澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-21

 When the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was down 21 points, while the Dax and Euro were also down 57 and 32 points respectively. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is down 224 points, while the S&P 500 is down 26 points. The Nasdaq closed down 70 points.

 

 

And the Australian dollars is worth over 103 US cents this morning. It'll also buy you over 64 British pence and almost 127 New Zealand dollars.

 

 

There have been more violence protests in Greece against the savage¹ spending cuts. That are part of the economi bailout package. With the nation gripped by a general strike, over 20,000 protesters took over the streets of Athens after wages and government benefits were slashed². The protest coincides with the EU leaders' meeting in Brussels.

 

 

China's economy has slowed for a 7th quarter amid problems in Europe and the United States, hurting demand for its goods. The annual growth rate was down 0.2% in the third quarter to 7.4%. But some data shows there are signs the world's second biggest economy is stabilizing³ and rebounding⁴.

1 savage   

adj.野蛮的；凶恶的，残暴的；n.未开化的人

参考例句：

• The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
• He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。

2 slashed   

v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减

参考例句：

• Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。
• He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife. 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 stabilizing   

n.稳定化处理[退火]v.（使）稳定， （使）稳固( stabilize的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The disulfide bridges might then be viewed primarily as stabilizing components. 二硫桥可以被看作是初级的稳定因素。 来自辞典例句
• These stabilizing design changes are usually not desirable for steady-state operation. 这些增加稳定性的设计改变通常不太符合稳态工作的要求。 来自辞典例句

4 rebounding   

蹦跳运动

参考例句：

• The strength of negative temperature concrete is tested with supersonic-rebounding method. 本文将超声回弹综合法用于负温混凝土强度检测。
• The fundamental of basketball includes shooting, passing and catching, rebounding, etc. 篮球运动中最基本的东西包括投篮，传接球，篮板球等。