英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-03-26

 The crisis in Ukraine is starting to impact on the Russian economy. Russia expects investors¹ will have moved assets worth up to 70 billion dollars out of the country in the first three months this year. The accident is the result of the panic reaction to sanctions against Russia. 

 

Russia's deputy eco....economic minister is also warning of staggering growth and rising inflation. The Russian economy grew by just 1.3 percent last year.

 

Internet tycoon² Kim Tom... dotcom  has announced plans to list his file-sharing film Mega on the New Zealand's stock market. He set up the company a year after U.S. authorities shut down his original site Megaload in 2012. 

 

Ms. Dotcom is currently fighting an extradition³ battle with the U.S. over copyright infringement⁴ and money laundering⁵. An extradition hearing is set for July.

 

OK, let's go to the markets.

 

A pick-up in consumer confidence helps push Wall Street higher overnight. The Dow closed more than half a per cent higher. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 were also up. In London, the FTSE rose more than one percent in value.

 

To commodity markets.

 

West Texas Crude is trading at 100 U.S. dollars a barrel. Tapis Crude is worth 112 U.S. dollars a barrel. And gold this morning is trading at 1311 U.S. dollars an ounce.

 

The Australian dollar's buying 91 U.S. cents, 66 Euro cents and 55 pence sterling⁶.

1 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

2 tycoon   

n.有钱有势的企业家，大亨

参考例句：

• The tycoon is on the verge of bankruptcy.那名大亨濒临破产的边缘。
• The tycoon has many servants to minister to his needs.那位大亨有很多人服侍他。

3 extradition   

n.引渡（逃犯）

参考例句：

• The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
• He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。

4 infringement   

n.违反；侵权

参考例句：

• Infringement of this regulation would automatically rule you out of the championship.违背这一规则会被自动取消参加锦标赛的资格。
• The committee ruled that the US ban constituted an infringement of free trade.委员会裁定美国的禁令对自由贸易构成了侵犯

5 laundering   

n.洗涤（衣等），洗烫（衣等）；洗（钱）v.洗（衣服等），洗烫（衣服等）( launder的现在分词 )；洗（黑钱）（把非法收入改头换面，变为貌似合法的收入）

参考例句：

• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 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。