英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-02-16

 The Australian sharemarket has posted its biggest weekly gain in more than two years. The All Ordinaries index added 0.9 percent, as did the ASX 200 index. Across the region, investors¹ have focused on some stable Chinese inflation figures for January. Even so, Japan's Nikkei is down close to two percent and HongKong's Hang seng is edging up. 

 

The Australian dollar has regained² most of the ground it lost against the greenback after the worst-than-expected employment figures were released yesterday. It's buying 89.89 U.S.cents.

 

Profits have tumbled for Newcrest Mining because of big tax bills and writedowns on its assets in west Africa. The gold miner made 40 million dollars in the six months to the end of December, but that't down 88 percent compared with the same time a year before. Newcrest says the lower gold price also dragged on the result despite higher sales in the period. As expected, shareholders³ won't get a divident.

 

Shares in Newcrest not surprisingly flipped⁴ on that result. They lost 1.8 percent by the close. Investors also took their first chance to react to Rio Tinto's profit turnaround. David Jones was down a third of a percent. ANZ the best of the big four banks. And Qantas continue to rise today.

1 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

2 regained   

复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 )； 赢回； 重回； 复至某地

参考例句：

• The majority of the people in the world have regained their liberty. 世界上大多数人已重获自由。
• She hesitated briefly but quickly regained her poise. 她犹豫片刻，但很快恢复了镇静。

3 shareholders   

n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
• the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任

4 flipped   

轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥

参考例句：

• The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。
• The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。