澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-04-24

Greece has asked for a 60-billion-dollar international aid package to be activated¹. Greece had hoped that just the promise of EU support, agreed to last month, would've been enough to reassure² markets and help the economy recover. But Greece's problems have continued to hit investor³ confidence in the euro and other European economies. And Prime Minister George Papandreou says it's time for the eurozone to act.

 

To the markets, and Wall Street closed at a 19-month high on the back of health care and energy stocks. The Dow closed 70 points stronger and the NASDAQ put on 11. It was a strong day in Europe too. The FTSE gained 1 percent and Germany's DAX shot up nearly one and a half.

 

And checking currencies, the Australian dollar's buying 92.8 US cents and 60 British pence.

 

Melbourne Storm management says it'll ask owner News Limited to help rescue it from its new-found financial woes⁴. The Storm have to pay more than one and a half million dollars to the NRL due to its major salary cap breaches⁵. On top of that sponsors ME Bank and HOSTPLUS have withdrawn⁶ their support. Accountancy firm Deloitte will shortly begin a forensic⁷ investigation⁸ of the club's finances.

 

And that's the latest ABC Business News.

1 activated   

adj. 激活的 动词activate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The canister is filled with activated charcoal.蒸气回收罐中充满了活性炭。

2 reassure   

v.使放心，使消除疑虑

参考例句：

• This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
• The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。

3 investor   

n.投资者，投资人

参考例句：

• My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
• The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。

4 woes   

困境( woe的名词复数 )； 悲伤； 我好苦哇； 某人就要倒霉

参考例句：

• Thanks for listening to my woes. 谢谢您听我诉说不幸的遭遇。
• She has cried the blues about its financial woes. 对于经济的困难她叫苦不迭。

5 breaches   

破坏( breach的名词复数 )； 破裂； 缺口； 违背

参考例句：

• He imposed heavy penalties for breaches of oath or pledges. 他对违反誓言和保证的行为给予严厉的惩罚。
• This renders all breaches of morality before marriage very uncommon. 这样一来，婚前败坏道德的事就少见了。

6 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

7 forensic   

adj.法庭的，雄辩的

参考例句：

• The report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence.该报告包括他对法庭证据的诠释。
• The judge concluded the proceeding on 10:30 Am after one hour of forensic debate.经过近一个小时的法庭辩论后，法官于10时30分宣布休庭。

8 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。