澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-21
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2009年
Stocks in Europe have dropped for 4th consecutive 1 day, marking the longest losing streak 2 in four months. The Euro stock dipped almost 1%, the share markets slumped 3 after the European Central Bank announced it would withdraw some emergency cash. The President of ECB, Jean-Claude Trichet, said that the bank will scale back its liquidity 4 measures because some stimulus 5 controls are no longer needed.
Police have raided the offices of a Reserve Bank subsidiary in Melbourne, Securency International is half owned by the Reserve and makes banknotes. Officers are investigating claims the company breached 6 Australia's bribery 7 laws for printing plastic banknotes in other countries. The managing director's been stood down, pending 8 investigations 9.
Internet company AOL will lay off about a third of its workforce 10 once it’s spun 11 off from media giant Time Warner. The move will involve about 2,300 job cuts of the firm which currently employs almost 7,000 workers.
Let's take a look at how Wall Street finished the week. Worse-than-expected earnings 12 results from computer company Dell pushed down US stocks. The Dow Jones dipped 14 points, while the S&P lost a third of a percent. And the Aussie dollar has slipped against the greenback.
That's ABC Business News.
- It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
- The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。
- The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
- Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？
- Sales have slumped this year. 今年销售量锐减。
- The driver was slumped exhausted over the wheel. 司机伏在方向盘上，疲惫得睡着了。
- The bank has progressively increased its liquidity.银行逐渐地增加其流动资产。
- The demand for and the supply of credit is closely linked to changes in liquidity.信用的供求和流动资金的变化有密切关系。
- Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
- Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。
- These commitments have already been breached. 这些承诺已遭背弃。
- Our tanks have breached the enemy defences. 我方坦克车突破了敌人的防线。
- FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。
- He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。
- The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
- He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。
- His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
- He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
- A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
- A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。