澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-01-20

 And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was up. The Dax and Euro stocks were down. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is slightly up, while the Nasdaq is down.

 

And the Australian dollar is worth one dollar and five cents US this morning. It'll also buy you 66 British pence and one dollar 25 New  Zealand.

 

China has recorded its slowest year of growth in 13 years, despite performing slightly better than expected in the fourth quarter. Official data shows(error in speaking) the country's GDP rose by 7.9 per cent when compared to the same quarter a year earlier. At the start of the year, the IMF was predicting annual growth of 9 per cent. But by mid-year, it was clear that China was still feeling the effects of the 2009 financial crisis. An end-of-year boost in retail¹ and industrial output undid² some of the damage.

 

Japan's Nikkei share average served(error in speaking) surged(sorry) 2.9 per cent on Friday to complete ten straight weeks of gains. It's Japan's longest winning streaks³ since 1987 as heightened expectations of Central Bank easing early next week put further downward pressure on the Yen⁴. The Nikkei advanced 303.66 points, producing its biggest one-day percentage gain in 22 months.

1 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

2 Undid   

v. 解开, 复原

参考例句：

• The officer undid the flap of his holster and drew his gun. 军官打开枪套盖拔出了手枪。
• He did wrong, and in the end his wrongs undid him. 行恶者终以其恶毁其身。

3 streaks   

n.（与周围有所不同的）条纹( streak的名词复数 )；（通常指不好的）特征（倾向）；（不断经历成功或失败的）一段时期v.快速移动( streak的第三人称单数 )；使布满条纹

参考例句：

• streaks of grey in her hair 她头上的绺绺白发
• Bacon has streaks of fat and streaks of lean. 咸肉中有几层肥的和几层瘦的。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4 yen   

n. 日元；热望

参考例句：

• He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
• He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。