英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-04-06
时间：2019-02-21 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2014年
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The unemployment rate in the United States has remained steady at 6.7 percent following the release of the latest jobs data overnight. The US added 192,000 news jobs in March in line with market expectations. The strongest jobs growth was recorded in health care, professional and business service, mining and logging.
China's push to make its currency global has entered a new phase this week as the country signed an agreement with Britain to set up clearing services for the Yuan trading in London, just days after it clinched 1 a similar deal with Germany. China's central bank, the People's Bank of China and its UK counterpart sign a memorandum 2 of understanding to set up clearing arrangements for the Yuan. Analysts 3 say the arrangements are a key step towards the establishment of an offshore 4 Yuan trading center in Europe.
Let's take a look at the markets to see how the finished trading week.
And when they closed in Europe, as you can see, very positive across the board there, ah, certainly in London, up 46 points and the Dax in Germany up 67. However, it was a very different story across the Atlantic, as you can see, the Dow down around one percent. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq following suit.
v.（尤指两人）互相紧紧抱[扭]住( clinch的过去式和过去分词 )；解决（争端、交易），达成（协议）
- The two businessmen clinched the deal quickly. 两位生意人很快达成了协议。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Evidently this information clinched the matter. 显然，这一消息使问题得以最终解决。 来自辞典例句
n.备忘录，便笺
- The memorandum was dated 23 August,2008.备忘录上注明的日期是2008年8月23日。
- The Secretary notes down the date of the meeting in her memorandum book.秘书把会议日期都写在记事本上。
分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
- 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。