澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-09-14

 Look at finance now, and the United States Congressional Budget Office has delivered a grim assessment¹ for the country’s economy as the president continues to push his jobs creation package. It says the economy will grow more slowly than anticipated over the next year. It also expects unemployment will remain high through next year’s presidential election campaign. 

 

"In our view, incoming data and other developments since early July suggest that the economic recovery will continue, but at a weaker pace than we had anticipated. With output growing at only a modest rate, CBO expects employment to expand very slowly, leaving unemployment rate as depicted² by the dots in the figure close to nine per cent through the end of next year."

 

Let’s go to the markets now, and the Dow is up 45 points, the NASDAQ closed 17. The S&P500 rose 12. And in London, the FTSE closed 45 points higher. 

 

Checking commodity prices, West Texas Crude is trading at 90 US dollars and 22 cents a barrel. Tapis crude’s at 120 US dollars and 47 cents a barrel. And gold is at 1,833 US dollars and 69 cents an ounce. The Australian dollar has shed some ground. It’s buying a dollar and three US cents, 75 euro cents and 65 pence sterling³.

1 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

2 depicted   

描绘，描画( depict的过去式和过去分词 )； 描述

参考例句：

• Other animals were depicted on the periphery of the group. 其他动物在群像的外围加以修饰。
• They depicted the thrilling situation to us in great detail. 他们向我们详细地描述了那激动人心的场面。

3 sterling   

adj.英币的(纯粹的，货真价实的)；n.英国货币(英镑)

参考例句：

• Could you tell me the current rate for sterling, please?能否请您告诉我现行英国货币的兑换率？
• Sterling has recently been strong,which will help to abate inflationary pressures.英国货币最近非常坚挺，这有助于减轻通胀压力。