澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-01-27

 It's time to check the business news now.

 

And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was up 20 points. As well as the (error in speaking)....the Dax was up110. The Euro stoxx up 21. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly. The Dow Jones is up, while the S&P 500 is also up. So is the Nasdaq.

 

And the Australian dollar is worth 104.23 US cents this morning. It'll also buy you 65 British pence and 124 New Zealand cents.

 

While Europeanstock markets are on track for a third straight day of gains, speaking at the World Economic Forum¹ in Davos, Mario Draghi said he could foresee a recovery in the second half of the year. Investors² also focus on the latest data set from Germany as the Dax closed to a five-year high.

 

New statistics in Britain have economists³ worry that the country could re-enter a recession. The Office for National Statistics said the economy shrank by 0.3 per cent in the last three months of 2012. The Office for the National Statistics says the growth was flat for the whole of 2012 as the bumpy⁴ economy was on a sluggish⁵ trend.

 

Software giant Microsoft is considering an investment of between one and three billion dollars into personal computing⁶ company Dell. The deal, which could value the companyat 20 billion, would be the largest leverage⁷ buyouts  since the financial crisis.

1 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

2 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

3 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 bumpy   

adj.颠簸不平的，崎岖的

参考例句：

• I think we've a bumpy road ahead of us.我觉得我们将要面临一段困难时期。
• The wide paved road degenerated into a narrow bumpy track.铺好的宽阔道路渐渐变窄，成了一条崎岖不平的小径。

5 sluggish   

adj.懒惰的，迟钝的，无精打采的

参考例句：

• This humid heat makes you feel rather sluggish.这种湿热的天气使人感到懒洋洋的。
• Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands.脚部的循环比手部的循环缓慢得多。

6 computing   

n.计算

参考例句：

• to work in computing 从事信息处理
• Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代（约1980年），他们就创办了软件公司。

7 leverage   

n.力量，影响；杠杆作用，杠杆的力量

参考例句：

• We'll have to use leverage to move this huge rock.我们不得不借助杠杆之力来移动这块巨石。
• He failed in the project because he could gain no leverage. 因为他没有影响力，他的计划失败了。