澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-06-03

 now time for the business news .

and went the markets in Europe closed couple of hours ago .London's one hundred was down 61 points .the DAX and euro stocks were also down .

in the US trading comes has closed shortly ，and the Dow Jones is down following those weak jobs figures .and S&P 500 is also lower .

and Australian dollar is worth nearly ninety seven US this morning ,it also buying six British pence and one hundred twenty eight new Zealand.

Gym chain fitness first has announced  it's selling twenty four of its ninety seven Australian clubs .the move is part of restructure of the UK parent company ，the chain has new owner to looking to offload the branches to remove global data almost nine hundred million dollars.

fairworks Australia has announced three point nine percent increase to the minimal¹ wage following its annual wage review .the increase will see a raise of seventeen dollars in ten since per week .giving to more than one point four million workers his pay reset² by rewards .the raise will be implemented³ from July first .

to local manufacturing industry remains⁴ in the doddering at lowest level of activity in nine month .the performance of the manufacturing index fell slightly to forty two point fall in may .manufacturer say poor demand the strong is Australian dollar and the carbon tax are hurting growth . 

1 minimal   

adj.尽可能少的，最小的

参考例句：

• They referred to this kind of art as minimal art.他们把这种艺术叫微型艺术。
• I stayed with friends, so my expenses were minimal.我住在朋友家，所以我的花费很小。

2 reset   

v.重新安排，复位；n.重新放置；重放之物

参考例句：

• As soon as you arrive at your destination,step out of the aircraft and reset your wristwatch.你一到达目的地，就走出飞机并重新设置手表时间。
• He is recovering from an operation to reset his arm.他做了一个手臂复位手术，正在恢复。

3 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。