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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Queensland-based mining company Macarthur Coal has delayed a shareholder 1 meeting, planned to vote on a takeover offer. Shareholders 2 were due to decide on a proposal from the Noble Group on Monday. But the meeting has been postponed 3 for a week that's to allow investors 4 more time to consider the deal. Macarthur's board rejected an offer from US company Peabody earlier this week.


 


A leading ratings agency has downgraded Greece's credit rating by two notches 5. The European Union says members of the bloc 6 are ready to respond to a call for help. Greece needs nearly 17 billion dollars by next month to cover its debts, and investors say a bailout is increasingly likely.


 


To the markets now, and Greek bank shares closed 7.1 percent higher over speculation 7 on a pending 8 agreement. European shares rallied to post a sixth consecutive 9 weekly gain. The FTSE also closed higher. US stocks finished strongly marking a sixth straight week of gains for the three indices. And Australian shares also on a gain streak 10 with nine weeks of rises.


 


And Qantas frequent flyers have received an apology email from the company's CEO for recent disruptions in its international network. Seven planes have suffered equipment failures over the past two weeks, but the airline says safety was never an issue.


 


And that's ABC Business News .



1 shareholder
n.股东,股票持有人
  • The account department have prepare a financial statement for the shareholder.财务部为股东准备了一份财务报表。
  • A shareholder may transfer his shares in accordance with the law.股东持有的股份可以依法转让。
2 shareholders
n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )
  • The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
  • the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任
3 postponed
vt.& vi.延期,缓办,(使)延迟vt.把…放在次要地位;[语]把…放在后面(或句尾)vi.(疟疾等)延缓发作(或复发)
  • The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
  • The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。
4 investors
n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 )
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
5 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
6 bloc
n.集团;联盟
  • A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
  • There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。
7 speculation
n.思索,沉思;猜测;投机
  • Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
  • There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。
8 pending
prep.直到,等待…期间;adj.待定的;迫近的
  • The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
  • He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。
9 consecutive
adj.连续的,联贯的,始终一贯的
  • It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
  • The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。
10 streak
n.条理,斑纹,倾向,少许,痕迹;v.加条纹,变成条纹,奔驰,快速移动
  • The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
  • Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹?
学英语单词
2-bromopalmitate
accepted bank
administrative reorganization
adrianol
ANSI
aperture-priority mode
arkosic wache
artery
at every turn
bin-
blach mercurial lotion
Boccaccio, Giovanni
brayley
Caion
carborfraz
Caňa Brava
chrysophyll
clear key switch
Clintonia borealis
coasting drifting
cock something up
conspecifics
contradictory class location
counter tympanic membrane
crawl into
crepidopteris humilis copel.
Crofts
D1959
defrizzes
dimension declaration statement
dry-weather runoff
embryo grafting
fiber can
fikish
frequency interleaving system
furnace
go for a sail
go on the blink
gooseneck bracket
guava
Gumal R.
high sensitive chromogenie reagent for thorium
hypopleuralrow
impoisonment
in the hour of peril
incipient detonation spark advance
Ingrid
internal-phase ratio
interrupt program signal
jons jakob berzeliuss
lay someone low
leading-in cable
leapman
Machhlīshahr
Macphersonian
mechanical controllable pitch propeller
moloka'i
monstrousness
myelin form
near infrared communications system
no cure no pay
nonretroviral
nymphectomy
old-guard
OpenROAD
ordinary transaction
ostwals's theory of indicator
outbursts
Peliosanthes yunnanensis
Peno
Puri's medium
radiation epidemiology
reverse plaque assay
rubber ring seat
safety regulation
saint edward the martyrs
sampling correlator
sea beef
security-code
seromic
shallcross
slam-clicker
slaughter animals
spiratron electron multiplier
sports tourism
stegs
strombus canarium
stuffed mushrooms
sulfatides
suspended-level viscometer
taper drum
taper out
the Fundamental Counting Principle
the Method
tip-ups
to dedicate
unequal angle
vehicle adaptation charge
vibrating tamper
vulturish
watch glass test
watering period