时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


英语课

  The governor of the Reserve Bank, Dr Bollard, reduced the official cash rate (OCR) by half a percent from 3% to 2.5% today. For background to the OCR, listen to June 10th 2010 and follow the links.

Most banks immediately dropped the floating mortgage 1 rates to under 6%. They dropped the fixed 2 mortgage rates last week.

The reason for the drop in the OCR is the Christchurch earthquake. The economy was not strong before the earthquake but now New Zealand faces more problems. There is the huge cost of rebuilding Christchurch which could be $15bn or more. In the meantime, so many Christchurch businesses are closed, workers have lost jobs and people are not interested in spending money on fashion or furniture. The kiwi dollar dropped after the earthquake to just under 74c to the US dollar. The increase in the price of food and fuel has not helped the economy either.

However, before the end of this year, the re-building of Christchurch will begin. There will be jobs for builders and other tradesmen. There will be a need for more building materials. Another hopeful sign is that New Zealand farmers are getting good prices for their food – especially milk and meat. Dr Bollard expects that the economy will start to improve from the middle of this year.

Pronunciation and vocabulary:

Note the pronunciation of “economy” with the stress on “con”. The adjective “economic” is stressed on the 3rd syllable 3: “nom”. You can use it for phrases like “economic growth”. The subject studied at university is “Economics” which is pronounced the same as the adjective but it has an “s” at the end.

The adjective “economical” has the stress on the 3rd syllable also but the meaning is different. It means: doesn’t so cost much e.g. My small car is economical to run. The verb “economise / ize” has a related meaning, make cuts to your spending e.g. You need to economise if you have very little money.



n.抵押,抵押贷款;vt.抵押
  • He's having a lot of trouble paying his mortgage every month.他付每月的抵押借款利息有很大的困难。
  • The bank refused to accept any mortgage on land.银行拒绝接受任何土地抵押。
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
n.音节;vt.分音节
  • You put too much emphasis on the last syllable.你把最后一个音节读得太重。
  • The stress on the last syllable is light.最后一个音节是轻音节。
学英语单词
abnormal phoneme
aestuum
alternative carriage
anal operculum
antiarachnolysin
backstair
banana kicks
barenboim
be under review
BISCS
bow mechanism
bursae iliopectinea
Chladni
chromium tungstate
compound oil
concentrated evaporator
conical gauge
conpsoromic acid
convergence region
countryish
debit credit mechanism
delayed time-base sweep
disarmings
discredits
distinctiveness ratio
electropositive
erewhile (s)
extended field
filament blend yarn
Flumezin
foreappoint
forest goats
formation signal
frontal-contour chart
Gaius Julius Caesar
Galton's delta
gastrique
generalife
Gentianopsis holopetala
get ... on
gnathoscope
Guy's pill
Huschke's valves
hyperegy
integrated tug-barge
it feels like
kalioun
karagandas
Kievites
KING (Kinetic Intense Neutron Generator)
layman management
line control word
lobotess
lobularities
luci
magnesium carbonate
Makhāmīr, Jab.al
microwave dryer
mimoplocia notata
MIRAPINNIDAE
modern drama
nandrolone phenylpropionate
nonimplant
Olovyannaya
one quadrant convertor
optical parallelism
overhead
p-hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid
pendler
PHLA
placida dendritica
predicator
production engine
provisional acceptance
purophobia
requisite book
reverse-commutes
rule with an iron fist
Sikkim holly
siliceous geyserite
solid error
solid lubricant
solubility parameter
spermatozoon (pl. spermatozoa)
spray chemical
stationary tangent
Stenshuvud
subdivision rules
taxation theories and principles
the Demerara
thinkos
tidal zone biology
timber drying
tropical air mass
true income
undilating
US Coast Guard
Wii Sports
wolf jaw
xterra
yard craft