澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-10-04

 The Australian share market was in the red all days. Investors¹ waited for the latest US job figures out tonight. The All Ordinaries Index fell 1%. The ASX 200 was led down by health and finance stocks. And the Australian dollar is buying around 70.4 US cents.

Up market retailer³ David Jones says its website has been hacked⁴ and customer data stolen. David Jones says a limited amount of data was taken including names, email addresses, all the details of mailing addresses. It says no credit card details, passwords or financial information were stolen. And consumer spent more at the shops in August. The Bureau of Statistics says retail² sales rose 0.4% seasonally⁵ adjusted. The boss of energy giant Shell expects a higher oil price because of the influence of non-OPEC producers. Ben van Beurden thinks the price of oil will rise over the next few years.

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 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

3 retailer   

n.零售商(人)

参考例句：

• What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
• The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。

4 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。

5 seasonally   

参考例句：

• The price of vegetables fluctuates seasonally. 蔬菜的价格随季节变动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They moved seasonally among various vegetation types to feed on plants that were flourishing. 它们还随着季节的变化而在各种类型植物之间迁移，以便吃那些茂盛的植物。 来自辞典例句