高级商务英语 Unit 11
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• What is the main idea of news item four?
BenQ, Taiwanese diversified electronics maker, acquired Siemens’ mobile phone unit in June. It has reported sharply lower net profit in the first half of this year as competition hit sales in its key product lines.
3. What will happen if companies fail to meet listing requirements of NYSE?
They could be delisted from the exchange.
4. What are the technological changes made in NYSE?
Second listening: listen for specific information
• Notice the following expressions:
soar, sock, gush, pump out, swing, volatility
Third listening: sentence imitation
Third listening: sentences imitation
•You are asked to use the following active vocabularies to form sentences as what you have heard from listening
1. the share merger reform
7. niche market
It began as a __n_ic_h_e__m_a_r_k_e_t _ in 1999, but its volume tripled in 2003 and now grows at an annualized rate of 20%.
8. insider trading
Part A First listening: listen for the gist
• What is the main idea of news item one?
The authorities in China announced yesterday that the share merger reform would be extended to the whole market, sparking a smart rally on the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses.
• What is the main idea of news item five?
Long Star, the US private equity group, is believed to have appointed Citigroup to sell its controlling stake in Korea Exchange Bank, paving the way for a divestment that could value the country’s sixth-largest bank at more than $6 bn.
4. pilot project
Five State departments announced guidelines pushing the reform process ahead since the _p_il_o_t _p_ro_j_e_c_ts__ on share mergers had proved successful and were well received by the markets.
First listening: listen for the gist
Part B
• What is the main idea of this listening?
This is a discussion of economic boom, falling commodities prices and worthbuying stocks.
5. tuck … into
For those who fancy _tu_c_k_in_g_ a few million dollars _in_t_o_ a select hedge fund, classified ads in newspapers will not do.
6. coveted
A highly technical wireless data system increasing the speed in which trades were executed was introduced in 1996. This allows for trading to be done with hand-held laptoplike computers carried by the floor traders.
• What is the main idea of news item three?
Singapore’s central bank has imposed a $4.8m civil penalty on the Beijing-controlled parent of China Aviation Oil for insider trading during the city state’s worst financial scandal in a decade.
• You are asked to use the following active vocabularies to form sentences as what you have heard from listening
1. soar The prices of natural resources have been _s_o_a_r_in_glately, and everyone has been feeling the impact--from consumers socked at the gas pump to big manufacturers forced to absorb sharply higher costs for steel, copper, and aluminum.
The authorities in China announced yesterday that ___th_e__s_h_a_re__m_e_r_g_e_r _re_f_o_r_m_ would be extended to the whole market, sparking a smart rally on the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses.
Comprehension Questions:
1.How big is NYSE in its market capitalization?
The total market capitalization of the NYSE is five times that of NASDAQ.
2. Who are specialists? Specialists are both brokers and dealers. They are assigned to each of the trading posts on the floor of the NYSE where they handle one or more of the stocks traded at that post.
Unit 11 Making Investment Rationally
理性投资
Learning Objectives
1.In this unit students will learn words and expressions related to investment.
2.Students will be able to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of various investment tools.
Second listening: listen for specific information
• Notice the following expressions:
the share merger reform，spark a smart rally on，bourse，pilot project, tuck … into, coveted, niche market, insider trading, hit, divestment, pave the way for
Singapore’s central bank has imposed a $4.8m civil penalty on the Beijing-controlled parent of China Aviation Oil for _i_n_si_d_e_r_tr_a_d_in_g during the city state’s worst financial scandal in a decade.
9. hit It has reported sharply lower net profit in the first half of this year as competition _h_it_ sales in its key product lines.
10. divestment
11. pave the way for
3. bourse
The authorities in China announced yesterday that the share merger reform would be extended to the whole market, sparking a smart rally on the Shanghai and Shenzhen __b_o_u_rs_e_s__.
• What is the main idea of news item two?
For those who fancy tucking a few million dollars into a select hedge fund, clo.
HedgeBay is a website where serious investors take part in an online auction, finding and selling rare and c_o_v_e_t_e_d hedge funds that are closed to new investors.
Long Star, the US private equity group, is believed to have appointed Citigroup to sell its controlling stake in Korea Exchange Bank, __p_a_v_in_g_t_h_e_w__a_y_f_o_r _ a _d_i_v_e_st_m_e_n_t that could value the country’s sixth-largest bank at more than $6bn.
2. spark a smart rally on
The authorities in China announced yesterday that the share merger reform would be extended to the whole market, _s_p_a_rk_i_n_g_a__s_m_a_r_t _ra_l_ly_o_n_ the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses.
