澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-07
时间：2019-02-21 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2013年
英语课
When the markets finished to the end of the trading week and in Europe, London's FTSE was down 94 points. That's around one and a half percent. It was even worst in Germany. The Dax's down 159 points. Ah....Similar story in the US, although not quite as bad. The Dow down 41 points, followed by the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq.
And in currencies. The Aussie dollar worth just under 104 US cents. It'll also buy you 67.7 British pence and a dollar.... almost a dollar 23 New Zealand dollars, cents, I should say.
Now, the US government has released new figures showing the American economy added just 88,000 jobs last month, with the unemployment rate dipping slightly lower, to 7.6 percent. The weaker-than-expected data means that American employers hire at its slowest pace in nine months. Analysts 1 say continued speculations 2 about federal spending cuts may be hampering 3 the economy's momentum 4.
Europe's business competition authority has cleared the way for a new book publishing venture between the companies behind Random 5 House and Penguin 6. The plan to create a new publishing firm to be known as “Penguin Random House”was also approved by US regulator last month. The European Commission says it's allowing the venture to proceed because it believes the merged 7 entity 8 will continue to face several strong competitors.
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。
n.投机买卖( speculation的名词复数 )；思考；投机活动；推断
- Your speculations were all quite close to the truth. 你的揣测都很接近于事实。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- This possibility gives rise to interesting speculations. 这种可能性引起了有趣的推测。 来自《用法词典》
妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的现在分词 )
- So fraud on cows and development aid is seriously hampering growth. 因此在牛问题上和发展补助上的诈骗严重阻碍了发展。
- Short-termism, carbon-trading, disputing the science-are hampering the implementation of direct economically-led objectives. 短效主义，出售二氧化碳，进行科学辩论，这些都不利于实现以经济为主导的直接目标。
n.动力，冲力，势头；动量
- We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
- The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。
adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动
- The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
- On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
n.企鹅
- The penguin is a flightless bird.企鹅是一种不会飞的鸟。
- He walked with an awkward gait like a penguin.他走路的步子难看得就像企鹅。
（使）混合( merge的过去式和过去分词 )； 相融； 融入； 渐渐消失在某物中
- Turf wars are inevitable when two departments are merged. 两个部门合并时总免不了争争权限。
- The small shops were merged into a large market. 那些小商店合并成为一个大商场。