澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-07-26

 The Australian dollar has dropped to a six-year low in response to weak Chinese manufacturing data. The manufacturing survey showed activity in China crumbled¹ to a 15-month low. The Australian dollar is sensitive to news out of China because (of) its key export market. It is buying 72.9 US cents. “The RBA spent past few years really looking for a weaker Aussie dollar to help exports particularly as some Australian top exports, such as tourism and education, which are very price sensitive, so that will be looking for that to come through on exports side soon, but it’s been a little mixed. There are some places if you are looking for a holiday. There are still places where the Aussie dollar’s fairly strong. Perhaps Japan, the Japanese Yen² is still somewhat weak and the euro may well decline as well, and are also the key. And there are some offshores.”

The Australian share market has recorded its third straight day of losses. The All Ords lost 0.4% by the close. The ASX Index was down the same amount. It’s a mixed session across the region with the Shanghai Composite Index pointing up on their losses in Hong Kong and Japan. Spot Gold dropped dramatically on the weakness in the Chinese factory data. Crude Oil in the US is below 50 US dollars a barrel. The Commonwealth³ Bank has followed ANZ in raising its mortgage rates for property investors⁴ by 27 basis points. That will bring the Commonwealth Bank stand variable rates for invested home loans to 5.72%.

1 crumbled   

（把…）弄碎， （使）碎成细屑( crumble的过去式和过去分词 )； 衰落； 坍塌； 损坏

参考例句：

• He crumbled the bread in his fingers. 他用手指把面包捻碎。
• Our hopes crumbled when the business went bankrupt. 商行破产了，我们的希望也破灭了。

2 yen   

n. 日元；热望

参考例句：

• He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
• He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。

3 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。

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