澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-02-20

 And the Tax Institute wants to put tax reform firmly back on the political agenda.

 

It's urging the Treasurer¹ Wayne Swan to commit to implementing² reforms in the May budget. 

 

“Sort of measures that the government really does need to embrace are some of the big measures that... that people would actually see benefit from. That includes talking with the state's government to get rid of  stamp duty on homes, to get rid of insurance duties, ah, to look at further reforms at the Henry Review and... and things can be planned now for implementation³ in a couple of years.”

 

Robert Jamaica from the Tax Institute.

 

US President Barack Obama is warning Congress jobs will be lost if deep budget cuts were allowed to take effect next week. 

 

President Obama likened the 85-billion-dollar in cuts to taking a meat cleaver⁴ to the deficit⁵.

 

“These cuts are not smart. They are not fair. They will hurt our economy. They'll add hundreds of thousands of Americans to the unemployment rolls. This is not an abstraction. People will lose their jobs.”

 

Barack Obama there. Well, let's take a look at the markets.

 

And stocks in US are around half a per cent higher. In London, the FTSE rose one per cent. 

 

To commodity prices.

 

West Texas Crude is trading at 97 US dollars a barrel. Tapis Crude is trading at 123 US dollars a barrel. And gold is worth 1605 US dollars an ounce.

 

The Australian dollar is buying 104 US cents, 77 Euro cents and 67 per cent, cen(error in speaking) pence sterling⁶.

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 implementing   

v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句

3 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

4 cleaver   

n.切肉刀

参考例句：

• In fact,a cleaver is a class of ax.实际上，切肉刀也是斧子的一种。
• The cleaver is ground to a very sharp edge.刀磨得飞快。

5 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

6 sterling   

adj.英币的(纯粹的，货真价实的)；n.英国货币(英镑)

参考例句：

• Could you tell me the current rate for sterling, please?能否请您告诉我现行英国货币的兑换率？
• Sterling has recently been strong,which will help to abate inflationary pressures.英国货币最近非常坚挺，这有助于减轻通胀压力。