BenQ, Taiwanese diversified electronics maker, acquired Siemens’ mobile phone unit in June. It has reported sharply lower net profit in the first half of this year as competition hit sales in its key product lines.
3. What will happen if companies fail to meet listing requirements of NYSE?
They could be delisted from the exchange.
4. What are the technological changes made in NYSE?
Second listening: listen for specific information
• Notice the following expressions:
soar, sock, gush, pump out, swing, volatility
Third listening: sentence imitation
Third listening: sentences imitation
•You are asked to use the following active vocabularies to form sentences as what you have heard from listening
1. the share merger reform
7. niche market
It began as a __n_ic_h_e__m_a_r_k_e_t _ in 1999, but its volume tripled in 2003 and now grows at an annualized rate of 20%.
8. insider trading
Part A First listening: listen for the gist
• What is the main idea of news item one?
The authorities in China announced yesterday that the share merger reform would be extended to the whole market, sparking a smart rally on the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses.
• What is the main idea of news item five?
Long Star, the US private equity group, is believed to have appointed Citigroup to sell its controlling stake in Korea Exchange Bank, paving the way for a divestment that could value the country’s sixth-largest bank at more than $6 bn.
4. pilot project
Five State departments announced guidelines pushing the reform process ahead since the _p_il_o_t _p_ro_j_e_c_ts__ on share mergers had proved successful and were well received by the markets.
First listening: listen for the gist
Part B
• What is the main idea of this listening?
This is a discussion of economic boom, falling commodities prices and worthbuying stocks.
5. tuck … into
For those who fancy _tu_c_k_in_g_ a few million dollars _in_t_o_ a select hedge fund, classified ads in newspapers will not do.
6. coveted
A highly technical wireless data system increasing the speed in which trades were executed was introduced in 1996. This allows for trading to be done with hand-held laptoplike computers carried by the floor traders.
• What is the main idea of news item three?
Singapore’s central bank has imposed a $4.8m civil penalty on the Beijing-controlled parent of China Aviation Oil for insider trading during the city state’s worst financial scandal in a decade.
• You are asked to use the following active vocabularies to form sentences as what you have heard from listening
1. soar The prices of natural resources have been _s_o_a_r_in_glately, and everyone has been feeling the impact--from consumers socked at the gas pump to big manufacturers forced to absorb sharply higher costs for steel, copper, and aluminum.
The authorities in China announced yesterday that ___th_e__s_h_a_re__m_e_r_g_e_r _re_f_o_r_m_ would be extended to the whole market, sparking a smart rally on the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses.
Comprehension Questions:
1.How big is NYSE in its market capitalization?
The total market capitalization of the NYSE is five times that of NASDAQ.
2. Who are specialists? Specialists are both brokers and dealers. They are assigned to each of the trading posts on the floor of the NYSE where they handle one or more of the stocks traded at that post.
Unit 11 Making Investment Rationally
理性投资
Learning Objectives
1.In this unit students will learn words and expressions related to investment.
2.Students will be able to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of various investment tools.
Second listening: listen for specific information
• Notice the following expressions:
the share merger reform，spark a smart rally on，bourse，pilot project, tuck … into, coveted, niche market, insider trading, hit, divestment, pave the way for
Singapore’s central bank has imposed a $4.8m civil penalty on the Beijing-controlled parent of China Aviation Oil for _i_n_si_d_e_r_tr_a_d_in_g during the city state’s worst financial scandal in a decade.
9. hit It has reported sharply lower net profit in the first half of this year as competition _h_it_ sales in its key product lines.
10. divestment
11. pave the way for
3. bourse
The authorities in China announced yesterday that the share merger reform would be extended to the whole market, sparking a smart rally on the Shanghai and Shenzhen __b_o_u_rs_e_s__.
• What is the main idea of news item two?
For those who fancy tucking a few million dollars into a select hedge fund, clo.
HedgeBay is a website where serious investors take part in an online auction, finding and selling rare and c_o_v_e_t_e_d hedge funds that are closed to new investors.
Long Star, the US private equity group, is believed to have appointed Citigroup to sell its controlling stake in Korea Exchange Bank, __p_a_v_in_g_t_h_e_w__a_y_f_o_r _ a _d_i_v_e_st_m_e_n_t that could value the country’s sixth-largest bank at more than $6bn.
2. spark a smart rally on
The authorities in China announced yesterday that the share merger reform would be extended to the whole market, _s_p_a_rk_i_n_g_a__s_m_a_r_t _ra_l_ly_o_n_ the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses.