英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-09-25

 And the Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull wants the NBN to continue rolling out fibre while a strategic review is carried out.

 

Our business editor Peter Ryan says his main priority now will be to recruit a new board.

 

"Ah, the head hunters would have already been working pretty hard or they... or they'll be go in overdrive.  Ah, you would mention that the members of this board need to be in place as soon as possible or named as soon as possible, so the review can get underway. And Mr. Turnbull said yesterday this,..this board owns the inquriy and they oversees¹ the inquiry². Ah, Mr. Turnbull doesn't want to see external consultants³ brought in to provide...ah, a..a.... a solution to...to the NBN problem, but he wants.... he wants the board to own decent drives and... and as he said earlier , reduce its speed and deliver the facts.”

 

OK, lets go to the markets.

 

And Wall Street closed lower for the fourth day in a row with the Dow shedding 67 points.The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 were flat. In London overnight, the FTSE ended 14 points lower.

 

To commodity prices.

 

West Texas Crude is trading at 103 U.S. dollars a barrel. Tapis Crude's at 114 U.S. dollars a barrel. And gold is worth 1323 U.S. dollars an ounce. 

 

The Australian dollar is buying 94 U.S. cents, 70 Euro cents and 59 pence sterling⁴.

1 oversees   

v.监督，监视( oversee的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She oversees both the research and the manufacturing departments. 她既监督研究部门又监督生产部门。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Department of Education oversees the federal programs dealing with education. 教育部监管处理教育的联邦程序。 来自互联网

2 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

3 consultants   

顾问( consultant的名词复数 )； 高级顾问医生，会诊医生

参考例句：

• a firm of management consultants 管理咨询公司
• There're many consultants in hospital. 医院里有很多会诊医生。

4 sterling   

adj.英币的(纯粹的，货真价实的)；n.英国货币(英镑)

参考例句：

• Could you tell me the current rate for sterling, please?能否请您告诉我现行英国货币的兑换率？
• Sterling has recently been strong,which will help to abate inflationary pressures.英国货币最近非常坚挺，这有助于减轻通胀压力。