时间:2018-12-19 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2015年


英语课

The Retailer's Association says the falling Australian dollar has pushed customers towards the local shops during Christmas. The association says retailers 1 have reported stronger sales with the favorite present this year being gift cards. The association's chief executive Annie M. says more shoppers prefer to visit the national store. She says about 16 percent of customers buy presents online. Australian retailer's reporting growth in their website sales. So it only had a strong growth over recent years. Oh, it's grown with suspects, grown with a little bit this year. But because of the Australian dollar, the international online activity has pulled back back to be, and the growth has  predominantly been on the Australian sides. Pre-Christmas shopping is also providing a boost for the US economy. Stocks rose overnight on the release of data, showing an increasing consumer's spending. The US ecnonomy has expanded at about 2 percent in the recent quarter. Although shoppers were spending more, US data showed exporters continue to struggle with a strong US dollar. Ok, to the markets. The Dow closed nearly one percent higher overnight, the NASDAQ and S&P also made gains. In London the FTSE ended the day in poisitve territory. Checking commodity prices. WTC is traded at 36 US dollars a barrel, Tapis is 37 US dollars a barrel, and gold this morning was worth 1072 US dollars an ounce. And on currency markets. The Aussie dollar is buying 72 US cents, 65 euro cents, and 48 pence sterling 2



1 retailers
零售商,零售店( retailer的名词复数 )
  • High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
  • Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。
2 sterling
adj.英币的(纯粹的,货真价实的);n.英国货币(英镑)
  • Could you tell me the current rate for sterling, please?能否请您告诉我现行英国货币的兑换率?
  • Sterling has recently been strong,which will help to abate inflationary pressures.英国货币最近非常坚挺,这有助于减轻通胀压力。
学英语单词
acalolepta flocculata flocculata
acid coagulation
acid-preservative method
acro-dextrin
acroparaesthesia
Ameskhoud
amperage
Aperiodic signal
arteriosus
assignable to
Attalea
automatic boiler control (abc)
Bacillus anaerobicus liquefaciens
balanced supply
Barmstedt
Bartramiaceae
behind bars
BGCA
bricht
caffeine citrate
caudebeck
center-to-center spacing
channel activity comparator
chimaeroid
collar-beam
cupressoid pits
cylindrotheca closterium
cystipherous
danzon
dauch
Daym Zubayr
degree of base saturation
EMR
ergotropism
fathering
ferrallisol
flapdoodles
flight-plan processing system (fpps)
freeedge
Garganega
Gemalgene
glabellas
grass widowhood
grid framework
HEXOPAL
hydrodynamic aided rotary shaft lip seal
Indigofera densifructa
initial access time
interruption condition
irregular respiration
Janeiteism
kupferhornerz (atacamite)
laryngea malacia
lennix
light fuels
lit anies
Lérida, Prov.de
made an impression on
marine geological survey
matte up
microimmunoglobulin
mid-thigh-length
n-dimensional sphere
new dram architecture
nonclassifying
normal form of vector fields
Odd Coupon
Olivenstein
open-grain structure
Oropogon
oscillating transducer
overtamping
plant account
postan
processing program for instockroom registration
protoclastic structure
psychosis following infection
pulstance
punch card to magnetic tape converter
rabbit's-foot fern
Rainsville
rat-race circuit
reheat chamber
reshad
scamperings
scenic site
sheans
sieges of vicksburg
silicone tube
sinusoidal amplitude modulation
spherical harmonics
taxes owed
tea-pots
Transalpines
transversal-strain
ungraspable
waldinger
warranty of title
what's wrong
while you are about it
womanlier
woodpecker finch