时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2012年


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 The investment bank Lehman Brothers has been ordered to pay millions of dollars in compensation to 72 Australia councils and charities. The Federal Court has ordered Grange Securities, which was taken over by Lehman Brothers five years ago, to compensate 1 the organizations for losses incurred 2 from the US housing market crisis. The judge found the investors 3 weren't properly advised of the risks. The ruling is expected to have ramifications 4 around the world.


 
 
 
The world's leading music recording 5 company, Universal, has been given approval by European Union regulators to buy Britain's EMI. But Universal must sell some major assets, including EMI's Parlophone label, which includes artists like Kylie Minologue, Pink Floyd and David Bowie. Announcing its decision, the European Commission stressed the need to preserve choice, particularly in the area of digital innovation. The deal is worth 1.9 billion dollars. 
 
 
 
When the markets closed in Europe a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was down 2 points. The DAX and Euro were up. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is down, while the S&P 500 is trading sideways. 
 
 
 
And the Australian dollar is worth 1 dollar 4 US this morning. It'll also buy you 64 British pence and 1 dollar 26 New Zealand.

1 compensate
vt.补偿,赔偿;酬报 vi.弥补;补偿;抵消
  • She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。
  • Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。
2 incurred
[医]招致的,遭受的; incur的过去式
  • She had incurred the wrath of her father by marrying without his consent 她未经父亲同意就结婚,使父亲震怒。
  • We will reimburse any expenses incurred. 我们将付还所有相关费用。
3 investors
n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 )
  • 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
4 ramifications
n.结果,后果( ramification的名词复数 )
  • These changes are bound to have widespread social ramifications. 这些变化注定会造成许多难以预料的社会后果。
  • What are the ramifications of our decision to join the union? 我们决定加入工会会引起哪些后果呢? 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 recording
n.录音,记录
  • How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间?
  • I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
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additive printed plate
Aghezzaf
angled pull
antibound
antro-
associate member
barrelmaker
bdelloid rotifers
be called to the stand
binnering
bomb shelter
brown's
bull of Bashan
bush of hair
cadmium isotope
Carex manca
chloranil electrode
cocktail party graph
compulsory debt
connection protocol
crystal-controlled frequency
dibenzo thioxine
difficult thing
ditch fern
Divalvon-D
Don Budge
economic coal reserves
exoelectron dosemeter
eye-shades
fatty
first-level outcome
flanking attack
flower show
foyer
frequentative mood
fruitarian
fuel-burning area
fund distributor
gird oneself for
Grass R.
gunzenhauser
hanging clinometer
hate-blog
headvoice
high-sensitivity densitometer
higinbothams
hog knife
hutchesons
inhibitors of thromboplastin
invalid trust
jamesonias
let go of
leukochloroma
Lysimachia reflexiloba
main chimney flue
McKissock
microlesions
ministers to
mixed leukocyte reaction
more than one can shake a stick at
multipayer
Mycenaean culture
nasns
number of passes
octadecamers
oecetis spinosus
oestrogenism
on deck shipment
overthrowing
pixey
postregulator
pwt,pwt.
pyro-electric crystal
rachialbuminimetry
radar beacons
ratio deviation
ratps
resistance to liquid
revenue ton mile
risk-based supervisory approach
RMA
rug pad
rusty plate
sending-offs
sideloading container
solitary coral
springal
symmetric tensor
take name in vain
target distance
territory rights caluse
Thāndla
to drop dead
tool for lifting
uncontrolled release
unquivering
Update Day
us landing
wash and wear finish
Water source heat pump
WG,w.g.
zonal filter