澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-07-29

 Good morning, everyone. Rio Tinto’s iron ore boss says long-term demand for iron ore in China remains¹ strong despite volatility² in the country’s share market. The Shanghai Composite Index fell dramatically in its last day of trade on Monday, and had another volatile³ day yesterday before ending marginally lower at 1.3%. Rio’s Andrew Harding says the company isn’t worried about short term of fluctuations⁴ in China. Meanwhile, Chinese authorities have pledged more export for the stocks exchange to ensure market stability over there.

Twitter’s revenue and earnings⁵ for the second quarter have beaten expectations, but co-founder Jack⁶ Dorsey has said he’s not satisfied with its user growth. The Microblogging site posted revenue of 502 million dollars, up 61% year on year, leading its own top forecast, but active users reached 316 million in a period, up only slightly on the first quarter. Mr. Dorsey said the firm had to do more to realize its full potential. To the markets, and some strong corporate⁷ earnings as well as worst stability on Chinese markets, so the Wall Street lifted overnight. The Dow gained 190 points. The Nasdaq was up 49 points. Well, the S&P 500 was up one and a quarter percent. In London, the FTSE was up 0.8%. Checking commodity prices, West Texas Crude is trading at 48 US dollars a barrel. Tapis Crude is at 57 US dollars a barrel. And gold is trading at 1095 US dollars an ounce. The Australian dollar is buying 73 US cents, 66 euro cents and 47 pence sterling⁸.

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 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。

3 volatile   

adj.反复无常的，挥发性的，稍纵即逝的，脾气火爆的；n.挥发性物质

参考例句：

• With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定，投资冒着很大的风险。
• His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。

4 fluctuations   

波动，涨落，起伏( fluctuation的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He showed the price fluctuations in a statistical table. 他用统计表显示价格的波动。
• There were so many unpredictable fluctuations on the Stock Exchange. 股票市场瞬息万变。

5 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

6 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

7 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

8 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。