英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-10-20

 After agreed to political ..., the United States government has finally reopened for business. US President Barack Obama has urged Republicans to view the deal to end a budget crisis as a new opportunity for bipartisan cooperation. He says there's been no winners in the dispute that took the country to the brink¹ of default.

 

That's not a surprise that the American people are completely fed up with Washington. At the moment when our economic recovery demands more jobs, more momentum², we got yet another self-inflicted crisis that's set are coming back. And for what?

 

 

Let's check on the markets now and see how about news from states played out. And let's kick off with shares hearings in Australia. And the All Ords is up 36 points. ASX 200 is ahead by 37. Leading to the region, and shares in Japan, the Nikkei there up 13 points. They moved ahead as what lasts about half an hour ago. In Hong Kong, the Hang Sang is ahead by 131 points. In New Zealand, though, the gold the other way down 4. Amid session in the states overnight, the Dow Jones ended virtually flat of just 2 points. The S&P 500 gained 12. And 24-point gain was a news from the NASDAQ. Finally a quick look at the Aussie dollar. And that is off recent high as it's now trading just over 96 US cents.

1 brink   

n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘，边沿

参考例句：

• The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
• The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。

2 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。