澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-05-21
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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In business, a multi-billion-dollar offshore 1 LNG facility has been given the green light off the WA coast. The Prelude 2, floating LNG plant has been developed by Royal Dutch Shell. It will be the first time that onshore processing techniques are used at sea. It's expected to add $1.8 billion a year to the economy.
In Japan, the president of TEPCO, the operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, has resigned after the company reported a record loss of $15 billion. The plant was wrecked 3 by this year's earthquake and tsunami 4. Masataka Shimizu has resigned to take responsibility for the nuclear disaster.
One of the owners of the oil well that was involved in the Gulf 5 of Mexico oil spill has agreed to contribute $1 billion to BP's compensation fund. MOEX Offshore is a subsidiary of Japanese trading house Mitsui. It owned 10% of the Macondo well that leaked millions of barrels into the sea last year.
And to the markets, the local share market ended the week about 0.5 per cent lower because of falls in the mining sector 6. Elsewhere in the region, markets have traded lower except for Hang Seng, which was up about 36 points. In the United States, the Dow Jones and the S&P500 closed lower. And the Australian dollar is hovering 7 around the 106 US cent mark.
1 offshore
adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面
- A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
- A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。
2 prelude
n.序言，前兆，序曲
- The prelude to the musical composition is very long.这首乐曲的序曲很长。
- The German invasion of Poland was a prelude to World War II.德国入侵波兰是第二次世界大战的序幕。
4 tsunami
n.海啸
- Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
- Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
5 gulf
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。