英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-12-18
时间：2018-12-19 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2013年
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Labor 1 has accused the government of fudging the budget numbers to make a case for spending cuts. Shadow Treasurer 2 Chris Bowen says the Coalition 3 has changed its forecasting methods to suit its own political purposes.
“And when you look closely at the document, 29 billion otherwise write down come from challenges in methodology of forecasting and challenges to predictions about spending. So this is a government which really saying one thing before the election and doing something very, very different after. Well, time will tell how the forecasts compare to reality until time can tell that. But you forgive us for being cynical 4 when I thought my methodology is being used by the Howard Costello government and then the Labor government is changed after the election. And it's done with the very real impact of worsening the budget situation.”
Chris Bowen.Let's go the markets.
A short time ago, the Dow, Nasdaq and the S&P 500 were all steady. In London overnight, the FTSE dropped 36 points at the close.
To commodity prices.
West Texas Crude is trading at 97 US dollars a barrel. Tapis Crude is 115 US dollars a barrel and gold this morning is at 1231 US dollars an ounce.
The Australian dollar is buying 89 US cents, 65 Euro cents and 55 pence sterling 5.
1 labor
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
2 treasurer
n.司库，财务主管
- Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
- The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。
3 coalition
n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。