Unit Ten For Peace and for Development Part I Economic development Task A. Listen to some statements about China’s economic development and fill in the.

Unit Ten For Peace and for Development

Part I Economic development

Task A. Listen to some statements about China’s economic development and fill in the blanks with numbers.

Focus: comprehension of and skills of taking down numbers

Words and expressions

exports

(business or action of) exporting

surplus

amount by which money received is greater than money spent

gross: totalHis gross income is $50,000.他的毛收入为五万美元。domestic:relating to a person's own country:domestic airlines/flightsDomestic opinion had turned against the war.

annual

every/each year

annual income

reserves

things put aside or kept for later use

We still have a reserve of food/food reserves in case of emergency.

fold: having the stated number of parts, or multiplied by the stated number:附于数词等后面，表示倍数threefold /fourfoldThe problems are twofold - firstly, economic, and secondly, political.capital:wealth or property that may be used to produce more wealthThe corporation has enough capital to build another factory.这家公司有足够的资金来兴建另一家工厂。

Keys

US $183.76 billion

US $140.17 billion

US $ 43.6 billion

7th

6,000 yuan

9.6%

US $40 billion

Second largest

US $151.51billion

Task B: News Headlines.

Training Focus

News headlines: It’s the most important sentence in a news broadcast. It mainly tell us wh- questions, such as what, who, when, why, how, etc, though it does not mean that every lead should include all of them.

The US Federal Reserve has raised rates by a quarter percentage point to 2.25% - its fifth increase since June. Encouraged by the country's economic performance, the Fed's policy-makers voted unanimously for the move.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-12/15/content_400279.htm

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. disclosed plans Thursday to offer frustrated users of its Windows software new tools within 30 days to remove spyware programs secretly running on computers. But it might cost extra in coming months.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/12/16/microsoft.spyware.ap/index.html

expand tradecause trade to become greater in size, number, or importanceOPECThe Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countriesan organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum 石油输出国组织

production quotas

maxims number or amount of production

unemployed rate

The rate of the amount of how many persons who don’t get a job

share prices

share: any of the equal parts into which the ownership of a company may be divided

The Dow Jones Industrial Averagealso known as the Dow-Jones index, is an index of the relative price of stocks based on the daily average common stock price of selective lists of 30 industrials, 20 transports and 15 utilities

道琼斯工业指数

stabilize

(cause sth/sb. to) become stablestock: money lent to a government or company at a fixed rate of intereststock exchange/market: the place where stocks bought and sold

Listen to some news headlines and supply the missing information.1. an unrestricted trade area2. roads, airports and water supplies3. expanding trade in the area4. ease the debt5. 7%6. 7.1% /one trillion dollars7. 5.3%8. 276 /2.7%

Task C. Dictation

Listen to a news headline and write down every word you hear.

transfer

move sth./sb. from one place to anotherTo preserve the farm intact, he transferred it to one heir.

为了保持这个农场的完整 ,他将它移交给一个继承人

The Panama Canal

a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus（地峡） of Panama built by the United States and after nearly 100 years’ involvement, the waterway was shifted to Panama control in Dec. 31, 1999

巴拿马运河（中美洲巴拿马中部 )

hoist

raise (sth.) by means of ropes, special apparatus, etc.A flag was hoisted on top of the building.大楼顶上升起一面旗帜。handovertransfer from one person to another

The United States has formally transferred the Panama Canal to Panama. Thousands of flag-waving Panamanians cheered the hoisting of Panama’s flag over the Canal Commission headquarters, ending nearly a century of U.S. control.

Part II The Panama Canal Handover

Training focus: Summarize the main idea of each paragraphhard labor: 监禁苦工，苦役cut offto disconnectMany villages have been cut off by the heavy snow.engineering marvelsan astonishment or wonder in engineering

relinquish:

give up

swamp

(an area of) soft wet land

jungle

a tropical forest too thick to walk through easily

malaria

a disease caused by the bite of a certain type of mosquito, in hot countries

疟疾

swamp

Jungle

deposit

to place in a bank or SAFE

toll

tax

coincide

to happen at or near the same time:

My holiday coincides with John's.

我的假期与约翰的假期碰巧在同一时间

Listen and summarize the main idea of each paragraph.

Key to Ex. A

I—c

2—a

3—b

Task B. Listen to a news item about the handover of Panama Canal and complete the summary and details.Key to Ex. BSummary: Panama taking ownership of Panama CanalDetails: a. Panama takes the ownership from the U.S. at noon Friday, ending more than 90 years of U.S. control of the waterway.b. panamanians are planning celebrations to mark the event.

Part III Financial News

Training Focus: News Summary

Information about Asian Economy

rebound: a quick recovery from or reaction to disappointme

nt or depression a rebound from the economic crisis重新振作 ;回升 [(+from)]collapse: the sudden failure of a system, organization, business, etc:I don't know what caused the collapse of her marriage.A poor economy has caused the collapse of thousands of small businesses

reversal: when something changes to its opposite:He demanded a reversal of the previous decision/policy.decline: when something becomes less in amount, importance, quality or strength:industrial declinerevivalrebirth , reviving

IMF:

International Monetary Fund

a United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies

国际货币基金组织

Task A. Listen to a news item and complete the summary and the details.Summary: An IMF official’s analysis of world economy.DetailsWorld/goodEconomy/Asia/goodEconomic conditions/Brazil

Key

1—g

2—f

3—e

4—a&d

5—c

6—b

7—h