英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-06-01

 Regulators say they are largely relying on the honesty of home buyers to enforce restrictions¹ on foreign housing investment. The House Representatives Economics Committee is examining the levels of foreign investment in Australian residential² real estate. Australia has strict rules only allowing non-residents to buy newly built properties.

 

David Jones shares have had their biggest gains in around seven weeks after the billionaire Retailer³ Solomon Lew bought a large partial of the department store shares. David Jones says Solomon Lew’s investment company SL Nominees⁴ has bought 3.5 million of its shares, equivalent to 2/3 of 1% stake in the company. 

 

To the broad market, Australian shares struggled to follow Wall Street higher today. By the close, the All Ords was 0.5% or 25 points. The ASX 200 Index also lost 0.5%. Mining stocks were responsible for much of the fall after iron ore prices again dipped overnight. The spot iron ore price is now down 28% this year and that it’s lowest level since September, 2012. UBS has also cut its 2014 price outlook to 111 US dollars a ton. The Australian dollar has edged up against the greenback and is buying 93.12 US cents.

1 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

2 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。

3 retailer   

n.零售商(人)

参考例句：

• What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
• The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。

4 nominees   

n.被提名者，被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
• A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网