PET4学习资料总结3

PET4学习资料总结3
unit 2 Economy
主要内容:
本文归纳了推动新经济向前发展的的十项基本原则,并对各项原则进行简要的说明.这十项原则包括物质matter,空间space,时间time,人员people,增长growth,价值value,效率efficency,市场market,交易transaction和刺激impulse. 同时介绍了中国加入WT o谈判的一些基本知识，简明阐述了21世纪的管理者应具备的素质。

学完本课后，应该对未来的经济规则和经济发展的趋势有一个大致的了解并能够用英语进行简单的经济方面的讨论和交流。

课文词汇及语法:
Dialogue
cooperation n. 合作,公司net profit 纯利润
benefit n. 获利,赢利open policy 开放政策
investment n.投资advanced technology 高科技
investor n.投资商transfer of technology 科技交流
loan n.贷款production line 生产线
contract n.合同financial outlay 财务支出
negotiate v. 谈判,磋商registered capital 注册资金
risk n. 风险legal representative 法人代表
cash n. 现金raw material 原材料
assessment n. 评价,评估income tax 个人所得税
import/export n. 进口/出口the Board (members)董事会(成员)
1. cooperation.公司(firm, company, concern)
joint ventures 合资企业
state-owned company 国有企业
overseas-funded company 外资企业
2. preferential treatment 优惠待遇
most-favored nation treatment 最惠国待遇
prefer A to B 更喜欢A
e.g. I prefer black tea to green tea. 我喜欢红茶胜过绿茶.
prefer doing A to doing B
e.g. I prefer walking to cycling. 我宁愿走路也不骑车.
prefer to do宁愿
e.g. I should prefer to waiting him here until evening. 我宁愿在这里等到天黑.
prefer to do A rather than do B
e.g. I prefer to go out with you rather than stay at home.我愿意和你出去不想呆在家里.
3. It should be a happy marriage.这会是一次愉快的联姻.
marriage: combination.
e.g. IT industry is the marriage of many other related industries.
marry v. 结婚,嫁,娶
e.g. John married Susan last year.
John has married Susan for a year. (N)
be married (with sb) for some time
e.g. John has been married with Susan for a year.
They have been married for 30 years.
Have you married? (N)
Are you married? - Not yet, I’m still single.
4. as/so far a s… concerned 就…而言
e.g. As far as I’m concerned, I am for the propose. 就我自己而言,是支持这个建议的.
As for as classical music is concerned, I have no interest in it.
说到古典音乐,我一点也不感兴趣.
So far as the management is concerned, you can appoint the manager.
至于管理,你可以亲自指派经理人选.
5. be obliged to 有义务,必须,强迫
e.g. parents are obliged to send their children to school. 父母有义务让孩子接受教育.
The poor girl was obliged to give up her study. 可怜的女孩被迫辍学了.
6. work on 致力于
e.g. He is working on the research and development of the latest teaching software.
他目前正潜心研究最新的教学软件.
They have been working on promoting the friendship between the two nations.
他们一直致力于加强两国的友谊.
7. consist of 包括
e.g. our class consists of 15 girls and 20 boys.我们班级有15个女生20个男生.
The team consists of members from different clubs.
这支队伍的队员来自各个俱乐部.
8. go ahead 前进,进行开始
当别人对你有所要求或请求时, 你可以用这句话来让他继续说下去,接着进行你们的交谈.也可以表示同意对方的意图.
e.g. - I have a question for you, my friend.
-- Go ahead.问吧.
-- May I start now?
-- Go ahead.开始吧.
9. lay out 布置,安排,陈列,展示,
e.g. The garden is laid out in a traditional Chinese pattern. 这是一座中国传统样式的花园.
We lay out 51% of the total investment. 投资
1. It is cliché, but it is the key to the New Economy.
cliché n.陈词滥调
e.g. It is a bit of a cliché, but you mean everything to me.
虽然说了好多遍了,我还是要说,你是我的一切.
Don’t give me the cliché again.别再提老一套了.
key n.关键
e.g. the key/answer to the question
the key to the door
the entrance to the cave/theater
the heir to the throne
the solution to the problem
His investigation into the matter is the key to solving the problem.
2. tangible adj.可触摸的,可见的--- intangible
e.g. tangible assets 有形资产
Sculpture is a tangible art form.雕塑是一种可见的艺术形式。

