澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-11-13

 Ireland's government has indicated it doesn't need help from Europe with its latest financial crisis. The European Union yesterday said it would support the country as the bond markets hit new highs. But the Irish finance minister says his country is fully¹ funded until June next year.

 

Consumers in the US gained confidence in November for the first time in three months according to a new report. Yes, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary sentiment index, it rose to 69.3.

 

And oil company Shell could establish the world's first floating liquefied natural gas processing plant off WA. The Federal Government's given the thumbs up to the Prelude² project about 500 kilometres north of Broome.

 

And to the market numbers now, US stocks are down after five straight weekly gains as commodity and energy shares took a beating. The FT100 also lost ground with Ireland's debt problems weighing on investors³.  Yesterday, Australian shares closed down as investors worried about the state of Ireland's public finances and the possibility of a rate rise in China. And in Asia, Japan's Nikkei fell 1.4 per cent.

1 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

2 prelude   

n.序言，前兆，序曲

参考例句：

• The prelude to the musical composition is very long.这首乐曲的序曲很长。
• The German invasion of Poland was a prelude to World War II.德国入侵波兰是第二次世界大战的序幕。

3 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会