澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-03-26

 Electronics manufacturer Bosch is to cut 380 jobs at its manufacturing plant at Clayton in Melbourne. The company says it'll relocate part of its car electronics business to Asia. The Australian Workers Union says Bosch has not spoken to the union about the cuts. Bosch insists it remains¹ committed to manufacturing in Australia and that there are no other plans to slash² any more jobs.

 

David Jones's former chief executive, Mark McInnes, has been recruited by billionaire Solomon Lew with a pay package of as much as $5.2 million a year. Mr McInnes resigned from DJs last year after admitting acting³ in a manner and becoming of a chief executive towards a female employee. He's now been appointed CEO of Premier⁴ Investments' retail⁵ arm, just group which owns chains like Portmans, Peter Alexander and Just Jeans.

 

And let's check the market numbers now. It was a positive end to the week with the sixth consecutive⁶ gain for the All Ordinaries index. The All Ords closed 46 points higher and the ASX200 gained 43 points, or about one per cent. Elsewhere in the region, Tokyo's Nikkei is up about half a per cent. The Hang Seng is also stronger. The US rose on strong figures showed by the tax sector⁷.

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 slash   

vi.大幅度削减；vt.猛砍，尖锐抨击，大幅减少；n.猛砍，斜线，长切口，衣衩

参考例句：

• The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
• Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。

3 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

4 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

5 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。

6 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

7 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。