万花筒 2012-05-28&05-31 财经头条：惠普大规模裁员等5则

 Hewlett Packard are announcing plans to lay off 27,000 employees looking for annually¹ savings² of $3 billion. The world's NO.1 computer maker³ also reported a 3% decline in quarterly revenue. A source told Reuters the New York Stock Exchange is quoting Facebook for its stock listing, and Facebook is considering it. Separately, an internal memo⁴ at Morgan Stanley reveals it is reviewing every Facebook trade and will make price adjustment for customers who paid too much during the company's debut⁵ last Friday.

Wall Street was focus on concerns over Greece and its future in the euro zone. Euro zone officials have agreed that each euro zone country must prepare an individual contingency⁶ plan in the event that Greece decided⁷ to leave the single currency block. Robert Hormat is the US undersecretary of State for economic growth. 

--The Greeks have a chance to go to the polls, make a choice, they have a chance to make choices to what direction they are pursue, and your personal choices to have to react to that. 

Dell shares plunging⁸ 17% to erase⁹ more than $4 billion dollars off its market cap after forecasting a disappointing second quarter revenue. 

This spring selling seasons is showing signs of success in the housing market according to the Commerce Department. New home sales up 3.3% in April, and median home prices were closed by 5% from a year ago. 

Taking a look at the closing numbers. A late afternoon rally took US stocks out of the red with a major indexes closing mostly higher, but in Europe stocks closed lower on fears that Greece would have to leave the euro zone. 

Barby Rebell Reuters.

1 annually   

adv.一年一次，每年

参考例句：

• Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。

2 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

3 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

4 memo   

n.照会，备忘录；便笺；通知书；规章

参考例句：

• Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
• Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？

5 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

6 contingency   

n.意外事件，可能性

参考例句：

• We should be prepared for any contingency.我们应该对任何应急情况有所准备。
• A fire in our warehouse was a contingency that we had not expected.库房的一场大火是我们始料未及的。

7 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

8 plunging   

adj.跳进的，突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• War broke out again, plunging the people into misery and suffering. 战祸复发，生灵涂炭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He is plunging into an abyss of despair. 他陷入了绝望的深渊。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 erase   

v.擦掉；消除某事物的痕迹

参考例句：

• He tried to erase the idea from his mind.他试图从头脑中抹掉这个想法。
• Please erase my name from the list.请把我的名字从名单上擦去。