Market Report – Flu Fear Hits Trade
市況報導-疫情恐慌打擊市場交易
Eugenia Lee, David Lee
【新聞關鍵字】
1. on edge adj 緊張的；急切的
2. swine flu：n. 豬流感
3. retreat: v. 下跌
4. prompt v. 促使;激勵;慫恿
5. trim v. 修剪;修整
6. exclusive adj排外的，除外的，獨家的
主播：
Asian markets are on edge today over fears of the spread of swine flu.
由於擔心豬流感傳播，亞洲各國股市今天局勢緊張。
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.
由於擔心豬流感從墨西哥傳播到世界各地，促使投資者降低持有風險資產，亞洲各國股市下挫，美金兌日幣來到1個月來的低點。
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.
消息傳出三井住友銀行已經取得獨家談判權，將購買花旗銀行證券經紀業務及在日本營運的部份投資銀行業務後，該金融集團股價應聲上揚。
【新聞關鍵字】
7. the second straight quarterly loss: 連續第二季虧損
8. red ink n. 赤字、虧損
9. cabinet n. 內閣
10. extra budget: 追加預算
11. fiscal year n. 財政年度
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，由於電視需求疲弱，價格下跌及重整成本，導致該公司連續兩季出現虧損，但預測將會回歸獲利，儘管市場預期今年該公司仍將出現虧損。
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.
日本內閣通過有史以來最大的追加預算案，試圖拯救經濟以避免衰退。這使得截至明年三月的本財政年度，日本政府預算總支出高達一兆美元歷史新高。
本則影音新聞出處：新唐人電視台英語新聞
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_bus/2009-04-27/153852320812.html
【看頭條，學英語】
1. Straits Exchange Foundation chairman tenders resignation
海基會主席提出辭呈
2. Flu virus cases may rise in southern hemisphere
流感病毒案例可能會在南半球攀昇
3. PRC slams Japan’s envoy to Taiwan over ‘status’
中共抨擊日本特使因地位論到台灣
4. President Ma calls for end to confrontation between overseas Chinese
馬總統要求結束海外華人的對立
【每日一句】
You need to tell right from wrong.
你必須明辨是非
【今日諺語】
The end makes all equal.
死亡面前，人人平等