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 President Barack Obama has welcomed the latest economic growth figures, but he says more action is needed to get unemployed 1 Americans back to work. The US economy grew 2.4 percent in the second quarter of this year, but that's a slower pace than the previous three months. President Obama has toured car factories in Detroit, claiming his administration's bailout of the industry has saved one million jobs.


The head of Coles says he doesn't think the Coalition's paid parental 2 leave scheme would push prices up for consumers. The government has argued the 1.7% levy 3 on large businesses would be passed on to consumers, but the Managing Director of Coles, Ian McLeod, says the levy wouldn't have a major impact 4.


A senior official in Beijing says that China has overtaken 5 Japan to become the second biggest economy in the world. China's chief currency regulator made the claim on a government website although he gave no new figures to support it.


And to the market numbers, Wall Street finished the session 6 fairly flat. The Dow Jones closed just one point lower. There were mixed results in Europe. London's FTSE finished more than one percent weaker, but the DAX made modest gains.


And checking currencies, the Australian dollar is buying around 90 US cents.



1 unemployed
adj.失业的,没有工作的;未动用的,闲置的
  • There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
  • The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。
2 parental
adj.父母的;父的;母的
  • He encourages parental involvement in the running of school.他鼓励学生家长参与学校的管理。
  • Children always revolt against parental disciplines.孩子们总是反抗父母的管束。
3 levy
n.征收税或其他款项,征收额
  • They levy a tax on him.他们向他征税。
  • A direct food levy was imposed by the local government.地方政府征收了食品税。
4 impact
n.冲击,碰撞;影响;vt.装紧,压紧
  • The computer had made a great impact on modern life.计算机对现代生活产生了巨大的影响.
  • How will the war impact on such a poet?战争对这样一个诗人会产生什么影响?
5 overtaken
v.追上,赶上,超过( overtake的过去分词 );(不愉快的事情)突然发生;突然降临;(在数量或重要性方面)大于
  • Don't be overtaken by misgivings and fear. Just go full stream ahead! 不要瞻前顾后, 畏首畏尾。甩开膀子干吧! 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Exports have already overtaken last year's figure. 出口量已超过了去年。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 session
n.会议,开庭期,市盘,学期;adj.短期的
  • This matter will go over until the next session.这件事将留待下次会议讨论。
  • Congress is now in session.国会现在正在开会。
学英语单词
Adǔngnyǒng
Amaroo, L.
andropin
aprista
attention-seeking
autocarp
badly detonating
barn door tracker
beam on two supports
beat poet
binder's board
Brahminicide
business insurance value
capillary ripple
chain block crane
charitable and similar gifts
chromdisthene (chromekyanite)
chronic myeloid leukemia
circumaural earphone
clasto crystalline
clusters of points
corbadrine
covered floor mould
coverer
diagonal reinforcement
dipodalic dipygus
face knot
filling screw for lube oil
floor stringer
fly bridges
flyingboats
forths
gantry crane system
glandulae incisiva
glass fiber mats
halee
heroistic
image-conscious
inactivations
indexing hole
ingenuousnesses
interpersonal comparison of utility
investment in a wholly-owned subsidiary
irrational hostility
issuing account
Kal'mius
Kerur
Kuhnt-Szymanowski operation
level diameter of spherical tank
loasaceaes
loss on ignition of talc
low-recovery valve
lower limit stability
malawian monetary units
margin percentage
markasian
mastix
meary
meningocerebritis
Mistress of the Seas
multivacuolar
Napo River
nonround
nontabbed
northern ireland higher education funding council (nihefc)
olive-branch
peace-and-justice
Pediatrix
personal account dealing
plant organorgaphy
podathra
polymerosomatous
potassium dichromates
present interest
prettification
Quillaia
robotry
Roman shade
Rudolf Bultmann
rye (whisk(e)y)
same-trait
schismatomma margaritaceum
schlemozzle
scutellospora coralloidea
serving cart
shipments from home office
Shitpur
Siddons, Sarah
strawh
stringing equipment for live working
suboiling
three-column core
tibias
tiltable vat
tongue-in-chic
twalf
vibrating tray feeder
wakehurst
weak Lagrangian
West Indie
Wirathu
Witherspoon, John