澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-21
时间：2019-02-21 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2013年
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Old age pensioners 1 across Greece have flooded into Athens in protest over pension cuts. The protesters say they've been reduced to poverty by the cuts which were up to 15%. They've also been hit by new taxes on their homes and pharmaceuticals 2. Athens has slashed 3 public sector 4 pay in pensions and raise taxes in exchange for bailout funds from Europe.
Japan's prime minister has outlined steps for his grand plan for restoring the country's economic power. Shinzo Abe has made some difficult reforms so far, but says the Human Resources funding and property sectors 5 need to be more utilized 6 for growth. His initiatives include a government-backed National Institute of Health for medical research, a proposal to extend parental 7 leaving, trial employment programs to encourage more jobs.
And now time for business news.
And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was up 43 points. The Daxwas down 14 points and Euro stocks index was up 20 points. In the U.S, tradingcomes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is up 16 points, while the S&P500 is higher by 14 points.
n.领取退休、养老金或抚恤金的人( pensioner的名词复数 )
- He intends to redistribute income from the middle class to poorer paid employees and pensioners. 他意图把中产阶级到低薪雇员和退休人员的收入做重新分配。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I am myself one of the pensioners upon the fund left by our noble benefactor. 我自己就是一个我们的高贵的施主遗留基金的养老金领取者。 来自辞典例句
n.医药品；药物( pharmaceutical的名词复数 )
- the development of new pharmaceuticals 新药的开发
- The companies are pouring trillions of yen into biotechnology research,especially for pharmaceuticals and new seeds. 这些公司将大量资金投入生物工艺学研究，尤其是药品和新种子方面。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减
- Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。
- He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife. 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形
- The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
- The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形
- Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
v.利用，使用( utilize的过去式和过去分词 )
- In the19th century waterpower was widely utilized to generate electricity. 在19世纪人们大规模使用水力来发电。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The empty building can be utilized for city storage. 可以利用那栋空建筑物作城市的仓库。 来自《简明英汉词典》