时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2012年


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 And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was up seven points. The Dax and Euro were up 28 and 13 points respectively 1. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is down 115 points, while the S&P 500 is down eleven points and the Nasdaq is down 27 points.


 
And the Australian dollar is worth over 103 US cents this morning. It'll also buy you 64 British pence 2 and 125 New Zealand cents.
 
The US economy has beat expections and added 171,000 new jobs in October. But the official Labour Department figures still showed that unemployment rates rose to 7.9%, up 0.1% from September. The unemployment rate edged up slightly because the number of people looking for jobs increased. It means that despite the jump in new jobs, US President Barack Obama is still heading into the presidential elections 3 with the highest rate of unemployment rate seen since President Franklin Roosevelt seeked sought re-election in 1936.
 
Manufacturing 4 in China has expanded for the first time in three months. A sign that the country is recovering from its lowest rate of growth in three years. The Purchasing Manager's Index 5 rose up to 50.2 in October, up from 49.8 in September.

1 respectively
adv.各自地,独自地,个别地,分别地
  • They finished first and second respectively.他们分获一二名。
  • In this machine which items make up the software and the hardware respectively?在机器中,哪几项分别构成软件和硬件?
2 pence
n.便士;名词penny的复数形式
  • She counted out fifteen pence and passed it to the salesgirl.她数出15个便士交给女店员。
  • These apples are selling at 40 pence a kilo.这些苹果售价每公斤40便士。
3 elections
n.选举,当选,推举( election的名词复数 )
  • The Republicans got shellacked in the elections. 共和党在选举中一败涂地。
  • He emerged victorious in the elections. 他在竞选中脱颖而出获得胜利。
4 manufacturing
n.制造业,工业adj.制造业的,制造的v.(大规模)制造( manufacture的现在分词 );捏造;加工;粗制滥造(文学作品)
  • The entire manufacturing process has been automated. 整个生产过程已自动化。
  • Manufacturing processes may be affected by the functionality of the product. 生产过程可能要受到产品设计目的的影响。
5 index
n.食指;索引;标志;指数;v.把...编索引
  • Performonce is an index of ability.成绩是能力的标志。
  • Manner of walking gives an index to one's charactor.走路的姿态可反应出人的性格。
学英语单词
-graphy
a mountain
acrocarps
aluminium-rich
amore
anti-melt finishing
atom-bound electron
beta - adrenergic receptor
calibrated thermocouple
capacitor-discharge welding
carbonized oil
cecocentral
Changamire
chukchi seas
chwa
claim the goods
Cronat
current-voltage characteristic
Davaine's bacillus
Desmos dumosus
devil's pudding
direct tree
discommodated
disk input/output
ECV-T
egressor
election
Elytis, Odysseus
esmint
exert all strength to
extemporizations
fabric-reinforced seal
false spikenard
familial progressive spinal muscular atrophy
Finnhorse
Fleurette
fruit-tree
gilbies
ground swing
heat conduction problem
height at maximum digging radius
high-energy liquid laser
inhomogeneous turbulence
input transformer type
interference wedge
iwc
lactose ferment yeast
laevo-l-
laportea aestuans
law of profit
leaning on
levisticums
light-truck
Lindenfels
line mode switching
Lisafa
lunitidal
macrozamia spiraliss
martinshaws
materiel release order
metal filing
monachist
nail violin
Narsāpur
nerf
neural nets
on the wind
Ornithoboea feddei
oxydesis
periodic electromotive force
photofinisher
pppoe
pre-exemption
pyeloscopy
Quercus yunnanensis
redox system
relievings
Saastal
saccharin insoluble
shit-stir
show stopper
sled-fiber coupling
specific goods
sport competition
stranded caisson
sub-space
Sudaka
superiorship
surface of constant phase
swirl ratio
synapophyses
tail channel
taken precedence over
thermoplastic elastomer
time goes by
triangular ligaments of liver
upstartled
vacuum envelope
Wide Area Augmentation System
witnessest
yellow dirt
zielinski