在线英语听力室

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-11-20

时间：2013-12-25 05:41:43

搜索关注在线英语听力室公众号：tingroom，领取免费英语资料大礼包。

（单词翻译）

 Home owners shouldn't be expecting a rate cut anytime soon if the minutes from the Reserve Bank's November meeting are anything to go by. Some economists1 say the wording could still mean a cut could be up to 12 months away, but the minutes make a fairly positive assessment2 of the economy. They indicate a pickup3 in the housing market is lifting consumer confidence. 

 
To the markets which has closed low in almost every sector4 today. 
 
The ASX 200 and All Ordinaries have both finished the day around a third of a per cent lower. In Asia, the Nikkei is trading around a(口误) 12 points higher, lower, while the Hang Seng has been buoyed5 with some optimism out of China. 
 
And in the currency, the Australian dollar is buying 93.87 US cents. 
 
A new report's found the pay packets of women are still lagging behind their male colleagues, despite some girls doing better at school. The study on equity6 for the council of Australian government has made the findings. It's revealed female graduates still enter the workforce7 on a salary around 5,000 dollars less than the men they went to school with. They also obtain a more advanced qualifications under the age of 30.

分享到：


点击收听单词发音收听单词发音  

1 economists 2ba0a36f92d9c37ef31cc751bca1a748     
n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
  • Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 assessment vO7yu     
n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额
参考例句：
  • This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
  • What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？
3 pickup ANkxA     
n.拾起，获得
参考例句：
  • I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。
4 sector yjczYn     
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 buoyed 7da50152a46b3edf3164b6a7f21be885     
v.使浮起( buoy的过去式和过去分词 )；支持；为…设浮标；振奋…的精神
参考例句：
  • Buoyed by their win yesterday the team feel confident of further success. 在昨天胜利的鼓舞下，该队有信心再次获胜。
  • His encouragement buoyed her up during that difficult period. 他的鼓励使她在那段困难时期恢复了乐观的情绪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 equity ji8zp     
n.公正，公平，（无固定利息的）股票
参考例句：
  • They shared the work of the house with equity.他们公平地分担家务。
  • To capture his equity,Murphy must either sell or refinance.要获得资产净值，墨菲必须出售或者重新融资。
7 workforce workforce     
n.劳动大军，劳动力
参考例句：
  • A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
  • A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

本文本内容来源于互联网抓取和网友提交，仅供参考，部分栏目没有内容，如果您有更合适的内容，欢迎 点击提交 分享给大家。