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
a quick drop and a sudden stop
accidental irradiation
adumbered
Alandur
allowable distance between stations
ambary,ambari (hemp)
amphogenous(vandel 1945)
anchor chain tension meter
antium
artificial watercourse
assembly holding block
associated ship
biopeptides
black bamboo
camaras
cardisoma carnifex
carraine
cataclonus
catch ... by surprise
centrolecithal egg
charted depth
continental press service
Coriolis, Gaspard de
ctns
Cygnus columbianus bewickii
DC locomotive
defense bonds
diazotizating
dot Indian
El Aventino
electrowinning
energy-production
engleton
establishing-clause
Estreito, Sa.da
face image
faying
Flat head screwdriver
ginger beers
Guerrara
gw
health need
hydraulic tubing
infrared transmitting glass
intact part
jazz club
jumbucks
jus respondendi
kerintji
Kāmārgrām
lawting
life safety
longissmus
LSP (low speed pointer)
mahubarana fat
mandre
manure fork
Markov autoregressive scheme
mental balances
methoxy-cyclopenteno-phenanthrene
mision
motlow
Neukloster
Nizatidinum
non-fuse breaker
oil of amber
Oreon, Diavlos
peculiar wave
pivotal hydraulics
power-cuts
precedent condition
primary reproductive organ
principalis
questry
recycling of waste gas
reference circuit
reirrigation
relied on
secondary air fan
sexperiments
shock 1ayer
sioutas
slide over
Sniders
solvothermal
special item
splintery fracture
stand insulation
static constant
Stavreshoved
sulh
syssarcosis
terebilenic acid
territory health quarantine
thousandth-normal soiutions
to ground
tobacco-pipe
tunicatus
Watson-Crick DNA model
wave-interference error
wryting
Zyflo