澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-05
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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To finance news now, and the US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the country's economic recovery is close to faltering 1. Appearing before a congressional committee, Mr Bernanke said he could understand frustration 2 with the slow recovery.
"Very generally, I think people are quite unhappy with the state of the economy and what's happening. They blame, with some justification 3, the problems in the financial sector 4 for getting us into this mess, and they are dissatisfied with the policy response here in Washington. And at some level, I can't blame them. Certainly, 9% unemployment and very slow growth is not a very good situation. That's what they are protesting."
Ben Bernanke there
Let’s look at the markets, the Dow had a bit of the final-hour surge--it closed up 153 points. The NASDAQ is up 69; the S&P500 rose three. And across in London, the FTSE closed 131 points lower.
Checking commodity prices, West Texas Crude is trading at 75 US dollars and 41 cents a barrel. Tapis crude is at 113 US dollars and 79 cents a barrel. And gold this morning is trading at 1,613 dollars and 94 cents an ounce. The Australian dollar is buying 95 US cents, 71 euro cents and 61 pence sterling 5.
1 faltering
犹豫的，支吾的，蹒跚的
- The economy shows no signs of faltering. 经济没有衰退的迹象。
- I canfeel my legs faltering. 我感到我的腿在颤抖。
2 frustration
n.挫折，失败，失效，落空
- He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
- He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
3 justification
n.正当的理由；辩解的理由
- There's no justification for dividing the company into smaller units. 没有理由把公司划分成小单位。
- In the young there is a justification for this feeling. 在年轻人中有这种感觉是有理由的。