澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-06-03

 Good morning everyone. Now the former head of the Commonwealth¹ Bank David Murray has warned that Australia’s superannuation system has to change. Mr. Murray’s spoken in Canberra to the Committee for Sustainable Retirement² Incomes which is lobbying the government for a new approach to retirement incomes. Yesterday Prime Minister Tony Abbot again ruled out changing superannuation tax concessions³. Assistant Treasurer⁴ Josh Frydenberg will tell overtime⁵ at Income Conference today that the Federal government will take any proposed changes recommended by the tax whitepaper to the next election.

 

Economists⁶ are expecting Australia’s economic growth to remain lacklustre when the latest national accounts are released today. A survey of analysts⁷ by Bloomberg shows they expect gross product to increase by point seven percent in the first three months of this year, which is a slight improvement on the December quarter but that will still take the annual rate of growth further blow trend from two and a half percent to two point one percent.

 

To the markets. The Wall Street was a bit turbulent overnight. The Dow lost twenty-eight points. The NASDAQ and the S&P500 were both down point one percent. In London the FTSE also lost a third of a percent.

 

Checking community prices. West Texas Crude is trading at sixty-one US dollars a barrel. Tapis Crude is at sixty-six US dollars a barrel. And gold is trading at eleven-hundred-and-nighty-three US dollars an ounce. The Australian dollar is back up to seventy-eight US cents following the RBA’s decision to keep rates on hold yesterday. It’s also buying seventy Euro cents and fifty-one pence sterling⁸.

1 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。

2 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。

3 concessions   

n.（尤指由政府或雇主给予的）特许权( concession的名词复数 )；承认；减价；（在某地的）特许经营权

参考例句：

• The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工，公司将不得不作出一些让步。
• The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。

4 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。

5 overtime   

adj.超时的，加班的；adv.加班地

参考例句：

• They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
• He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。

6 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

8 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。