澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-08-01

on februaryheat by homeway2000 

There are signs of recovery in the United States with new figure showing the economy is contracting at a slower than expected pace. It shrank at 1% in the second quarter and the US President Barack Obama says it shows the economy's heading in the right direction. Despite the positive news, he's warned of more pain to come. Next week's report on unemployment is expected to show hundreds of thousands of jobs have been lost.

 US markets made the modest gains. The Dow Jones closed 17 points higher. European stocks were weaker. The FTSE finished half of a percent lower. The local market finished the week 54 points higher. And the Australian dollar’s buying 83.5 US cents. 

The Airline Industry is facing a major maintenance¹ overhaul². Airlines across the world operating versions of the European Airbus have been ordered to replace air speed sensors³ on their planes, following the crash of an Air France flight two months ago. 

The Australian pork industry says there is no threat to consumers despite some pigs in New South Wales testing positive to swine flu. 

And the US government's scheme that pays consumers to trade in their old cars for new ones has proved so successful the 1 billion dollars funds run out of money after just one week. 

That's ABC Business News.

1 maintenance   

n.维修，保养，扶养费，维持，保持

参考例句：

• His small farm provides maintenance,but not much more.他的小农场能使他们维持生活，但仅此而已。
• He has to pay maintenance to his ex-wife.他必须给前妻赡养费。

2 overhaul   

v./n.大修，仔细检查

参考例句：

• Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
• It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。

3 sensors   

n.传感器，灵敏元件( sensor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were more than 2000 sensors here. 这里装有两千多个灵敏元件。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Significant changes have been noted where sensors were exposed to trichloride. 当传感器暴露在三氯化物中时，有很大变化。 来自辞典例句