澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-09-16

 And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was 96 points higher. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is up 30 points, while the S&P 500 is flat.

 

 

 

And the Australian dollar is worth 105 US this morning. It'll also buy you 65 British pence and a dollar 27 New Zealand.

 

 

 

Australia's third largest iron ore miner has entered a trading halt in the wake of a share price slide. Fortescue Metal Group's shares have been placed in a trading halt until Tuesday when it is expected the compnay will make an announcement about refinancing its dart（a slip of the tongue)... debt levels. The company's shares plunged¹ almost 14 percent to just under 3 dollars on Thursday. 

 

 

 

“It's surprising it wasn't taken earlier, because there was so much talk in marketplace that the company was having problems.”

 

 

 

FMG has already been foreced to wind back its expansion projects and sack about 1,000 employees because of tumbling iron ore prices. 

 

 

 

And the West Australia premier² Collin Barnett has used his speech to a business conference to urge China to join in the development of the Browse³ Gas Reserve and the Oakajee port and rail project. Mr Barnett says he's got a political stake in both projects and is working hard to get them off the ground.

1 plunged   

v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
• She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。

2 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

3 browse   

vi.随意翻阅，浏览；(牛、羊等)吃草

参考例句：

• I had a browse through the books on her shelf.我浏览了一下她书架上的书。
• It is a good idea to browse through it first.最好先通篇浏览一遍。