澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-28

 The head of America's Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke has said the US Central Bank will not take any immediate¹ action to stimulate² the country's economy as we heard earlier from *. In a much anticipated speech to international central bankers, Mr Bernanke made no firm commitment to act. He simply said the Fed had a range of tools that could be used to provide additional monetary³ stimulus⁴. US stocks traded lower first as the speech disappointed investors⁵, but they've come home strongly, making solid gains in late trade. 

 

Let's take a look at those figures now. The Dow finishing the session more than 130 points up. The S&P is around 18 points higher. Across the Atlantic in Europe, the FTSE is slightly lower as you can see only just. And back home, the All Ordinaries closed down 9 points yesterday. The ASX 200 finished 13 points lowers. 

 

And checking commodities. Gold is up 51 dollars an ounce, in fact 56 dollars. And on the currencies market, the Aussie dollar is buying around 105 US cents. 

 

Market analysts⁶ say testimony⁷ from the Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens confirms the view that interest rates are on hold for now. Fronting a House of Representatives economics committee here in Melbourne. He said Australia is well placed to weather any global downturn and says the mining boom is a big part of that. Mr Stevens told the committee he was happy with the inflation and unemployment which have been stable at around 5 per cent for the past year. He says that number is low.

1 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

2 stimulate   

vt.刺激，使兴奋；激励，使…振奋

参考例句：

• Your encouragement will stimulate me to further efforts.你的鼓励会激发我进一步努力。
• Success will stimulate the people for fresh efforts.成功能鼓舞人们去作新的努力。

3 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

4 stimulus   

n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物

参考例句：

• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。

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 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

7 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。