澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-10-10

Rupert Murdoch has launched a stinging attack on Google, accusing them of stealing content. The News Corporation's chairman took aim at the internet parasites¹ at a conference of world media executives in Beijing. He says the time has come for online entities² such as search engines to pay for online content. 

Telstra intends to fight government plans to split it in two. The telecommunication's giant says the breaking up of the company will hurt consumers and shareholders⁴ alike. 

"Members are angry. And they want shareholder³, in fact, they...they want Telstra to take this line. They want Telstra to stand up and be counted." 

Telstra's competitors say the counter-attack is only a matter of time. 

"Particularly it made by their claim that competition in Australia is healthy. I mean this...this claim simply fails to look at the Window Test."

 A government spokesman says communications with Telstra are still positive.

 In the US, Tech shares have pushed Wall Street higher. Stocks rose as investors⁵ anticipated some positive news out of next week's earnings⁶ reports. Australian shares slipped slightly on Friday with investors' cautious ahead of the release of those reports. In Europe, London's FTSE also made gains as strengthened oil companies offset⁷ weak miners. And Australian Dollar is buying 90 US cents. 

And that's ABC Business News.

1 parasites   

寄生物( parasite的名词复数 )； 靠他人为生的人； 诸虫

参考例句：

• These symptoms may be referable to virus infection rather than parasites. 这些症状也许是由病毒感染引起的，而与寄生虫无关。
• Kangaroos harbor a vast range of parasites. 袋鼠身上有各种各样的寄生虫。

2 entities   

实体对像； 实体，独立存在体，实际存在物( entity的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities. 我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities. 北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

3 shareholder   

n.股东，股票持有人

参考例句：

• The account department have prepare a financial statement for the shareholder.财务部为股东准备了一份财务报表。
• A shareholder may transfer his shares in accordance with the law.股东持有的股份可以依法转让。

4 shareholders   

n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
• the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任

5 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

6 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

7 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。