澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-09-17

 Now Bambi Joyce is in China working on the proposed free trade deal. It's expected to be announced in November when the Chinese leaders visit Australia for the G20. Mr. Joyce told LightLine talks about the possible agreement have been positive so far. 

 

Now we have a delegation¹ over here, and I'm with this, a 38 senior Australian business people. I've just come from dinner there with some senior Chinese businessmen in Beijing. And they are all looking forward to increasing the relationship and they've all acknowledged that it will bring a grea expansion in the commercial benefit to both the countries and the flow of the money back to the farm gate in Australia, which is and that's where our represent farmer's interest. Moms and dads, they made more money on the table, so that they'll get better return and better dignity in their life. That's why we are here. 

OK. Let's go to the markets. The Dowe closed more than half a percent higher, the NASDAQ and S&P 500 also rose. In London the FTSE slipped slightly. 

Checking commodity prices. WTC is trading at 95 US dollars a barrel, Tapies is 101 US dollars a barrel, and gold this morning is worth 1235 US dollars an ounce. The Australian dollar is buying 91 US cents, 70 euro cents, and 56 pence sterling². 

 

1 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

2 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。