澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-01-25

 The Australian share market has followed after a major stock exchange is higher on the back of a trillion euro stimulus¹ package. The European Central Bank announced a 1.1 trillion scheme that will go through until at least September next year. From March, the bank is going to buy bonds worth up to 60 billion euros a month. This has fueled hopes the stimulus will aide Australian economic growth and that saw the All Ords closed up 78 points or 1.4%. The ASX 200 added 1.5%. Checking elsewhere in the region, Japan’s Nikkei is up 159 points. The Hang Seng also making steady gains. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average added 1.5% finishing 17814. And the Australian dollar is currently back below 80 US cents, fetching 79.8 US cents. This comes after a briefly² dip below 80 US cents overnight after the euro zone stimulus announcements. And this is the first time in nearly six years that it’s been this low. 

 

Mining Company Arrium has announced it’s cutting almost 600 jobs as it closes one of its iron ore corporations in the far north for South Australia. The southern iron project is sent in the region’s south of Coober Pedy. 200 full-time³ positions will go along with 380 contractors⁴. The company says the cuts come after falls in the iron ore price of around 45%.

1 stimulus   

n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物

参考例句：

• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。

2 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

3 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。

4 contractors   

n.（建筑、监造中的）承包人( contractor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后，接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》