英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-02-05

 There's to be a changing at the guard at the top of Microsoft. The technology company has announced that Satya Nadella will be its next chief executive. Indian-born Mr. Nadella is currently Microsoft's head of Cloud, an enterprise which builds and runs the firm's computing¹ platforms and developed tools. 

 

Microsoft's founder² Bill Gates is also stepping down as chairman and will take up a new role as technology adviser³. He'll be replaced by the company's lead independent director John Thompson. 

 

Toyota is forecasting record profits as a weak yen⁴ helps to boost oversea sales. The Japanese carmaker says it expects operating profits to reach just slightly more than 23.5 billion dollars for the financial year ending in March. Toyota posted better-than-expected earnings⁵ for the third quarter.

 

The carmaker sold almost 10 million vehicles in 2013 and that was about 270,000 more than its closest rival General Motors. 

 

Let's check the markets and the stocks in the US rebounded⁶ after yesterday posting its biggest one-day fall in seven months. In London overnight, the FTSE was down slightly. 

 

To commodity prices.

 

West Texas Crude is trading at 97 US dollars a barrel. Tapis is at 113 US dollars a barrel and gold is at 1254 US dollars an ounce.

 

The Australian dollar is buying 89 US cents, 66 Euro cents and 55 pence sterling⁷.

1 computing   

n.计算

参考例句：

• to work in computing 从事信息处理
• Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代（约1980年），他们就创办了软件公司。

2 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

3 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

4 yen   

n. 日元；热望

参考例句：

• He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
• He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。

5 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

6 rebounded   

弹回( rebound的过去式和过去分词 )； 反弹； 产生反作用； 未能奏效

参考例句：

• The ball rebounded from the goalpost and Owen headed it in. 球从门柱弹回，欧文头球将球攻进。
• The ball rebounded from his racket into the net. 球从他的球拍上弹回网中。

7 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。