澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-06-24

 And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago,London's FTSE 100 was down 54 points.With the DAX and EURO also down.In the US,trading comes to a close shortly,and the Dow Jones is up,while the S&P 500 is also up.

 

And the Australian dollar is worth nearly 101 US cents this morning.It's also buying you 64 British pence and 127 New Zealand cents.

 

The newly-appointed Greek development Minister says his economy is on edge of a cliff.Kostis Hat-Zid-Akis says his government will need to win back the trust of investors¹ and of the confidence of the markets in order to face,in order for a recovery to take place.He's part of the new coalition² government that faces pressure to sovereign austerity measures.

1 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

2 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。