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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Stock markets around the world have fallen after the US president proposed sweeping 1 new rules for Wall Street banks. Barak Obama's proposals could dramatically curtail 2 the activities of American financial institutions, limiting their size and risk taking. 


Wall Street reacted badly to the news. The Dow closed more than 2% lower. The market was also dragged down by tech shares after a subsidiary of Google reported weak revenue. Uncertainty 3 and the prospect 4 of more regulation hit bank share prices in Europe as well. Britain's FTSE suffered its biggest weekly fall in nearly three months. The trend continued in the Asia. Japan's Nikkei slipped more than 2.5% in Friday trade. And the Australian dollar is buying 90 US cents, 55.9 British pence and 80.9 Japanese yen 5 in the early Saturday trade.




The US president has weighed into the stash 6 between China and internet company Google. Barack Obama says he is looking for answers from China over an alleged 7 cyber-breach. Google threatened to withdraw from China after in a hacking 8 attempt on the email accounts of human rights activists 9 was reported




And Mcdonald's profits have jumped almost a quarter in the fourth quarter. The fast food giant’s attributing the upsides to stronger global sales.


 


And that’s ABC Business. 



1 sweeping
adj.范围广大的,一扫无遗的
  • The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
  • Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗?
2 curtail
vt.截短,缩短;削减
  • The government hopes to curtail public spending.政府希望缩减公共事业开支。
  • The minister had to curtail his visit.部长不得不缩短访问日期。
3 uncertainty
n.易变,靠不住,不确知,不确定的事物
  • Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
  • After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后,压力开始产生影响了。
4 prospect
n.前景,前途;景色,视野
  • This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
  • The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
5 yen
n. 日元;热望
  • He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
  • He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。
6 stash
v.藏或贮存于一秘密处所;n.隐藏处
  • Stash away both what you lost and gained,for life continues on.将得失深藏心底吧,为了那未来的生活。
  • That's supposed to be in our private stash.这是我的私人珍藏。
7 alleged
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
8 hacking
n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动
  • The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
  • We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。
9 activists
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 )
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
accidente
additional thrust
analytic psychology
anchi-monomineralic rocks
angiokinetic
anti-scour
assunta
awakens to
bagged-out
benchmark system
burn plants
cable clinch
checkout chick
Christianshede
clinical medicine
composition series
cosinage
cotyligerous
cyclonology
deflation ripple mark
departible
dexmedetomidine
diligently
discrete cell
disordered personality
dolarenite
double-precision computation
EHICs
electrosilvering
eriphiid
extreme upper atmosphere
fast ice edge
flash spectrum
fordead
fumidil
gaseogenic anomaly
Godzillas
gohel
growth promoting action
hay cutter
hemp core wire rope
hindering effect
hot metal receiver
Husvik Harbor
huttwils
hydroxysilane
iafai
imposal
inter-communities
JG,j.g.,jg
kill-devil
Kiuchi-Malone tests
laterality discrimination test
limonia (dicranomyia) soradida
lithophytic
lm.
local dimension
loss due to concrete member shortening
loundered
mason's joint
matalent
memory time-delay relay
mug
multinational operations
narcomaniacs
ninety-east ridge
nonresidency
of-fear
once and away
optical tracker system
paddle work
paracodintartrate
Pars membranacea
pentaerythritol phthalic resin
phase inverting circuit
planer tree
ploughing ahead
prenylflavone
PSVE
quaternary number
quattrocentoes
rope making machine
rotating shell
safety grid
scrimy
situatednesses
spot height
strawght
styled
Sutura squamosoparietalis
tgf-beta
thermowear
trapezium bone
triacontanedioic acid
triphosa atrifascia
tweakin'
unhusbandly
variable-reluctance seismograph
vassalling
vasya
welding wire reel
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