven US cents, seventy-one Euro cents, and fifty pence sterling 6.
 

n.组织,安排,团体,有机休
  • The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
  • His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。
n.分支,补偿;v.抵消,补偿
  • Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消。
  • He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.他提高了售价以补偿材料成本的增加。
adv.部分地,从某些方面讲
  • The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
  • The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静,宵禁部分解除。
n.起诉人;检察官,公诉人
  • The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
  • The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。
密谋( conspire的过去式和过去分词 ); 搞阴谋; (事件等)巧合; 共同导致
  • They conspired to bring about the meeting of the two people. 他们共同促成了两人的会面。
  • Bad weather and car trouble conspired to ruin our vacation. 恶劣的气候连同汽车故障断送了我们的假日。
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
accrual principle
ad banner
adhesive failure
Adidiema
Air Force One
alkaline extracts of soils
angular overlap
arced up
array grammar
assisted memory
average profit
ball off
Baphicacanthus
body centrum
breed reactor
bring sb. in guitly
carbonaceous parting
cast by
chalkboard
check card
Chenopodium aristatum
Chinese speech information processing
class a ip
Clocaenog
coaitis
Command bar
contraband of war
contributing error
debtor country
disc module
Effontil
electronic photogrammetry
fire retardants
flameproof finishing
flat-compound dynamo
FMBs
free quasiparticle approximation
front engine
Geogia holly
hemi-aonil
humic acid combined fertilizer
hydroxylamine rearrangement
illegitimatizes
improper noun
inter-block
kitto
lateral cutaneous nerve of forearm
Linjiang
load variation
marine hydraulic fluid purifier
matzoon milk
mevorah
miner's horn
minor scale division
motion link
mysticality
new sol
nittiness
non-socialist
open-end pipe pile
operate time
oreoselinum
out-of-sequence control rod
output section
plant expansion
polyplastids
pressure surge
quayer
refrigerated rollingstock
regional coding
safety system support features
Saiyid Mūsa
sam-cloth
sand scrubber
Sberman-Chase assay test
seismicity
self-offender
shp
slow neutron filter
spatiotemporal mode
speculative investment
sssasisds-s
Staphylococcus aureus
statutory exemption
stew oneself
Stockhausen
stomatitis aphthosa
tag lines
terabecquerels
terminating power meter
thermal expansion and shrinkage
total ridge count
TTMS (telephone transmission measuring set)
UniData
uniform naming convention
vagueish
villela
watt hour capacity
worked out
yipper