Market Report – Flu Fear Hits Trade
市况报导-疫情恐慌打击市场交易
Eugenia Lee, David Lee
【新闻关键字】
1. on edge adj 紧张的；急切的
2. swine flu：n. 猪流感
3. retreat: v. 下跌
4. prompt v. 促使;激励;怂恿
5. trim v. 修剪;修整
6. exclusive adj排外的，除外的，独家的
主播：
Asian markets are on edge today over fears of the spread of swine flu.
由于担心猪流感传播，亚洲各国股市今天局势紧张。
Asia stocks retreated and the dollar hit a one-month low against the yen as concerns about the spread of the flu from Mexico prompted investors to trim riskier assets.
由于担心猪流感从墨西哥传播到世界各地，促使投资者降低持有风险资产，亚洲各国股市下挫，美金兑日币来到1个月来的低点。
Shares of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group rose after sources said the bank had gained exclusive negotiating rights to buy a Citigroup retail brokerage and part of its investment banking operations in Japan.
消息传出三井住友银行已经取得独家谈判权，将购买花旗银行证券经纪业务及在日本营运的部分投资银行业务后，该金融集团股价应声上扬。
【新闻关键字】
7. the second straight quarterly loss: 连续第二季亏损
8. red ink n. 赤字、亏损
9. cabinet n. 内阁
10. extra budget: 追加预算
11. fiscal year n. 财政年度
12. trillion: 兆元
Japan’s Sharp reported its second straight quarterly loss, hit by weak TV demand, price falls and restructuring costs, but it forecast a return to profitability despite market expectations of another year of red ink.
日本夏普公司表示，由于电视需求疲弱，价格下跌及重整成本，导致该公司连续两季出现亏损，但预测将会回归获利，尽管市场预期今年该公司仍将出现亏损。
Japan’s cabinet approved its largest ever extra budget to try to rescue the economy from a recession. It brings the total spending for the fiscal year running through next March to a record $1 trillion.
日本内阁通过有史以来最大的追加预算案，试图拯救经济以避免衰退。这使得截至明年三月的本财政年度，日本政府预算总支出高达一兆美元历史新高。
本则影音新闻出处：新唐人电视台英语新闻
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_bus/2009-04-27/153852320812.html
【看头条，学英语】
1. Straits Exchange Foundation chairman tenders resignation
海基会主席提出辞呈
2. Flu virus cases may rise in southern hemisphere
流感病毒案例可能会在南半球攀昇
3. PRC slams Japan’s envoy to Taiwan over ‘status’
中共抨击日本特使因地位论到台湾
4. President Ma calls for end to confrontation between overseas Chinese
马总统要求结束海外华人的对立
【每日一句】
You need to tell right from wrong.
你必须明辨是非
【今日谚语】
The end makes all equal.
死亡面前，人人平等
