英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-11-24

 The governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia Glen Steven has hinted that intervening in currency markets to force the value of the Australian dollar down isn't out of the question. He was speaking overnight to mark the 30th anniversary of the floating of the dollar. 

 

“The position has long been a remains¹. That intervetion can, in the right cricumstances, suitably used, be effective and useful. It can make up our policy weaknesses. In other areas, and it can really  stand against fundementals.”

 

The Australian dollar took a further hit overnight as Genaity Yellen moves closer to become the next head of the US Federal Reserve. Her nomination² has been approved by a US senate banking³ committee and is now likely to be approved by the full senate. Ms Yellen is expected to replace imcumbent Ben Bernaky in January and keep easy money true policy in place.

 

The Australian dollar is continuing to fall and a short time ago, it was buying 92.36 actually, ticking a little higher. The Austalian share market has jumped in early trade after a milestone⁴ session on Wall Street. The All Ordinaries index snapping four days of losses there. The ASX and the All Ords are up almost one percent. A rebound⁵ on Wall Street let the Dow Jones close at 16,000 for the first time after economic data pointed⁶ to a slowly improving labor⁷ market and subdued⁸ inflation.

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

3 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

4 milestone   

n.里程碑；划时代的事件

参考例句：

• The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
• I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。

5 rebound   

v.弹回；n.弹回，跳回

参考例句：

• The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
• Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。

6 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

7 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。

8 subdued   

adj. 屈服的，柔和的，减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
• I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候，我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。