澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-05-08
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年
US President Barack Obama says authorities are probing yesterday's unusual stock market plunge 1. Stocks fell sharply worldwide amid investor 2 fears that Greece's debt crisis could halt the economic recovery. President Obama says he will work with European leaders to prevent any more market turmoil 3.
"I also spoke 4 this morning with German Chancellor 5 Merkel regarding economic and financial developments in Europe. We agreed on the importance of a strong policy response by the affected 6 countries and a strong financial response from the international community." He says US regulators will evaluate the stock market falls closely and will recommend an appropriate action.
Meanwhile US stocks continue to slide as questions linked about the causes of yesterday's dramatic dip. The Dow fell about 1.3 percent. European markets suffered too, closing at their lowest in six months. The FTSE dropped 2.6 percent while the Germany's Dax plummeted 7 3.2 percent. Turning to currencies, and the Australian dollar is steady against the US dollar buying about 89 US cents.
Leaders of eurozone countries have given the green light to a deal that will provide financial aid to Greece. According to European Union sources, the aid package's expected to total about 140 billion Australian dollars has been agreed to by 16 leaders at a summit in Brussels.
- Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
- That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。
- 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。
- His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
- The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
- He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。