澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-07-13

 The tough task of rebuilding the shattered economy of Tasmania's west coast has begun. In the wake of two major mine closures announced this week, the Tasmanian government's working group has held its first meeting. 

 

The Federal Government said it's listening bit it's waiting for details before it stumps¹ up(掏腰包) any cash. Steven Smiley reports. 

 

Tasmania's west coast is reeling from the double blow of two mine closures announced in one week. Hundreds of well-paid, skilled jobs have gone overnight. The task of luring² new employers will be long and hard, but suggestions aren't in short supply. 

 

We had to say no, twice. We've had a brick, somewhat make a brick factory, making bricks from the local soils. And another one was long cabbies. 

 

Tourism and agriculture are the main hopes with some projects already under scrutiny³. 

 

Our top economy is in the Pacific, there are … and we are still working with them. But what we can't do is to give avenue for these projects to be fast-track where it's possible. 

 

The Federal Government has been criticized for not stumping⁴ up cash. 

 

Hitting you and not doing anything about it today, it's not helping⁵ the situation and it's disgraceful. We can't take it through a full month to … that happened here. And it's been done …. 

 

What do you expect people to do? To start building Disneyland on the west coast tomorrow? And let's be serious about this. 

 

The Commonwealth⁶ says it will consider a project put forward by the Tasmanian government's working group.

 

Steven Smiley, ABC News. 

 

Now checking these international markets: 

 

In Europe they closed for the weak. 

 

London’s FTSE 100 closed up 17 points, the DAX Europe stocks were also up. 

 

America's markets also closed in positive territory with the Dow Jones at 16,944, at, and the Nasdaq was down slightly at 4,415.

1 stumps   

（被砍下的树的）树桩( stump的名词复数 )； 残肢； （板球三柱门的）柱； 残余部分

参考例句：

• Rocks and stumps supplied the place of chairs at the picnic. 野餐时石头和树桩都充当了椅子。
• If you don't stir your stumps, Tom, you'll be late for school again. 汤姆，如果你不快走，上学又要迟到了。

2 luring   

吸引，引诱（lure的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Cheese is very good for luring a mouse into a trap. 奶酪是引诱老鼠上钩的极好的东西。
• Her training warned her of peril and of the wrong, subtle, mysterious, luring. 她的教养警告她：有危险，要出错儿，这是微妙、神秘而又诱人的。

3 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。

4 stumping   

僵直地行走，跺步行走( stump的现在分词 )； 把（某人）难住； 使为难； （选举前）在某一地区作政治性巡回演说

参考例句：

• She's tired of stumping up for school fees, books and uniform. 她讨厌为学费、课本和校服掏腰包。
• But Democrats and Republicans are still dumping stumping for the young. 但是民主党和共和党依然向年轻人发表演说以争取他们的支持。

5 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

6 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。