3.collapse v&n 倒塌,崩溃
e.g. The economy of the country is on the verge of collapse.
该国的经济就要崩溃了.
The building collapsed during the air raid.
这座建筑物在空袭中倒塌了.
He went home after the hard work for a whole day, collapsed.
一天的辛劳之后,他回到家里筋疲力尽.
4. boost v. 促进,提升
e.g. The vacation during the May Day has greatly boosted domestic economy.
五一假期极大的拉动了国内经济增长.
These changes will help to boost the share prices.
这些变化将有助于提高股票价格.
Internet boosts the involvement of parents into the study of their children.
5. Geography often plays a key role in determining who
competed with whom.
play a…role in: take a … part in 扮演…的角色, 起…的作用
e.g. He plays the key/main role in the play. 他在该剧中扮演主角.
His father plays a central role in his family.
He played an important role in reaching the agreement between the two sides
双方达成一致,他起了很关键的作用.
6. Instant interacti vity is critical…
e.g. instant noodle/ coffee/success
*instantly,directly, immediately,the instance可以起连词的作用,相当与as soon as.
e.g. I send you the news instantly/the instant I got it.
I will call you the instant I arrive in Beijing.
7. adoption n. 采纳,接受
adopt a child 收养孩子
adapt oneself to 适应
e.g. He found it difficult to adapt to the city life.
You have to adapt to the life in college as soon as possible.
8. lead to 指引,导致
e.g. All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。

His rumor led to great confusion. 他的谣言招致了极大的混乱。

What led you to think so? 什么使你这么想。

9. get out of hand/ control 失去控制
e.g. once the car gets out of hand, the result will be disastrous.
一旦汽车失去控制，结果可是灾难性的。

They are trying every means to keep the situation from getting out of hand.
他们正竭力控制形式。

10. flip side: reverse side 相反的方面
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11. You are exposed to worldwide competitors as well.
expose v.陈列,使暴露,
e.g. Don’t expose the soldiers to unnecessary risks. 不要让士兵冒不必要的危险.
Don’t expose children to too much violence on TV.
不要让孩子们看过多的电视上的暴力画面.
be exposed to 经受,遭受
e.g. Nowadays children are exposed to too much violence.
现在的孩子们看了太多的暴力景象.
The flowers in the wild are exposed to the wind and rain.
野外的花朵经受风吹雨打.
12. be willing to 愿意
e.g. He is willing to pay the price I ask.
Are you willing to go with us?
13. prime adj. 主要的,最佳的,最好的
prime Minister 首相,内阁总理
prime time 黄金时间
14. pronounced adj.明确的,坚定的
e.g. He has pronounced ideas on everything.
他对任何事情都有明确的态度.
He is a man of pronounced opinions.
他是个有坚定意见的人.
15. benefit from 从…中获益
e.g. If you keep on, you will benefit from physical exercises in the long run.
只要坚持,锻炼身体长远上讲会使你收益无穷.
I have benefited a lot from morning reading.晨读使我获益非
浅.
16. gap n. 差异,差距,歧义
e.g. There is a great gap between views of the two experts.
这两位专家的意见分歧很大.
The gap between developing countries and developed countries is becoming narrow.
发达国家和发展中国家的差距越来越小了.
generation gap 代沟
17.physical barriers 贸易壁垒
invisible barriers 无形的障碍
18. The shelf space of the World Wide Web is unlike any other in that it has no bounds.
in that: since, because
e.g. He is not willing to move to the new house, in that he dislikes the noises there.
他不愿意搬到新家去,因为不喜欢那里的噪音.
Koalas are different from other animals in that they sleep much longer.
考拉和其他的动物不同的是他们比其他的动物睡的时间长的多.
19. premium n. 奖金
20. aggregated adj. 聚合的,合计的
aggregation n. 聚合,合计strategic aggregation 战略整合
21. customize v. 定做
e.g.Her dress fits well, for it was customized in the best tailor’s.
她的礼服非常合身,因为是在最好的裁缝店定做的.
22. impulse n. 冲动,刺激
e.g. He is a man of impulse.他是个容易冲动的人. He called the girl that he met only once on impulse. 他一时冲动给那个与他仅有一面之缘的女孩打了电话。