英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-01-08
时间：2018-12-19 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2014年
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The US trade deficit 1 has fallen to a four-year low. Official figures show the trade gap dropped by almost 13% to just over 34 billion dollars in November. That's the smallest monthly deficits 2 since October, 2009.
Imports fell almost 1.5% as a fall in demand for foreign oil offset 3 a record-level of imported cars. The figures are the latest sign of a stronger American economy.
America's biggest bank JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay almost two billion dollars to the victims of the massive Ponzi Scheme in the United States. The banking 4 giant has agreed to pay the biggest penalty in history to settle charges that it failed to report suspicious activity relating to Bernie Madoff's Ponzi Scheme.
Modoff's serving a 150-year jail sentence after being convicted in 2009 of defrauding 5 thousands of investors 6 of more than 60 billion dollars.
Let's have a quick look at the market.
Wall Street is trading high at the close. The Dow's gaining 123 points. The Nasdaq grows over one percent. And the S&Q 500 climded more than half a percent. In London, the FTSE was up a third of a percent.
To commodity prices.
West Texas Crude is trading at 93 US dollars a barrel. Tapis Crude is trading at 113 US dollars a barrel. And gold is worth 1232 US dollars an ounce.
Let's look at the Australian dollar: 89.2 US cents, 66 Euro cents and 54 pence sterling 7.
1 deficit
n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差
- The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
- We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
2 deficits
n.不足额( deficit的名词复数 )；赤字；亏空；亏损
- The Ministry of Finance consistently overestimated its budget deficits. 财政部一贯高估预算赤字。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Many of the world's farmers are also incurring economic deficits. 世界上许多农民还在遭受经济上的亏损。 来自辞典例句
3 offset
n.分支，补偿；v.抵消，补偿
- Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消。
- He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.他提高了售价以补偿材料成本的增加。
4 banking
n.银行业，银行学，金融业
- John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
- He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。
5 defrauding
v.诈取，骗取( defraud的现在分词 )
- Second is the actor regards defrauding of the wealth as object. 第二，行为人以骗取钱财为目的。 来自互联网
- Therefore, DELL has the motive and economic purpose of intentionally defrauding the Chinese consumers. 因此，戴尔公司存在故意欺诈中国消费者的动机和经济目的。 来自互联网