澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-09-26

Australia’s push for a permanent seat at the top table has paid off. World leaders have announced the G20 will supersede¹ the G8 as the world’s premier² financial governance body. It's a win for the prime minister who has been arguing for months the G20 should be the driving power of major financial decisions. Kevin Rudd says it's a more representative body as it includes emerging powers such as China and India. The G20 is meeting in the US city of Pittsburgh for a two-day summit.

Twitter says it’s closed a deal for significant new funding. The 115-million-dollar investment is about twice as much as Twitter was reportedly expected to raise in its latest round of fund-raising. So far the social networking website has been unable to make money since its launch.

To the markets now, banking³ stocks have made gains after ANZ announced it’s swallowing ING’s stake in their joint⁴ wealth management and life insurance ventures.

The local market was buoyed⁵. The ASX closed 0.25% higher. But Wall Street fell for its third straight day on disappointing US housing and durable⁶ goods data. In London, gains in the pharmaceutical⁷ and energy stocks helped offset⁸ losses. And on Saturday morning the dollar was buying 86 US cents.

And that’s ABC Business News.

1 supersede   

v.替代；充任

参考例句：

• We must supersede old machines by new ones.我们必须以新机器取代旧机器。
• The use of robots will someday supersede manual labor.机器人的使用有一天会取代人力。

2 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

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。

4 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

5 buoyed   

v.使浮起( buoy的过去式和过去分词 )；支持；为…设浮标；振奋…的精神

参考例句：

• Buoyed by their win yesterday the team feel confident of further success. 在昨天胜利的鼓舞下，该队有信心再次获胜。
• His encouragement buoyed her up during that difficult period. 他的鼓励使她在那段困难时期恢复了乐观的情绪。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 durable   

adj.持久的，耐久的

参考例句：

• This raincoat is made of very durable material.这件雨衣是用非常耐用的料子做的。
• They frequently require more major durable purchases.他们经常需要购买耐用消费品。

7 pharmaceutical   

adj.药学的，药物的；药用的，药剂师的

参考例句：

• She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
• We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。

8 offset   

n.分支，补偿；v.抵消，补偿

参考例句：

• Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消。
• He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.他提高了售价以补偿材料成本的增加。