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 US government has slashed 1 second quarter growth signaling a more pronounced slowdown in the recovery from recession. Gross domestic product expanded at an annual rate of 1.6 per cent instead of the 2.4 per cent estimated by the Commerce Department last month. The government said that was mainly due to its massive trade deficit 2 and weak private inventory 3 investment.


US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the figures show economic recovery in America has softened 4 more than expected and the Fed is ready to take further steps if needed to stimulate 5 growth. He said those steps could be unconventional if the US economic outlook deteriorates 6 significantly.


And to the numbers, Wall Street finished in the black as investor 7 shooks off a revenue warning from technology company Intel, and that downbeat assessment 8 from Ben Bernanke. The Dow Jones, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ all put on about 1.6 per cent. Across the Atlantic, British stocks ended two straight weeks of losses lifted by Telecoms. And Australian stocks finished the week higher after a cautious day's trade. The All Ords added 15 points and the ASX 200 put on 14.



1 slashed
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》
2 deficit
n.亏空,亏损;赤字,逆差
  • The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
  • We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
3 inventory
n.详细目录,存货清单
  • Some stores inventory their stock once a week.有些商店每周清点存货一次。
  • We will need to call on our supplier to get more inventory.我们必须请供应商送来更多存货。
4 softened
(使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰
  • His smile softened slightly. 他的微笑稍柔和了些。
  • The ice cream softened and began to melt. 冰淇淋开始变软并开始融化。
5 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。
6 deteriorates
恶化,变坏( deteriorate的第三人称单数 )
  • After a few years' planting, the quality of the potato crop deteriorates. 土豆种了几年之后就会退化。
  • Virus activity deteriorates in plasma stored at room temperature. 在室温下储藏的血浆中病毒活动逐渐衰退。
7 investor
n.投资者,投资人
  • My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
  • The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。
8 assessment
n.评价;评估;对财产的估价,被估定的金额
  • This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
  • What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何?
学英语单词
accounting typists
acute-phase
agreed value
akaryocytes
alkali basalt
arbitration provision
asymptotic theory of robust estimator
bioeconomists
bouterin
Bracyteles
calcium magnesium silicate
captain's galley
cardiopulmonary insufficiency
central cell
chebulinic acid
chia ho pan chia wu
Chinese-lantern plant
clomiphene citrates
congars
conservative boundary
continuous compounding
convective hydrothermal cell
corrector driver
cross a line
disc wheel bicycle
drainage works of torrential flood
electrofining
employee oriented
endogenous dryness syndrome
excitation table
fairsized
faunal stage
fauteuil
feliss
fill position
financial statement analysis
first observer's seat (folded)
friendlessness
Fulcrum Point
gastrostomies
general cargo capacity
Geneva Trade Conference
genonema
go in one ear and out of the other
goopiest
halahans
halosarpheia aquadulcis
high humidity curing
high-interests
Hushak
impersonal pronoun
interference in learning
international altitude
kelpfishes
label switch router
lain behind
Landouzy
luncheon-party
make no
Merweville
microhemispheres
minigolfer
nanotweezers
net change planning
non-cluster star
oak apple
odd-valued resistivity
oxygenate pressure casting
parmotrema chinense
partial auxilliary view
penny a line
portrait gallery
pre-peak drift rate
predictive policy analysis
print-magazine
quebrabunda
reactivity lifetime
reticular layer
rid of
saki acrobatic dancers (nigeria)
Sculptor's Apparatus
secundo
shaftmond
single-plane balancing
slingink
sodium cevitamate
squop
stellar aggregate
Taranto(Tarentum)
The tide turns
Three Wire
three-lipped drill
tin of fruit
transtocase
tuberculosis of chest wall
uncorruptly
upcoiler
weathering pit
wested
wifmann
work-table
written down