英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-03-05

 Virgin¹ Australia says it's very pleased with the government's intentions to scrape parts of the Qantas sell act,which limit foreign ownership. It says the outcome supports their competition in the Australia aviation market. The airline remains² opposed to the possibility of a debt guarantee for Qantas. 

 

Well, there was initially³ a muted response to the government's plans from the Qantas share price. But by the close, the company's shares were down one and a third  percent. Virgin Australia added 1.6 percent. AGL lost 2.5 percent Newcrest reversed early gains to finish the session two percent lower. Dominos was among the best performers.

 

No surprises from the reserved bank today. It's lifted the official interest rate on hold at 2.5 percent. It's also reiterated⁴ that's where it's likely to stay for some time. In a statement, the RBA governor Glen Steven said the most prudent⁵ course is likely to be a period of stability for rates.

 

The Reserve Bank comments that the exchange rate remained high by the historical standards, sent currency traders into a bit of a frenzy⁶. The Australian dollar's since stabilised against the greenback at 89.3 US cents. 

 

Australian investors⁷ looked past the Russia-Ukraine tensions. The sharemarket lifted by some positive construction and trade data. 

 

Checking commodities and spot gold is on the way up. West Texas Crude oil jumped in the US overnight.

1 virgin   

n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
• There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

2 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。

3 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

4 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

5 prudent   

adj.谨慎的，有远见的，精打细算的

参考例句：

• A prudent traveller never disparages his own country.聪明的旅行者从不贬低自己的国家。
• You must school yourself to be modest and prudent.你要学会谦虚谨慎。

6 frenzy   

n.疯狂，狂热，极度的激动

参考例句：

• He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy.他能激起青年学生的狂热。
• They were singing in a frenzy of joy.他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。

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