澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-09-25

 There is the report. World's stocks have bounced back from 14-month low as expectations among the policy makers¹ will take further action to ease the eurozone debt crisis. Stocks were swinging between gains and losses on overseas markets overnight. Let's take a look.

 

On Wall Streets, stocks finished up. The Dow gained more than 30 points. European shares also turned positive on hopes of further measures from the European Central Bank to ease the region's debt crisis. And it was different in Asia with stocks ending the week lower. The Nikkei lost 181 points. And Aussie shares hit their lowest fort for two years yesterday. The All Ords was down 66. Gold has also plummeted². And the Aussie dollar is buying around 98, just a tab below 98 US cents.  

 

Moody's ratings agency has downgraded 8 Greek banks by 2 notches³. The agency said the outlook for all the banks' long-term deposit and debt ratings was negative. Moody's cited the expected impact of the deteriorating⁴ domestic economic environment on non-performing loans and declines in the deposit basis. That's its reasoning for the downgrade. 

 

And in the latest assessment⁵ over Australia's financial system, the Reserve Bank says many households are making additional payments to reduce their mortgages faster. The financial stability review shows Australian banks are in a solid position to withstand the current turmoil⁶.

1 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 plummeted   

v.垂直落下，骤然跌落( plummet的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。
• A plane plummeted to earth. 一架飞机一头栽向地面。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 notches   

n.（边缘或表面上的）V型痕迹( notch的名词复数 )；刻痕；水平；等级

参考例句：

• The Indians cut notches on a stick to keep count of numbers. 印第安人在棒上刻V形凹痕用来计数。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• They cut notches in the handle of their pistol for each man they shot. 他们每杀一个人就在枪托上刻下一个V形记号。 来自辞典例句

4 deteriorating   

恶化，变坏( deteriorate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
• I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚，大家情绪低落，各个工厂越搞越坏。

5 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？

6 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。