英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-05-21

 The local share market has closed higher today. Investors¹ shrugged² off a drop in the price of iron ore. But the All Ords and the ASX 200 finished 11 points or 0.2 of a percent. Iron ore miner Fortescue middles added 4 per cent. Major miners Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton finished flat. And the big four banks were mixed. 

   

Checking elsewhere in the region now. And Japan’s Nikkei and the Hang Seng are both making gains. And the Australian dollar is lower. It’s currently buying 92.7 US cents. 

   

The RBA has again indicated rates are going nowhere for quite some time. The minutes from the RBA board meeting in May indicate it was a short one with little deliberation over whether to keep the cash rate at its record low of 2.5 per cent. The minutes know some signs of improvement in employment, business and consumer sentiment and that inflation remains³ under control. But none of this is enough to change the bank’s expectation that economy will only grow at a slightly below average pace this year. 

   

And Australia’s biggest listed wine company has rejected a 3-billion-dollar takeover offer from a private equity⁴ firm. Treasury⁵ wine estate says that receive the four dollars 70 per share bid from Kolbergh Chravis Roberts last month. The owner of win brands including Penfolds and Yellow Glen says the offer doesn’t its potential for improvement. Treasury has also announced that jobs will be slashed⁶ as part of a cost cutting program. 

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 shrugged   

vt.耸肩（shrug的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀，什么也没说。
• She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩，装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 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。

4 equity   

n.公正，公平，（无固定利息的）股票

参考例句：

• They shared the work of the house with equity.他们公平地分担家务。
• To capture his equity,Murphy must either sell or refinance.要获得资产净值，墨菲必须出售或者重新融资。

5 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

6 slashed   

v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减

参考例句：

• Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。
• He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife. 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下。 来自《简明英汉词典》