澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-08-30

 The Australian share market gave up some of its earlier gains on the release of weak Chinese data. By the close, the All Ores have added 0.6 percent or 32 points, the ASX 200 index matched their gain. Looking across the region. It's a positive session. Japan's Niki has jumped 3 percent, and there have been some big swings in Shanghai but the composite index is still sharply higher. Spot gold is recovering overnight losses. Crude Oil jumped 10%, its biggest one day gain in 6 years. The Australia dollar is holding below 72 US cents. Woolworths had announced the departure of its chariman R as it posted its worst profit number in three years. The grocery giant has revealed its 12.5% fall in its 4 year profit to 2.2 billion dollars. Revenue in food, liqour, and petrol divisions fell in the second half of the last financial year. The company has named a former chief executive of L as its new chairman. The chairman of the retailer² Harvey Norman says it looks like the worst of the retail¹ industry's recent R in the past. G has unveiled an aftertax profit of 268 million dollars, that's up more than 26% on the previous year. J says he is now confident about retail spending and consumer sentiment. J 's 4 year profit was not enough for share holders³, shares in Woolworths made modest gains.                                                     

1 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

2 retailer   

n.零售商(人)

参考例句：

• What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
• The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。

3 holders   

支持物( holder的名词复数 )； 持有者； （支票等）持有人； 支托（或握持）…之物

参考例句：

• Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
• It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识，才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事，同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。