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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Industrial strife 1 has hit British Airways 2 after the talks between the airline and the main union collapsed 3. The general secretary of the union Unite says British Airways offered its workers a ridiculous deal on pay and staffing levels. The airline says it's lost more than 1.2 billion dollars in less than two years and new work practices are vital to help save the company.


 


The European Commission president has urged European Union member states to agree on a standby aid package for Greece as soon as possible. José Manuel Barroso says the 16 countries that share the euro currency should make individual loans to Greece in a coordinated 4 way to help tackle its debt problems. He says the move would not break eurozone rules against bailouts.


 


To the markets, and US stocks have closed lower, interrupting the Dow's eight-session winning streak 5. European stocks also closed generally weaker though the FTSE ended at a new 21-month high. Banking 6 stocks were spurred on after Lloyds Banking Group forecast a return to profitability.


 


The Asian markets finished strongly this week, with Japan's Nikkei up three quarters of a percent. And the local market closed slightly higher, with mixed results in the financial and resources sectors 7.


 


And that's the latest ABC Business News.



1 strife
n.争吵,冲突,倾轧,竞争
  • We do not intend to be drawn into the internal strife.我们不想卷入内乱之中。
  • Money is a major cause of strife in many marriages.金钱是造成很多婚姻不和的一个主要原因。
2 AIRWAYS
航空公司
  • The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
  • At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。
3 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
4 coordinated
adj.协调的
  • The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
  • The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
5 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?
6 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。
7 sectors
n.部门( sector的名词复数 );领域;防御地区;扇形
  • Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
学英语单词
(terthiophen)yl
abettal
activation block
aglyconic
Almquist unit
amount limit
at-class
automatic sensing display flag
Auvergnese
Boltzman distribution law
chromizes
cobefrin
common emitter junction phototransistor
compass of competency
cotton scarlet
current weighted index
dangl
debused
delayed plan position indicator
deodorization by water wash
digital audio workstation
duterte
dysostosis enchondralis metaepiphysaria
ectendotrophic mycorrhiza
exterior trim
facies sphenomaxillaris
first-aid surgery
front connection type
fullwave rectifier
gamma-loop
garbage-fired boiler
gas train
gigatesla
gradient charge
gummatous proctitis
halfcycle
hanlawhile
heterotropia
high sensibility tester
hoon
ice thrust
inner-bark borer
insistency
integrated programming environment
ketocaine
Kouilou, Rég. du
lake inlet
lateralisation
leak finding
let me
lipofibromatosis
loess-like loam
low yield per mu
masking film
MCA (maximum credible accident)
media necrosis
methylpiperidinopyrazole
microreactor activity
mid-mounted mower
moral framework
nanoswitches
nonperpendicularity
nucleophilic gene
observable vector
oratosquilla fabricii
over-exerted
Pandaceae
paper-grade talc
passive transport
phon(o)-
Piseco
polychrones
prefix expression
primary high explosive
pustuloulcerating
Puyehue, Vol.
recuperation heat
ren lobatus
rotary scanning spectroscope
Rupert Brooke
seed longevity
serum prothrombin
served as
sighting telescope
smelt up
solar absorption refrigerating machine
symmetrize
tackle purchase
tend-toward
tetramates
Tinia
transfer standard
tunica albuginea corporis spongiosi penis
UNIF (uniformity)
upward-stroke
urkel
viscotiol
wash-water
water in oil test
water-immiscible
well-tanned
young tableau