澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-02-10

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

 

And the Australian dollar is worth just over 103 US this morning. It'll also buy you 65 British pence and 123 New Zealand dollars.

 

Federal independent MP Rob Oakeshott has urged the Treasurer¹ Wayne Swan to show some courage and fix mining tax. Mr Swan has revealed the tax has raised 126 million dollars since July, well below the 2 billion dollars Treasury² predicted it would raise in its first year. The Greens have labelled the figures “shockingly low” and are planning to move a bill in parliament next week to fix some of the loopholes. Mr Oakeshott says he's willing to support that bill, but he hopes Wayne Swan will take the lead. 

 

The French government says it has no plans to support ailing³ car maker⁴ Peugeot-Citroen with a stake purchase, cooling speculation⁵ of a state cash injection to help ease the company's problems.  The comments came a day after Peugeot wrote down the value of its assets by 4.1 billion Euros to reflect the worsening state of the car market. Peugeot is in the process of cutting 8,000 jobs to stem losses.

1 treasurer   

n.司库，财务主管

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
• The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。

2 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

3 ailing   

v.生病

参考例句：

• They discussed the problems ailing the steel industry. 他们讨论了困扰钢铁工业的问题。
• She looked after her ailing father. 她照顾有病的父亲。

4 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

5 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。