时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年


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The Australian dollar has hit parity 1 with the US dollar for the first time since the Australian currency was floated. The new post-float high comes after a rally over recent months that's been fueled by growing expectations the Federal Reserve will pump more cash into the US economy. That's been weakening the US dollar and sending the Australian dollar higher.


In a speech in Boston, Chair of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke has given strength to some of those expectations. He made strong hints of possible further action by the central bank to stimulate 2 the economy.  He acknowledged it's growing less vigorously than he'd like, and he said the recovery in the labor 3 market is painfully slow, and there would appear to be a case for further action.


"Despite these challenges, the Federal Reserve remains 4 committed to pursuing policies that promote our dual 5 objectives of maximum employment and price stability." Ben Bernanke.


Into the market numbers now. In the US, the Dow Jones has fallen about 40 points. In Europe, the FT, uh, the FTSE 100 is also down. Back home, and Australian shares ended the session low yesterday. The ASX200 was also down. On the commodities market, gold is down, and the Australian dollar is currently buying almost 99 US cents and around 62 pence.



1 parity
n.平价,等价,比价,对等
  • The two currencies have now reached parity.这两种货币现已达到同等价值。
  • Women have yet to achieve wage or occupational parity in many fields.女性在很多领域还没能争取到薪金、职位方面的平等。
2 stimulate
vt.刺激,使兴奋;激励,使…振奋
  • Your encouragement will stimulate me to further efforts.你的鼓励会激发我进一步努力。
  • Success will stimulate the people for fresh efforts.成功能鼓舞人们去作新的努力。
3 labor
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
4 remains
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
5 dual
adj.双的;二重的,二元的
  • The people's Republic of China does not recognize dual nationality for any Chinese national.中华人民共和国不承认中国公民具有双重国籍。
  • He has dual role as composer and conductor.他兼作曲家及指挥的双重身分。
学英语单词
Adams, Brooks
amount of norm
analycentric argument
bacteriocidins
Beds.
blackleg vaccine
broken fault
budget setting
bufroline
calibration status
chemical probing
Chorrillos, Dep.de
co-sedimentation
coincidence counter
combing wheel
combustion flue gas apparatus
cryptolepine alkaloid
Cryptospora falcata
Curie points
damn straight
definitive percussion
demifacet
depreciation of monetary standard
direct-reading ga(u)ge
domestic animal trade tax
elevated fracture
embryonal carcinosarcoma
exploration projects
exposure hazard
extension coupling
floriations
forging heat-treatment
frison
fungiids
gas resorbing tissue
Gatorades
generator heat run test
glove anesthesias
goblet cells
Gomera, I.de la
hair slides
headline news
heat duty of pipe still
hold-back hook
hot rivet
ibish
Ilex delavayi
image filter
immune cytolysis
integrated voice / data network
Japanese saw shark
Katwe
keep in contact with
lessel
logic analysis device
lower-house
magistrateships
malus-law
mango fly
modestuss
moral agent
mutton-head
n-Oxyol-lost
nibble mode dram
non-nuclear safety
non-working flank
occasionwear
Ofterdingen
Oraquick
out-of-business
over-glad
palatal folds
paul johannes tilliches
phlebitis tuberculosa nodosa
posterior pterygoid cartilage
primary binding
pro memoria
public issue
puritans
rail rate
re breaker rolls
regular set of test sieves
relay unit
releasing current
remote launch site
responsive design
ringpiece
rippled control
Roman bronze
San Miguel I.
sensorimotors
speeche
standard tapping machine
steady as a rock
steel cutting edge
toned paper
turihab
unsnibbing
walycoat
waterfeet
Young men may die, old men must .