澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-01-07

 The world oil prices continue to tremble causing further volatility¹ on global stock markets. It has been hard to believe how much it has collapsed². In New York it dropped well below 50 US dollars a barrel in today's trade. And the price's falling is caused by a glutting³ supply and it's waving on energy stocks, but it's a bonus for since most of us we're enjoying love of petrol prices after years of pain of the bindsup. 

 

Sales of Brow's motorcles hit record levels for the 50 year in a roll. The company says its typical customer is now a young business sector⁴. 

 

Eighty percent of our customers are entrepreneurs, who build up on our business, and for that reason we have seen particularly an Asian area of the markets, but also of course North America much younger people coming out of IT, different sectors⁵, different industrial sectors. 

 

Let's look at the markets. As being mentioned the Dow was hit well it recovers slightly after falling sharply nearly trade close half percent lower, the NASDAQ down by one percent, the S&P 500 also in the red. The London FTSE fell by nearly one percent, too. 

 

Let's take another look at commo, details of those commodity prices. WTC is at 48 a barrel, Tapies is at 53 US dollars a barrel, gold is trading at 1218 US dollars an ounce, Ausie dollar buying 81 US cents, 68 euro cents, and 53 pence sterling⁶. 

 

1 volatility   

n.挥发性，挥发度，轻快，（性格）反复无常

参考例句：

• That was one reason why volatility was so low last year.这也是去年波动性如此低的原因之一。
• Yet because volatility remained low for so long,disaster myopia prevailed.然而，由于相当长的时间里波动性小，灾难短视就获胜了。

2 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

3 glutting   

v.吃得过多( glut的现在分词 )；（对胃口、欲望等）纵情满足；使厌腻；塞满

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4 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

5 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》

6 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。