澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-04-15

 The International Monetary¹ Fund has slightly lowered its 2015 growth forecast for Australia, and warned the global growth remains² moderate. In its latest report the IMF said it expected Australia's economy to grow two point eight percent this year that's slightly lower than its two point nine percent forecast last October. The group also predicted a rise in Australia's unemployment to six point four percent. The world's leading economic group also warned a slow growth in China or Japan, Australia's two top trading partners, could affect the rest of the region and the world economy. 

 

While speaking from New York the treasurer³ Joe Hockey remained optimistic, saying investors⁴ in the US are setting their ambitions on Australia and Australia is ready for that investment. 

 

 

Now for the power to you Australia is open for business, and it's getting on with the job, a future-proofing nation. Australia's plan is for a strong, five-pillar economy, an economy by a scope, advacing manufacturing, agriculture, mining, education and services. 

 

 

Treasurer Joe Hockey is speaking there.

 

 

Let's take a look at the financial markets. And stocks on Wall Street will mix at the close. The Dow ended higher by 60 points, the NASDAQ lost ground slightly, while the S&P 500 closed much higher. In London the FTSE closed one  sixth percent higher. 

 

 

Checking commodity prices. WTC is trading at fifty-three US dollars a barrel, Tapies crude is trading at sixty-one US dollars a barrel, and gold is trading at evelen hundred and ninety-two US dollars an ounce. The Australian dollar is buying seventy-six US cents, seventy-two euro cents, and fifty-two pence sterling⁵. 

1 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

2 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。

3 treasurer   

n.司库，财务主管

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
• The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。

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 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。