大学核心商务英语读写教程 Unit 3

1. Background Information
The stock of a business is divided into shares, the total of which must be stated at the time of business formation. Given the total amount of money invested in the business, a share has a certain declared face value, commonly known as the par value of a share. The par value is the de minimis (minimum) amount of money that a business may issue and sell shares for in many jurisdictions and it is the value represented as capital in the accounting of the business. In other jurisdictions, however, shares may not have an associated par value at all. Such stock is often called non-par stock. Shares represent a fraction of ownership in a business.
2. Introduction to the Text
本商务语篇为说明文体。
本文从对股票的定义开始，介绍了股票以及股票交易的一些基础知 识，如公司发行股票的目的、投资者购买股票的目的、股票的交易 场所、股票交易的经纪人，相对于储蓄型投资而言股票既有优势也 有风险。语言简练，解释详尽，用词准确，无需背景知识亦可读懂 ，是股市入门的一篇基础介绍性文章。 文中出现了一些股票以及股市的基本术语，比如第一段中的 “issue”，意为“发行”，第二段中的“par value”，意为“面值” ，反映了商务语篇中语言表达准确的特征。同时，大量的名词化现 象，即使用名词形式而非常用的动词或形容词等形式，也反映了本 文语篇的正式性以及语言的凝练。如，第一段中出现的 “ownership”、“liability”，都没有使用这些词常用的动词或形容 词形式，可见名词化现象贯穿全文，不仅体现出语言的凝练性和语 篇的正式性，也使得对股票及股市的说明可信度更高。
2. Introduction to the Text
Theme of the Text
Text A introduces the stock trading basics. Starting from the explanation to stock, it explains the reasons for companies to issue stocks and investors to buy stocks. Then stock exchanges are introduced where investors can buy and sell stocks. And from the comparison of stocks and other savings investment, it is said that stock investment is risky while profitable.
文体 特征 分析
3. Business Terms
New York Stock Exchange 纽约证券交易所
The NYSE is operated by NYSE Euronext, which was formed by the NYSE's 2007 merger with the fully electronic stock exchange Euronext. The NYSE trading floor is located at 11 Wall Street and is composed of four rooms used for the facilitation of trading. A fifth trading room, located at 30 Broad Street, was closed in February 2007. The main building, located at 18 Broad Street, between the corners of Wall Street and Exchange Place, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978, as was the 11 Wall Street building.
UNIT THREE Stock Market
Objectives
To know somethin g about stock market
To get fam源自文库liar with business language — Stock Trading
To learn new words and expressions
3. Business Terms
NASDAQ 纳斯达克
The NASDAQ is an American stock exchange based in New York City. NASDAQ, which was originally an acronym for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, is the second-largest stock exchange in the United States, in terms of the value of its securities, trailing only the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Many of the world's largest technology companies appear on the NASDAQ, including Amazon, Apple, Cisco, eBay, Google, Intel, Microsoft, and Sun.
To master how to analyze difficult and long sentences
Text A Stock Trading Basics
1. Background Information
2. Introduction to the Text 3. Business Terms 4. Words and Expressions 5. Notes to the Text