澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-13

 The Italian senate has voted to approve new austerity measures to avoid a bailout. It clears the way for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to resign and for a new emergency government to be installed within days. The package demanded by the European Union includes privatisations and boosting competition in the labour market. Mr Berlusconi is expected to be replaced by economist¹ and former EU commissioner² Mario Monti.

 

Greece's new Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has been sworn in as the head of a new unity³ government after a week of political turmoil⁴. Mr Papademos will take on the job of ushering⁵ the latest European Union bailout deal through a divided parliament. He'll have about 100 days to start fulfilling the terms of the bailout plan to keep Greece solvent⁶.

 

Well, both developments in Italy and Greece have boosted share markets across Europe, London's FTSE closing up 101 points. US markets have also finished the session higher, as you can see, the Dow up 260. And good profit results in the US cheered up investors⁷ there also. The local share market, it finished the week higher as well. Investors were trading cautiously most of the day with Europe's debt crisis in mind, the ASX 200 rising 1.2 per cent. Asian markets followed suit. And in currencies, the Aussie dollar is buying 102 US cents.

1 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

2 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

3 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

4 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

5 ushering   

v.引，领，陪同( usher的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• They were right where the coach-caller was swinging open a coach-door and ushering in two ladies. "他们走到外面时，叫马车的服务员正打开车门，请两位小姐上车。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Immediately the two of them approached others, thanking them, ushering them out one by one. 他们俩马上走到其他人面前，向他们道谢，一个个送走了他们。 来自辞典例句

6 solvent   

n.溶剂；adj.有偿付能力的

参考例句：

• Gasoline is a solvent liquid which removes grease spots.汽油是一种能去掉油污的有溶解力的液体。
• A bankrupt company is not solvent.一个破产的公司是没有偿还债务的能力的。

7 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会