澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-05-06

 An official figure showed the US unemployment rate has fallen slightly. Govenment dot reviews the American economy created modestly 115000 jobs in April, taking the job's rate to 8.1 percent. It's good news for the American president Barack Obama, who is holding his first election rally today as seen campaigns for re-election. 

Meantime Spain's job's rate has fallen slightly but the situation remains¹ weak for millions of people who were out of work there. The unemployment rate fell by 0.14 percent in April, but this was mainly due to short-term work increasing over rista. Over 4.7 million people are out of work, the highest jobs' rate in Europe, ae the country continues to try to do with the effects the continent's debt crisis.

A former media ...black has been released from prison after serving three years for defrauding² investors³. The 67-year-old was accused of paying himself tax free bonus from the sale of newspapers aspects without the approval of his company's board. He's been granted one year residency permit in his native Canada but will not be let to stay permanently⁴ because he renounced⁵ he's citizen ...back in 2001. 

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 defrauding   

v.诈取，骗取( defraud的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Second is the actor regards defrauding of the wealth as object. 第二，行为人以骗取钱财为目的。 来自互联网
• Therefore, DELL has the motive and economic purpose of intentionally defrauding the Chinese consumers. 因此，戴尔公司存在故意欺诈中国消费者的动机和经济目的。 来自互联网

3 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

4 permanently   

adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地

参考例句：

• The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。

5 renounced   

v.声明放弃( renounce的过去式和过去分词 )；宣布放弃；宣布与…决裂；宣布摒弃

参考例句：

• We have renounced the use of force to settle our disputes. 我们已再次宣布放弃使用武力来解决争端。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Andrew renounced his claim to the property. 安德鲁放弃了财产的所有权。 来自《简明英汉词典》