英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-06-11

 The ANZ job advertisement series shows that listings fell for the first time in five months. The survey shows overall job ads dropped almost 6% in May. Curiously¹ at the same time the key survey has found that Federal budget has done little to bring down the mood among Australia's business owners. NAB's monthly business survey found confidence among business owners held steady at a reading of seven in May. 

 

To Company News now: 

 

And Pacific Brands, the company that owns bonds and shares and ships, has downgraded its full year earnings² forecast. It's blaming a warmer-than-usual Australian autumn and declining consumer sentiment. For the same reason – that unseasonally warm autumn weather – the discount chain of Reject Shop has cut its full year profit forecast as well. 

 

Turning the market reaction: 

 

And not surprisingly both Pacific Brands and the Reject Shop led the declines,  Pacific Brands down 8%, the Reject Shop down twelve. And Solomon Lew's Premier³ Investment, the company that owns Just Jeans and the Smigal, has followed them lower down 3.5% today. Karoon Gas was the best performer and the Commonwealth⁴ bank, the best of the Big Four Banks, up close to its record high. 

 

The broader Australian share market has just managed to hold on to some of the morning's gains. By the close the All Ords was down 1/10 of a percent, as was, up a 1/10 of a percent rather, as was the ASX 200 Index. 

 

Across the region: 

 

Japan's Nikkei is heading in the opposite direction; Hong Kong's Hang Seng, however, is making some solid gains; and the Australian Dollar is currently buying 93.68 US cents up against the Green Back at the moment.

1 curiously   

adv.有求知欲地；好问地；奇特地

参考例句：

• He looked curiously at the people.他好奇地看着那些人。
• He took long stealthy strides. His hands were curiously cold.他迈着悄没声息的大步。他的双手出奇地冷。

2 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%。

3 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

4 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。