澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-16

 And two explosions in Boston, at the finishing line of Boston marathon have claimed two lives. According to local media outlets¹, including the Boston Globe, more than 100 people injured and are being treated in nearby hospitals.

 

There's been a series of bomb attacks also in cities across Iraq and they have killed at least 37 people and wounded almost 300. Several cities were hit including the capital Baghdad, Kirkuk in the north and Nasiriyah in the south.

 

Venezuela's defeated presidential candidate is demanding a recount of votes. Henrique Capriles claims there were several irregularities during the election and the result in his view is illegitimate. Socialist² Nicolas Maduro narrowly won the election to replace Hugo Chavez who died of cancer in March.

 

Now those explosions in Boston have made a bad day on Wall Street even worse, the Dow Jones was down almost 2%. That's its biggest one day fall since November. The gold price has been tumbling from about the last 48 hours and it continued to fall. The metal has suffered its worst two-day loss in 30 years, it was down more than 9% to $1395 an ounce. Weaker than expected growth in China's economy has sparked a wider fall in commodity prices. Oil prices hit four-month lowers and the price of copper³ and aluminum⁴ were also sharply lower. And of course that also affected⁵ the currencies including Australia's Au-dollar. Market's been unsteadily rattled⁶ by the bombings in Boston.

1 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

3 copper   

n.铜；铜币；铜器；adj.铜(制)的；(紫)铜色的

参考例句：

• The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
• Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。

4 aluminum   

n.(aluminium)铝

参考例句：

• The aluminum sheets cannot be too much thicker than 0.04 inches.铝板厚度不能超过0.04英寸。
• During the launch phase,it would ride in a protective aluminum shell.在发射阶段，它盛在一只保护的铝壳里。

5 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

6 rattled   

慌乱的，恼火的

参考例句：

• The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
• Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。