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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BP's Chairman says his company is still strong despite the crisis in the Gulf 1 of Mexico. Rating Agency Moody 2 has downgraded BP's credit rating by three notches 3, following similar moves by the other two rating agencies earlier this week. Banking 4 sources say the oil giant was seeking seven-billion dollars in loans from banks. BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg says the company will survive despite having to shell out billions of dollars in compensation.


US President Barack Obama has warned G20 leaders against cutting national debts too quickly. In a letter to G20 leaders, the president said withdrawing economic stimulus 5 too early raised the potential for recovery risks and renewed hardship.


To the markets now, and Wall Street has finished the week higher as European debt fear subsided 6. The Dow Jones and the NASDAQ both finished slightly ahead while the S&P 500 also inch forward. But European markets are down, the FTSE shedding a three points and the DAX losing seven.


At home, the ALL ORDS and ASX 200 both finished higher, mostly unaffected by the resignation of David Jones chief Mark Mclnnes. And the Australian dollar is buying 87.2 US cents.



1 gulf
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
2 moody
adj.心情不稳的,易怒的,喜怒无常的
  • He relapsed into a moody silence.他又重新陷于忧郁的沉默中。
  • I'd never marry that girl.She's so moody.我决不会和那女孩结婚的。她太易怒了。
3 notches
n.(边缘或表面上的)V型痕迹( notch的名词复数 );刻痕;水平;等级
  • The Indians cut notches on a stick to keep count of numbers. 印第安人在棒上刻V形凹痕用来计数。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • They cut notches in the handle of their pistol for each man they shot. 他们每杀一个人就在枪托上刻下一个V形记号。 来自辞典例句
4 banking
n.银行业,银行学,金融业
  • John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
  • He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。
5 stimulus
n.刺激,刺激物,促进因素,引起兴奋的事物
  • 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。
6 subsided
v.(土地)下陷(因在地下采矿)( subside的过去式和过去分词 );减弱;下降至较低或正常水平;一下子坐在椅子等上
  • After the heavy rains part of the road subsided. 大雨过后,部分公路塌陷了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • By evening the storm had subsided and all was quiet again. 傍晚, 暴风雨已经过去,四周开始沉寂下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
学英语单词
ablation test of low temperature ablator
absolute sales
acerina
Acraniata
additional loss
annular tube
aryballo
at the cinema
balestri
beak-irons
bewailable
bob weight
boron absorption technique
Chinese idle
clark belt
completionism
corn chips
cytopharmacology
date train wheel support
decemfoliate
deflection-modulated indicator
dendritic transport
diameter of transfer
differentially pumped vacuum system
dispersion structure
docent
Drawn Over Mandrel
Dry Cargo Packing
dual diffused MoS integrated circuit
EGRA
equivalent hydrostatic pressure
family Dacrymycetaceae
Fanny May
fiberglass reinforced plastics boat
fibro-adamantinoblastoma
Gentiana asparagoides
genus Trombicula
Gestapuron
goes south
got physical
hand duster
heavy material
Horlivka
hypolon cable
illuminisms
inescapability
installation processing control
javelinier
jaw-winking syndrome
Jomada
Kawau I.
kibbeh
Krasis
kurung
lalage melaschistos intermedia
lavik
Marin
mark bit
mean compressive strength
moving plates of variable condenser
neomgcin
nondeviators
nonpolar monomer
offence of prosecuting false charges
once-through lubrication
openframework
organoferric
Parcels Office
pay over the odds
phacochoeruss
phosphate rock uncalcined
phymatorrhysin
portable transmitter
prelighted
Prunus serrulata
related-party
remote calling system
required thrust
running against the sea
saddle coil
sand verbena
scientific-progress
servo-analog computer
Shchëlkovskiy Rayon
Sickledex
subschema control system
supermastergroup
takes a hike
Tappan.
teeming
tip-to-tail
towfish
tragus
trailed moldboard plow
unindents
Vaginae synoviales digitorum manus
velocity shooting
viola caninas
W type engine
water thrush
Wi Fi Protected Access
wire check