澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-02-03

 And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London'sFTSE 100 was up. The Dax and Euro were also higher. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is up, as is the S&P 500.

 

 

And the Australian dollar is worth around 104 US this morning. It'll also buy you around 66 British pence and just over 123 New Zealand.

 

 

American employers added 157,000 new jobs to the payrolls¹ in January, a marginal rise from December's 155,000 gain.There were also 127,000 more jobs created in November and December than previously² reported. The jobs growth figures soothed³ some of the concerns about the outlook for the US economic economy after disappointing fourth quarter GDP figures were released last week.

 

 

Unemployment in the Eurozone appears to have stabilized⁴ in December. Official data from the EU shows(error in speaking) that nearly 19 million people are out of work in the bloc⁵. That means the unemployment rate has held at 11.7 per cent since November.

1 payrolls   

n.（公司员工的）工资名单( payroll的名词复数 )；（公司的）工资总支出，工薪总额

参考例句：

• Indices of employment, payrolls, and production steadied in February 1931931年2月，就业、工资额和生产指数稳定。 来自辞典例句
• Wall Street responded to the payrolls figures with gusto. 华尔街对就业数据作出了积极的反应。 来自互联网

2 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

3 soothed   

v.安慰( soothe的过去式和过去分词 )；抚慰；使舒服；减轻痛苦

参考例句：

• The music soothed her for a while. 音乐让她稍微安静了一会儿。
• The soft modulation of her voice soothed the infant. 她柔和的声调使婴儿安静了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4 stabilized   

v.（使）稳定， （使）稳固( stabilize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The patient's condition stabilized. 患者的病情稳定下来。
• His blood pressure has stabilized. 他的血压已经稳定下来了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5 bloc   

n.集团；联盟

参考例句：

• A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
• There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。