英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-10-30

 To finance. 

And Beijing has criticised the Federal Government for upholding a decision to lock out Chinese telco giant at the National Broadband Network. Huawei was banned from tendering for work on the NBN by the previous Labor¹ government because of security concerns. 

A spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry² says countries should not use national security as a tool to interfere³ with world trade. 

 

The Australian dollar has fallen on the back of a speech from the Reserve Bank governor. Glenn Stevens says Australia's terms of trade are likely to fall rather than rise in the near term. 

He warned investors⁴ of fluctuations⁵ in the dollar present risks and that the dollar will likely trend lower in the future. The Australian dollar was sold off by half a per cent against the greenback after that speech was posted online. 

 

To the markets. 

The Dow rose 111 points. The NASDAQ and the S&P 500 are up as well. In London, the FTSE climbed 49 points overnight. Looking at commodity prices. West Texas Crude is trading at 98 US dollars a barrel. And Tapis is at 117 US dollars a barrel. Gold is worth 1345 US dollars an ounce. The Australian dollar is buying 95 US cents, 69 Euro cents and 59 Pence sterling⁶.

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

4 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

5 fluctuations   

波动，涨落，起伏( fluctuation的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He showed the price fluctuations in a statistical table. 他用统计表显示价格的波动。
• There were so many unpredictable fluctuations on the Stock Exchange. 股票市场瞬息万变。

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。