澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-01-23
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年
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.
- 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？
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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