澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-28
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2011年
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The head of America's Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke has said the US Central Bank will not take any immediate 1 action to stimulate 2 the country's economy as we heard earlier from *. In a much anticipated speech to international central bankers, Mr Bernanke made no firm commitment to act. He simply said the Fed had a range of tools that could be used to provide additional monetary 3 stimulus 4. US stocks traded lower first as the speech disappointed investors 5, but they've come home strongly, making solid gains in late trade.
Let's take a look at those figures now. The Dow finishing the session more than 130 points up. The S&P is around 18 points higher. Across the Atlantic in Europe, the FTSE is slightly lower as you can see only just. And back home, the All Ordinaries closed down 9 points yesterday. The ASX 200 finished 13 points lowers.
And checking commodities. Gold is up 51 dollars an ounce, in fact 56 dollars. And on the currencies market, the Aussie dollar is buying around 105 US cents.
Market analysts 6 say testimony 7 from the Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens confirms the view that interest rates are on hold for now. Fronting a House of Representatives economics committee here in Melbourne. He said Australia is well placed to weather any global downturn and says the mining boom is a big part of that. Mr Stevens told the committee he was happy with the inflation and unemployment which have been stable at around 5 per cent for the past year. He says that number is low.
1 immediate
adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
2 stimulate
vt.刺激，使兴奋；激励，使…振奋
- Your encouragement will stimulate me to further efforts.你的鼓励会激发我进一步努力。
- Success will stimulate the people for fresh efforts.成功能鼓舞人们去作新的努力。
3 monetary
adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的
- The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
- Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
4 stimulus
n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物
- Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
- Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。
5 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