澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-07-19

 The Australia sharemarket has lost statement at the end of this week,but still manage to ending the black for the fourth strained session.That's despite the banks losing ground in late trade.

The All ords added three points.The ASX 200 index finished flat.Looking across the region,it is a positive session,Japan's Nikkei edged higher,there is a strong gain in Shanghai,and the Australia dollar is hoding just above 74 US cents.

Oil and gas company Santos has slashed¹ its levels of investment and cut cost to cope with local oil prices.Santos spends 65% less in capital expenditure² to increase production during the second quarter of 2015.When compared with the same time a year ago,the decrease of spending capital comes as the company near completion of its biggest project-The L plant in Queensland.A 32% slide in oil prices  has seen the compamy's revenue droven 19% tp 786 million dollars during the second quarter,despite a lift in production.

Great banks are due to reopen on Monday,after the Euro's own finance ministers have agreed to give Grace  a 10 billion dollar briding loan.The life line is reward for Great prime minister Alexies after he won parliamentary banking³ for tough new austerity measures.The European commission says the emgergency funds will help Grace stablize its economy until middle August when the thrid bail-out is processed.

1 slashed   

v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减

参考例句：

• Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。
• He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife. 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 expenditure   

n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出；使用，消耗

参考例句：

• The entry of all expenditure is necessary.有必要把一切开支入账。
• The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether.我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。

3 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。