澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-12-10

 To finance, and a new report by the Grattan Institute warns that young people are risk having lower living standards than their parents. It echoes comments by the former Treasury¹ Secretary Martin Parkinson who says urgent tax reforms are needed to stop living standards falling even further.

 

“So, 25 to 34 year olds today have got less wealth than 25 to 34 year olds eight years ago. And they’ve seen some gain and income, most of that they’ve saved. And despite that saving, they have still seen their wealth going backwards². A large part of this house prices and other thing that’s going on is that governments are spending a lot more than they used to, are on over households. So they are spending now over 30,000 dollars per household over the age of 65, go back just six years. And it was only a little bit more than 20,000 dollars a household.”

 

Now overnight, markets around the world fell sharply. The Dow closed down more than a quarter of a percent. And the Nasdaq bucked³ the international change, closing up almost 0.5%. The S&P 500 is down. In London, the FTSE tumbled more than 2%. Looking at commodity prices, West Texas Crude’s trading at 64 US dollars a barrel and Tapis is at 69. Gold’s trading at 1229 US dollars an ounce. The Australian dollar is buying 83 US cents, 67 euro cents and 53 pence sterling⁴.

1 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

2 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

3 bucked   

adj.快v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的过去式和过去分词 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• When he tried to ride the horse, it bucked wildly. 当他试图骑上这匹马时，它突然狂暴地跃了起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The plane bucked a strong head wind. 飞机顶着强烈的逆风飞行。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4 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。