澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-07

 When the markets finished to the end of the trading week and in Europe, London's FTSE was down 94 points. That's around one and a half percent. It was even worst in Germany. The Dax's down 159 points. Ah....Similar story in the US, although not quite as bad. The Dow down 41 points, followed by the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq.

And in currencies. The Aussie dollar worth just under 104 US cents. It'll also buy you 67.7 British pence and a dollar.... almost a dollar 23 New Zealand dollars, cents, I should say.

 

Now, the US government has released new figures showing the American economy added just 88,000 jobs last month, with the unemployment rate dipping slightly lower, to 7.6 percent.  The weaker-than-expected data means that American employers hire at its slowest pace in nine months. Analysts¹ say continued speculations² about federal spending cuts may be hampering³ the economy's momentum⁴. 

 

Europe's business competition authority has cleared the way for a new book publishing venture between the companies behind Random⁵ House and Penguin⁶. The plan to create a new publishing firm to be known as “Penguin Random House”was also approved by US regulator last month. The European Commission says it's allowing the venture to proceed because it believes the merged⁷ entity⁸ will continue to face several strong competitors.

1 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

2 speculations   

n.投机买卖( speculation的名词复数 )；思考；投机活动；推断

参考例句：

• Your speculations were all quite close to the truth. 你的揣测都很接近于事实。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• This possibility gives rise to interesting speculations. 这种可能性引起了有趣的推测。 来自《用法词典》

3 hampering   

妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• So fraud on cows and development aid is seriously hampering growth. 因此在牛问题上和发展补助上的诈骗严重阻碍了发展。
• Short-termism, carbon-trading, disputing the science-are hampering the implementation of direct economically-led objectives. 短效主义，出售二氧化碳，进行科学辩论，这些都不利于实现以经济为主导的直接目标。

4 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

5 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

6 penguin   

n.企鹅

参考例句：

• The penguin is a flightless bird.企鹅是一种不会飞的鸟。
• He walked with an awkward gait like a penguin.他走路的步子难看得就像企鹅。

7 merged   

（使）混合( merge的过去式和过去分词 )； 相融； 融入； 渐渐消失在某物中

参考例句：

• Turf wars are inevitable when two departments are merged. 两个部门合并时总免不了争争权限。
• The small shops were merged into a large market. 那些小商店合并成为一个大商场。

8 entity   

n.实体，独立存在体，实际存在物

参考例句：

• The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
• As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体，公司必须纳税。