澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-03-28

 To finance news.And the Treasurer¹ Wayne Swan plans to lead a business delegation² to China later this year.In a speech to the Australia-China Business Council late this morning,Mr.Swan was saying that Australia needs to position itself to take advantage of the economic growth in Asia.He says part of that will involve further domestic reforms to increase productivity.

 

OECD says Euro-zone's public debt crisis is not over,despite calmer financial markets this year.The group says the Euro-zone needs to double its bailout fund to more than one trillion dollars.

 

The mother of all firewalls should be in place,strong enough,broad enough,deep enough,tall enough,you know,all sorts of,you know,just big,to ensure that it doesn't not need to be used actually,that people know that it is there and therefore we are not even an attempt to either speculate or try to see if it's strong enough.

 

The OECD secretary general there.

 

To the markets,the Dow ended the session 43 points lower,the NASDAQ and S&P 500 were little changed.In London,the FTSE lost 33 points.

 

Checking commodities prices,the West Texas Crude's trading at 107 US dollars a barrel,Tapis Crude trading 131 US dollars a barrel,gold is trading at 1695 US dollars an ounce.The Australia dollar is buying 104 US cents,78 Euro cents,65 pence sterling³.

1 treasurer   

n.司库，财务主管

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
• The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。

2 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

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。