英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-01-01

 The Austrlian sharemarket has ended today's trade flat. But for the year, the market has gained 15 percent. The All Ord's at 5553. The ASX 200 index adding 703 points for 2013. The major drivers at the markets once again came from the big four banks and the major service companies. And that's been reflected in the top five best performers in the ASX 200 index. Law firm Slater&Gordon the stand out. JB Hi-Fi the best retail¹ stock. Conversely, every loser in the bottom five is involved in the mining sector². Gold miner Silver Lake the worst off. US stocks closed flat, but are poised³ to record their best annual gain in 16 years. The Australian dollar recovered some ground against the greenback and is buying 89.19 US cents. 

 

Reserve Bank figures continue to show home loans leading lending growth and business borrowing going backwards⁴. The banks figures show the value of outstanding home loans rose half a percent in November in seasonally⁵ adjusted terms and 5.1 percent over the past year. Within residential⁶ property, it was investors⁷ driving the growth in lending. Housing investors borrowing is at a 32 months high. But business lending declined by a tenth of a percent and personnel loans were flat.

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 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。

3 poised   

a.摆好姿势不动的

参考例句：

• The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。
• Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。

4 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

5 seasonally   

参考例句：

• The price of vegetables fluctuates seasonally. 蔬菜的价格随季节变动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They moved seasonally among various vegetation types to feed on plants that were flourishing. 它们还随着季节的变化而在各种类型植物之间迁移，以便吃那些茂盛的植物。 来自辞典例句

6 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

7 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