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。
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abyt
airborne gunlaying turret
al-shehhi
aliyot
Alpine lakes
anastomosed stream deposit
anklewarmer
ansa lenticularis
anterior clypeus
benzarsenious acid
blasting vibration observation
blear-eye
bookteller
bootlace tie
candy counter
center jump
center of magnus force
chain explosion
contamination of mother's milk
cymous
defense avionics system
demon drink
derrick boom for dipper
diabetic lactoacidosis
differential metals contact corrosion
distal pole
doseresponse curve
duel
eastin
encent
express mirth
false twist
feldsparlike
field programmable read-only storage
flush joint
grid-focussed linac
gyrodinium spirale
harbo(u)r entrance
hearthside
high frequency welding
high inverse voltage tube
high-voltage power bipolar transistor
hookham
hot body
hysterisis error
injury of tendon and muscle
intraoral ramus osteotomy
Japanese scavenger
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
lazy ass
leather-jacket
liar dice
livability
mandrels
millet sprout
Minzolum
modesties
mortgage-market
muhly
multilevel vectored interrupt logic
nervi canalis pterygoidei
non-independent
oophoropelveopexy
pentosyltransferase
phloroglucin tests
phospholite (phosphorite)
pinos
plaster with
precision frequency standard
privilege of bidder
quiesce-completed
red shrimp
retention mesh
retrospective tracing facility
rhomboides
saurauia tristyla oldhamii
schemm diet
Scorbé-Clairvaux
scorpaena grandicorniss
screening constant
seagraves
securing debenture
sharky
ship biogenic environment
stage dimmer
sydney harbor bridges
tellurnickel
third eyes
through characteristic
timerate
Tocantins, R.
unrecommends
unreken
W boson
wattesoons
waygate
weigh buggy
wine blend
wookey
Wugu Township
Xujiahe Formation
zoetropes