英语专业听力教程4Unit-5.ppt

Unit FiveZhang Hanwen1精选课件Outline1.Revision&News report2.New contents a.Section 1:Listening and Translation b.Section 2:Part 1 The Bank Manager Part 2 Stock Market:How It Works c.Section 3:News3.Summary&Homework2精选课件 Revision&News report1.Clara Barton and American Red Cross.2.Human Rights.3.Qualities to be a good interviewer.4.News report.3精选课件Listening TacticsSection One4精选课件 1.Stocks,bonds,land people invest in different things and for different reasons.股票、债券、土地-人们由于不同原因进行不同的投资。2.But all investors share the same goal.但是所有的投资者都有一个共同的目标。3.They want to get more money out of their investment than they put into it.他们希望通过投资获得比所投入的资金更多的货币回报。Listening and Translation5精选课件 4.The money they invest today provides capital for future growth in the economy.他们今天的投资为将来经济的发展提供了资金。5.Investors have to decide how much risk they are willing to take and for how long.投资者必须决定自己愿意在多长的时间范围内承受多大的风险。6精选课件Section Two Part 1 The Bank Manager 7精选课件vM.O.T Test:Ministry of Transportation Test,a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes.vavail oneself of:make use of;take advantage ofvdirect debit:直接借记vtrade-in:a used article accepted by a retailer in part payment for anotherNew words8精选课件Answers to Exercise in P43:1-8:DADBB/CACopen a bank accountoverdraw on his accountoverdraft facility in the absence of withdraw a large sum of money9精选课件vThat set me back a good bit.vI do appreciate your problems,of course.vBecause there was the possibility,in the absence of any prior arrangement for an overdraft facility,that we would stop your cheques.vMy main purpose in writing to you and inviting you here was to acquaint you with a couple of services the bank offers which you may wish to avail yourself of.Language points10精选课件Part 2 Stock Market:How It Works11精选课件NYSE appeared in 1792.Its current name began to be used in 1863.Since 1920s,it has been the financial center in the world,also one of the most popular place of interest.Its located in No.11 Wall Street,N.Y.12精选课件13精选课件 What is a stock market?The stock market is the means through which previously issued corporate stocks,shares of ownership in a corporation,are traded.Stock exchanges are organizations whose members act as intermediaries to buy and sell stocks for their clients.14精选课件Exercise C in P45:1-8:BADBBDCC15精选课件Language pointsvA wave of selling triggered widespread price declines in stock markets from New York to Australia.vThe Dow Jones Industrial Average of the prices of 30 stocks of major US companies lost 22.6 percent of its value on that memorable day,plunging 508 points in the panicked rush to sell.16精选课件Discussion On October 19,1987,a wave of selling triggered widespread declines in stock markets from New York to Australia.That day is“Black Monday”.On that day,there were hardly any buy orders,and the markets were flooded with sell orders.Over 600 million shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange-more than twice the NYSEs average sales volume.The Dow Jones Industrial Average of the prices of 30 stocks of major US companies lost 22.6 percent of its value on that memorable day,plunging 508 points in the panicked rush to sell.17精选课件Section Three News18精选课件News Item One19精选课件 Exercise A:This news is about the measures taken by China to limit the impact of a toxic spill in the Amur River.20精选课件 Exercise B China says its begun building a temporary dam to limit the impact of a toxic spill thats flowing down a river across the border into Russia.According to Chinese state media,the dam would block a channel linking the contaminated Amur river with another river that supplies water to the Russian city of Khabarovsk.China says it has also sent 150 tons of carbon to Russia for use in water purification plants.21精选课件News Item 3 Migrating animals may be on a very long,tiring journey.Many geese and other birds migrate thousands of miles every year.Some travel over 7,000 miles one way!Some may travel up to 1000 miles without even a rest stop,crossing the gulf of Mexico or the Sahara Desert.These birds must follow their food supply and they must return to certain locations to breed.They migrate to survive!22精选课件Some bird species,because of the weather being hot enough,have stopped migrating and are in danger of extinction.In their way of migrating,the water supplies are becoming weaker by loss of the cold weather and the birds are preferring to stay rather than going further.23精选课件vExercise A:This news item is about the warnings from scientists that climate change can drive some species of migrating animals towards extinction.24精选课件Exercise B:Findings:Climate change can drive some species of migrating animals towards extinction.Reason:Birds,mammals and reptiles are finding it increasingly difficult to follow their usual migration patterns.25精选课件Example:1.The spreading Sahara Desert could make it impossible for swallows to make their epic journey from Southern Africa.2.Rising sea levels will destroy many coastal habitats for turtles and wading birds.3.Warmer oceans could lead to some turtle species becoming entirely female.26精选课件Summary1.Some expressions used in a bank and stock market.2.NYSE and Black Monday.3.Migrating animals.27精选课件Assignments1.Memorize the expressions used in a bank and stock market.2.Know NYSE and migrating animals.3.Finish listening News Item 2 and Section Four.4.Listen to VOA news or BBC news.28精选课件29精选课件