澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-02-17

Russian President Vladir Putin has told G20 financial leaders that it's vital to charter a clear strategy on borrowing to end the global financial downturn. G20 finance ministers and the central banks are meeting in the Kremlin. The Russian leader addressed the delegates who are locked in difficult talks to find common language for a joint¹ statement on currencies and borrowing.

 

 

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano says a free trade agreement between the United States and the European Union would ahser in a historic stage in trans-Atlantic relationships. The Napolitano made the comment during a meeting with the US President Barack Obama at the White House. The European Union has wanted such an agreement for years, but the US has only recently showed a serious interest. The United States and the European Union have the world's largest economic relationship worth more than 600 billion dollars annually².

 

 

Holden says government assistance is a fact of life for the automatic industry and isn't ruling out asking for help in future. At the launch of its new Commondore model in Adelaide, the carmaker said it gave its taxpayers³ a good return on the investment. Last year, Holden was given 275 million dollars from the Federal and State governments to secure the future for the next decade.  Holden claims the new model Commondore will inject more than 2 billion dollars worth of economic activity  for Australia.

 

 

When the markets closed in Europe just a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was slightly up, while the Euro and Dax were down. In the US, trading comes to close shortly and the Dow Jones is down, as is the S&P 500. 

 

 

And the Australian dollar is worth nearly 103 US this morning. It'll also buy you 66 British pence and one dollar 22 New Zealand.

1 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

2 annually   

adv.一年一次，每年

参考例句：

• Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。

3 taxpayers   

纳税人，纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
• She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。