澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-14

 Portugal and Ireland are to be granted an extra 7 years to pay back their emergency bailout loans. European Union and the IMF bailed¹ out the Republic of Ireland in 2010 and Portugal in 2011. The 17-member-group that uses the euro currency agreed to the terms at a meeting of finance ministers in Dublin. The plan would give Ireland and Portugal more time to recover after their bailout loans run out. Ireland's bailout money is due to end late this year. Portugal's will run out in 2014.

 

The Australian Tax Office has formally withdrawn² from court proceedings³ against the company owned by mining magnate Nathan Tinkler. The ATO was trying to retrieve⁴ more than 600,000 dollars from the Buildev Group in which Nathan Tinkler is a major shareholder⁵, plus some with other companies. The Federal Court has now heard Nathan Tinkler's company, Buildev, has paid its debt to the Tax Office so that debt has been dismissed.

 

Let's have a look at how the international markets finish the trading week. And we can see the FTSE was down around half a percent. The Dax in Germany down an even greater margin⁶. And across the Atlantic, the Dow was flat and minor⁷ falls on the S&P 500. And the Nasdaq...

1 bailed   

保释，帮助脱离困境( bail的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Fortunately the pilot bailed out before the plane crashed. 飞机坠毁之前，驾驶员幸运地跳伞了。
• Some water had been shipped and the cook bailed it out. 船里进了些水，厨师把水舀了出去。

2 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

3 proceedings   

n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

4 retrieve   

vt.重新得到，收回；挽回，补救；检索

参考例句：

• He was determined to retrieve his honor.他决心恢复名誉。
• The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。

5 shareholder   

n.股东，股票持有人

参考例句：

• The account department have prepare a financial statement for the shareholder.财务部为股东准备了一份财务报表。
• A shareholder may transfer his shares in accordance with the law.股东持有的股份可以依法转让。

6 margin   

n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘

参考例句：

• We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。

7 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。