澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-08-21

 BHP / still plans to spend almost 3 billion dollars on a potash project in Canada despite a 30% fall in its profit. Analyst¹ Tim Floder says investment is important for the mining giant to exploit China's changing market. 

 

China is going through reinventing itself,in terms of,this have been massive investment particularly fixed² assessed investment were saying that change overtime³.So fix assessed investment will fall,consumption will increases wealth effect of the / increases in its burging in middle class. That's going to open our new opportunities in different commodities not the traditional iron ore,corp that we've been saying. But things like potash will become the new commodity bases and new growth drive hits BHP's attractive / and willing this to pursue this failure aggressively. Tim Floder

 

Let's go the market. And the Dow closed slightly lower overnight. The Nasdaq finished 25 points high. The S&P500 was lazy and changed and across the ditch. In London the FTSE lost ground overnight closing a few points off.

 

To the commodity markets. West Texas crude is trading at 115 US dollars a barrel. Tapis crude is at 117 US a barrel. And gold is worth 1371 US dollars an ounce. The Australian dollar is buying $91 US cents,68 Euro cents,and 58 Pence sterling⁴.

  

1 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

2 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

3 overtime   

adj.超时的，加班的；adv.加班地

参考例句：

• They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
• He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。

4 sterling   

adj.英币的(纯粹的，货真价实的)；n.英国货币(英镑)

参考例句：

• Could you tell me the current rate for sterling, please?能否请您告诉我现行英国货币的兑换率？
• Sterling has recently been strong,which will help to abate inflationary pressures.英国货币最近非常坚挺，这有助于减轻通胀压力。