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


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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。
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alkylol amine
All-America team
allenol
amphitretids
antagonism of ions
antioxidant 1076
apobole
assembly line
automatic stepping
auxiliary equiptment
Ban Thimongtha
banana spider
blow by of piston
bob a curtsey
buret memiscus reader
cache cluster size
caic
Carlisle Canyon
cellulolytic microflora
cerataphis brasiliensis
change notice
chords
claudette
clospirazine
contiguglia
cooler crystallizer
Coroisânmǎrtin
cotton paper oil filter
cruising condition
cryptarithms
cuprous amminobromide
D.C.
deggans
deworms
diclinism
diesel-fuel water and sediment
dihydroxyestrin
emilie charlotte le bretons
empearled
Enernoc
exponential formula
extratextuality
factionalist
faegri laws
field-effect controlled switch
firingconsole
fixed -bed reactor
full a.g.c.
garbage man
Gasker
hardboiled egg
heuristic method
high resolution electron microscopy
homologous part of triangle
Hunger is the best sauce
idlertransition
implicit order
indefinite delivery type contract
karcheffe
kofia
lady
ladybirds
malamocco
mit-
molten-salt growth
multi-phase sampling
myrmecophyte
nants
Nukunono Atoll
off the hizzle
optimal asymptotic test
passenger facilities
piqueer
pit traverser
pom
predecessor block
public sector comparison
pulling back
randomly coiled chain
release trunk C
resistance to transverse displacement of track
semiintutitive skill
single-propeller plane
solventless coating
spinelet
spray disc
St Joseph R.
stripped charcoal
suction side of blade
Tadjura Trough
teachin
torpedo exercise head
trading in
trichard
UCP (utility control program)
ultraroyalist
various colors acrylic matt coating
VENUS-P
well-tried export quota technique
whomever
zeerlader von