澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-11-04

 China’s President Xi Jinping says an annual growth rate of 6.5% over the next five years will allow the country to meet its development goals which include things like boosting jobs and reducing poverty. Now, the 7% GDP forecast for the current year, is itself the lowest in almost three decades. So if this figure is confirmed, it will mark another significant reduction in Chinese growth. In the global contexts, however, 6.5% is still considered pretty strong. Now despite the current global emission¹ scandal entangling² Volkswagen, the German carmaker has increased its sales in the US in October. Volkswagen sold 30387 cars in October. That’s a rise of 1/4 of a percent compared to the same month last year. However, other US companies reported double digit³ gains. Under company behind the candy crush, the mobile phone game that’s hooked millions of users around the world is being bought for a cool 8 billion dollars. King Digital Entertainment is being acquired by Activision Blizzard⁴ which is behind other popular video games like World of Warcraft and Call of Duty. Activision says the purchase will make it global leader in interacted entertainment.

Let’s go to the global markets. A couple of hours for the close, the Dow is trading by 0.6% higher. The NASDAQ and S&P 500 are both up around 0.5% while in London, the FTSE closed 1/3 of 1% higher. Checking commodity prices, West Texas Crude is trading at 48 US dollars a barrel. Tapis Crude is at 50 US dollars a barrel. And gold is trading at 1115 US dollars an ounce. The Australian dollar is currently buying 72 US cents, 66 euro cents, and 47 pence sterling⁵.

1 emission   

n.发出物，散发物；发出，散发

参考例句：

• Rigorous measures will be taken to reduce the total pollutant emission.采取严格有力措施，降低污染物排放总量。
• Finally,the way to effectively control particulate emission is pointed out.最后，指出有效降低颗粒排放的方向。

2 entangling   

v.使某人（某物/自己）缠绕，纠缠于（某物中），使某人（自己）陷入（困难或复杂的环境中）( entangle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• We increasingly want an end to entangling alliances. 我们越来越想终止那些纠缠不清的盟约。 来自辞典例句
• What a thing it was to have her love him, even if it be entangling! 得到她的爱是件多么美妙的事，即使为此陷入纠葛中去也值得！ 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

3 digit   

n.零到九的阿拉伯数字，手指，脚趾

参考例句：

• Her telephone number differs from mine by one digit.她的电话号码和我的只差一个数字。
• Many animals have five digits.许多动物有5趾。

4 blizzard   

n.暴风雪

参考例句：

• The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。
• You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。

5 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。