在线英语听力室

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-01-05

时间：2014-02-11 06:59:54

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）

 The Australian sharemarket slipped in cautious trade today. The All Ordinaries index has closed a third of a percent lower,as has the ASX 200 index. Gold miners jumped. Woodside fell one and a half percent and the National Australia Bank was the worst of the big four banks. Across the region, markets in Hong Kong and Shanghai are down sharply, as they kick off their first trade in day for 2014. Japan's market is still closed. The price of spot gold is higher in the Asian session. West Texas Crude oil has shed around two percent. On currency markets, the Australian dollar is rising against the greenback.

 
Facebook is being sued in the United States for allegedly selling details of private messages to advertisers without users' consent. Documents filed in California is part of a class-action lawsuit1, claiming Facebook intercepts2 and scams messages for information about its millions of users. The class action is being laid by two Facebook users in the US. In a statement, Facebook says the allegations are without merit and it will vigorously defend itself.
 
Rupert Murdoch's company 21st Century Fox is selling its 47 percent stake in Star China TV for an undisclosed demand. Its joint3 venture partner China Media Capital would buy the stake. It holds still remainder of Star China TV. Fox Chairman James Murdoch says the company is streamlining its ownship structures.

分享到：


点击收听单词发音收听单词发音  

1 lawsuit A14xy     
n.诉讼，控诉
参考例句：
  • They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
  • He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
2 intercepts 3445ed8b5856a7dea04f0c0399409410     
（数学）截距( intercept的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • It intercepts a portion of the light impinging on the photocell. 它遮住一部分照射在光电管上的光。
  • The pelletfilter intercepts the particulate matter. 颗粒过滤器将颗粒物进行拦截。
3 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
参考例句：
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

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。