英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-10-06

 Concerns over the partial U.S. government shutdown weighed down on the local share market today. The ASX 200 ended down around half of a per cent. Looking across the region. Market zone also mostly lower and that’s following what happened overnight. 

   

Wall Street fell for a second straight day in a row. The anxiety over the U.S. government shutdown growth and the Dow retreated almost one per cent. On commodity markets. Gold is now tipping higher and the Australian dollar jumped overnight against the green back as the shutdown weighs on confidence in the U.S. economy. And it’s now worth $94.4.

   

Some major changes at the top of one of America’s biggest banks JP Morgan as it comes under increasing scrutiny¹. JP Morgan Chase chief executive and chairman Jamie Diamond has now given up his chairmanship under new company rules. Mr.Diamond’s being under scrutiny since the company disclosed it was losing billions of dollars on deliverities in what’s become known as the “London Whale Trades”. JP Morgan recently paid 1 billion dollars in penalties for that and is still  negotiations with over 11 billion dollars whether funds for its role in the 2008 credit crunch².

   

Twitter has revealed its highly anticipated listing on the U.S. market. It’s seeking to raise 1 billion dollars in an initial public offering. It’s expected to be the most sought of the IPO since Facebook’s in May last year. The company generates 65 per cent of revenue from mobile advertising³ and has 100 million daily active users. 

1 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

2 crunch   

n.关键时刻；艰难局面；v.发出碎裂声

参考例句：

• If it comes to the crunch they'll support us.关键时刻他们是会支持我们的。
• People who crunch nuts at the movies can be very annoying.看电影时嘎吱作声地嚼干果的人会使人十分讨厌。

3 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。