澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-08-25

 And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was up 45 points, while the Dax and Euro were also up. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is up. And the S&P 500 is also up. And the Australian dollar is worth just over 90 US cents this morning. It'll also buy you just under 60 British pence and 115 New Zealand.

 

The Indonesian government has announced emergency measures to boost its economy and strengthen the rupiah. It'll increase import taxes on some luxury goods like cars and yolks and aims to boost exports by offering tax breaks for some industries. It'll also make it easy to invest in the country's minerals and agricultural sectors¹.

 

“The government is looking at this issue seriously. And we are in every step to overcome and to mitigate² the impact of the global turbulence³, the doubling of ... easing. We are in every step to improve the ... problem in the current account deficit⁴.”

 

The country's share market and currency have taken a battering⁵ in the past week. Investors⁶ have been moving money out on the hopes of improvement in United States' economy.

1 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 mitigate   

vt.（使）减轻，（使）缓和

参考例句：

• The government is trying to mitigate the effects of inflation.政府正试图缓和通货膨胀的影响。
• Governments should endeavour to mitigate distress.政府应努力缓解贫困问题。

3 turbulence   

n.喧嚣，狂暴，骚乱，湍流

参考例句：

• The turbulence caused the plane to turn over.空气的激流导致飞机翻转。
• The world advances amidst turbulence.世界在动荡中前进。

4 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

5 battering   

n.用坏，损坏v.连续猛击( batter的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The film took a battering from critics in the US. 该影片在美国遭遇到批评家的猛烈抨击。
• He kept battering away at the door. 他接连不断地砸门。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 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