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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Good morning. The US Federal Reserve has kicked off its two-day meeting where they’ll decide whether to raise US interest rates for the first time in seven years. Now, as this meeting gets underway, the US Labor 1 Department released its call Consumer Price Index numbers, basically inflation numbers which showed an increase of 2%. Now, it’s a third month of the call inflation increased by that much. Most analysts 2 are expecting the US Fed will raise interest rates at the end of the 2-day meeting. Australia’s National Carrier Qantas has said it expects to report better than expected profits for the six months to December, boosted by lower oil prices and continued focused on its revival 3 plans. Now, the airline has forecast underlining free tax profit between 835 million and 925 million dollars. Qantas has been aggressively reducing jobs and cutting capacity in recent months. The airlines shares have risen by almost 50% this year. Earlier this year, Qantas reported a returned annual profit for the 12 months to June and also announced plans to buy new planes. It’ll report its half-year results on the 23rd of February. Let’s go to the global markets and a couple of hours to put the close, the Dow and Nasdaq are both up 1.3%. The S&P 500 is up nearly 1.5% while in London, the FTSE gained 2.5% at the close. Checking commodity prices, West Texas Crude is at 37 US dollars a barrel. Tapis Crude is at 40 US dollars a barrel, and gold is trading at 1063 US dollars an ounce. The Australian dollar is currently buying 72 US cents, 66 euro cents and 48 pence sterling 4.



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 analysts
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
3 revival
n.复兴,复苏,(精力、活力等的)重振
  • The period saw a great revival in the wine trade.这一时期葡萄酒业出现了很大的复苏。
  • He claimed the housing market was showing signs of a revival.他指出房地产市场正出现复苏的迹象。
4 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
absorbable fibre
accepting bribes
agrimonia proceras
airless paint spraying machine
albritton
antitoxic serum
aporachial
architectural composition
bevel gear housing
Buddhacarita
business-to-business agency
Celastrus hypoleucoides
cell mounting
Charlie's wain
chorally
Churchton
colt-evil
cryptozoit
dazepinil
diesel rock drill
digital magnetic telluro sounding instrument
dravidians
elephant folio
ellipsoid of expansion
exempt from punishment
fattenings
fibre optic gas analyzer
flash-cube
flexible bag container
four-footeds
geologic maps
glow-discharge amplifier tube
halichoeres melanochir
hydroxystearic acid
hyperchlor(a)emia
hypopneas
idealistically
inclined grate cooler
injection moulder
interponents
iopidine
kurti (korti)
latent disease development
line protection
linna
living accommodationss
loading characteristic
manganous pyrophosphate
map-marker satellite
Marignier
mcle
mercury vacuum gauge
meta-issue
Midox
monsoon convergence line
moorbirds
myotonia acquisita
neuroscientific
non-linear sequential estimation
norie
normalized bit weight
octavalvae
pasticciotto
pedophobe
phsophates
population replacement
positive OR circuit
project priority
pseudosutural foveae
re-insertion
receiver mismatch
response factor
rtcip
Rule brass
rummagings
sand recovering machine
seacrust
Shaker furniture
showgoer
slip-hook for connecting rope
solid copper wire
standard polygon
strength elongation testing
synapsis (meiosis)
synkinematic granite
Tavullia
tea bagging
technosexual
test and goto statement
thallium alcoholate
three way strap
tillim
to your name
travniks
undefended
undefined length block
under no circumstance
undraped
view finder input
Weakly Acid Blue 5R
wonderfall
yoke flux