澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-10
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 Germany Chancellor 1 Angla Merkel has pleged her country's support for Greece's austerity measures during a visit to Athens. She says Greece has made good progress in dealing 2 with its massive debt. Her visit prompted a large protest outside the parliament. Police had to use tear gas and stun 3 grenade to disperse 4 demonstrators , as you can see there.
Investors 5 have rushed to take up BHP Billiton's first bond offered in Australia more than a decade. The world's biggest mining company says the proceeds of the one billion sale would be used to fund general business operations. Yesterday, it emerges that up to 200 jobs could go at BHP Billiton's iron ore division, mostly at its Perth headquarters and its chief rival Rio Tinto says it plans to cut cost further amid ongoing 6 volatility 7 in commodity prices.
To the markets now.
And stock in the US and Europe lost ground after International Monetary 8 Fund cut its forecast for global growth.
To commodity prices.
West Texas Crude is trading at 92 US dollars a barrel. Tapis Crude is trading at 118 US dollars a barrel. And gold is worth 1764 US dollars an ounce.
Australian dollar is buying 102 US cents, 79 Euro cents and nearly 64 pence sterling 9.
1 chancellor
n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长
- They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
- He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。
2 dealing
n.经商方法，待人态度
- This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
- His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
3 stun
vt.打昏，使昏迷，使震惊，使惊叹
- When they told me she had gone missing I was totally stunned.他们告诉我她不见了时，我当时完全惊呆了。
- Sam stood his ground and got a blow that stunned him.萨姆站在原地，被一下打昏了。
4 disperse
vi.使分散；使消失；vt.分散；驱散
- The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
- The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。
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
6 ongoing
adj.进行中的，前进的
- The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
- The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
7 volatility
n.挥发性，挥发度，轻快，（性格）反复无常
- That was one reason why volatility was so low last year.这也是去年波动性如此低的原因之一。
- Yet because volatility remained low for so long,disaster myopia prevailed.然而，由于相当长的时间里波动性小，灾难短视就获胜了。