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Unit6aReportingresults报告结果

I.Measuringperformance

1.Warm-up

Somewordsabouttheperformanceofacompanyintheannualreport

companyperformance公司绩效

performanceevaluation绩效评估

annualreport年度报告

pre-taxprofits税前利润

breakeven无亏损（的）,盈亏相抵（的）

volatile可变的,不稳定的

disposal出售,出让

balancesheet资产负债表,平衡表

exceptionalitem非常项目

operationalmargins经营利润

cost-cuttingmeasures降低成本的措施

resourceefficiencyprogramme资源增效计划

salesvolume销售额

tradingvolume贸易额,交易额

turnover营业额

restructure结构重组

streamline使…有效率,精简

cashsurplus现金盈余

transformationprogramme改革,改组计划

earningspershare每股收益

dividendpershare每股分红

assets资产

2.Listening

ListentoatelevisionreportabouttheperformanceoftheUKsupermarketchainBudgensandanswerthequestionsonp83.

Listentothesecondhalfofthereportagainandcompletethegraphonp84representingBudgens'sshare-pricefromFebruary98-99.

Tapescript

So,let’shavealookathowthemarketsaredoingwithJenny.

Thanks,Tony.Well,we’llbeginwithBudgens,thesupermarketchain.They’vereportedtheirresultstoday.Forthesixmonths,pre-taxprofitsrosesharplyby9.8%,whichbroughtthefinalfigurefortheyeartojustover6.3m.That’supfromjust5.8mlastyear.Thedividendisup.Ifyou’reoneoftheirshareholders,youcanexpecthalfapennypershare.Bugdgenshasgot163storesandthreenowactuallysellpetrol,sotheydoseemtobeexpanding.They’vealsojustspenthalfamillionpoundsonbuyingsomethingcalledTeleshopservices,whichspecializesindevelopingcomputer-basedhomeshopping.However,thebusinessisonlyoperatingatbreak-evenandisn’texpectedtodomuchmorethisyear,ithastobesaid.

Now,let’stakealook,shallwe,athowbudgens’sharepricehasdoneoverthelast12months.Asyoucansee,it’sbeenprettyvolatile.Aftersteadyprogressthroughoutthefirsthalfoftheyear,itreallyshotupattheendofthesummer,wheneveryonethoughtthere’dbeatakeover.Attheheightoftherumours,inSeptember,youcanseethatsharespeakedatjustover80pence.Thetakeoverdidn’thappen.though,andthepricecollapsed.Bymid-Octoberithadfallenasfarasthe55pencemark.Thesharesrecoveredslowlyto65pencebyNovember,butthentheywentintosteadydeclineagainforthenexttwomonths,downonceagaintothe55pencemark.However,newsofgoodtradingresultshasmeantthatshareshaveimprovedagainthisyear.Andithastobesaid,thesharepriceismarginallyuponlastFebruary.Soshareholdersareinprofitoverthe12-monthperiod.Andifwelookatthebudgenssharestoday,they’reupslightlyby1.3penceat67andahalf.

3.Vocabulary:

verbs/nounsaswellasadverbsdescribingchange

股票涨跌:

shootup猛涨

sharespeakat股价达到最高点

thepricecollapses股票蹦盘

thepricefalls/goesdown股价下跌

sharesrecover/rally股价回升

gointosteadydecline稳步下跌

sharepriceismarginallyup股价微升

sharesareupslightlyby…股价微升

常用的概括图表信息的词组和表达方式

A．上升趋势

Verbs/nouns

toincrease/anincrease

togoup

togrow/agrowth

tojump/ajump

toleap/aleap

topeak/apeak

toreachapeak/apeak

tosoar/asoar

torise/arise

toupsurge/anupsurge

toupswing/anupswing

toimprove/improvement

toshootup

torocket

torecover/arecovery

B.下降趋势

tocollapse/acollapse

todecline/adecline

todrop/adrop

todecrease/adecrease

tofall/afall

togodown

toreachalowpoint/alowpoint

toreduce/areduction

toslump/slump

c.程度

a.升降程度较大

agreatdeal/big/alot

apparent/apparently

clear/dearly

considerable/considerably

important/importantly

dramatic/dramatically

great/greatly

drastic/drastically

marked/markedly

much

obvious/obviously

fast

quick/quickly

rapid/rapidly

remarkable/remarkably

sharp,/sharply

significant/significantly

strong/strongly

sudden/suddenly

b.升降程度较小

abit

alittle

fractional/fractionally

gentle/gently

gradual/gradually

hardly

little

slight/slightly

slow/slowly

small

steady/steadily

c.平稳状态

tobehardlychanged

tohavelittlechange

tokeepsteady

toleveloff

toremainconstant

toremainunchanged

Adverbs

slightly/moderately/steadily

sharply/considerably/greatly/significantly/dramatically/drastically

quickly/rapidly/slowly

Aslightincrease,asuddencollapse,adramatic/sharp/strongrise,asteadydecline,agradualrise,ajump,remainstable/steady,stay/leveloff

总结:

猛升：

Skyrocket,Soar,jump

猛降：

plunge,dive,collapse

下降：

fall,drop,decline,

上升：

increase,grow,rise,

升幅：

growthrate,scaleofincrease/decline

平稳：

stable,steady,same,leveloff,stay，remain

例句Interprete

曲线图（linechart），柱状图（barchart），饼状图（piechart），和表格（table）

TrucksalesrosesteadilyfromOctobertoDecember.

AsteadyfallinsalesduringNovemberandDecemberfollowedthesharpincreaseinOctober.

TrucksalesdroppedduringNovemberbutincreasedagaininDecembertoexceedOctobersales.

Trucksaleshardlychangedthroughouttheperiod,exceptforaslightincreaseinNovember.

Aslowbutsteadyincreasewasfollowedbyasharpfallandanincreasetowardsthe

End.

TrucksalesdroppeddowninOctober,butremainedunchangedfortherestoftheperiod.

4.Speaking

Ssworkinpairstodescribethegraph/bar-charttoeachotherfortheirpartnertodraw.

II.Annualreports

Aboutthetopicofannualreports

Anannualreportiswrittenforshareholderstoinformthemofthefinancialsituationofthecompany.Itisusuallyaglossypublicationwhichaimstopromoteapositiveimageofthecompany.Itincludesinformationoncompanyactivitiesandmajordevelopmentsovertheyearaswellasfinancialinformationaboutthecompany,suchasbalancesheetsandprofitandlossaccounts.

Readtheextractonp85andmatcheachsentencewithoneoftheextracts.

Examfocus:

ReadingTestPartOne

Candidatesreadfourtopic-relatedtexts（A-D）andmatcheachofthesevenstatementswiththerelevanttext.Thistestsabilitytoreadforgistandspecificinformation.

Candidatesreadthefourtextandthenthestatements.Theythenfocusoneachtextinturn,readingfordetailandfindingstatementswhichmatch.Finally,candidatesre-readeachstatementandchecktheiranswers.Candidatesshouldchecktheyhaveusedallthestatementsonceonlyandthattheyhavenotmadecarelesserrorsnothingdowntheletters.

Assignment

Writea120-140wordreportcomparingthetwocompaniesandrecommendingthemostsuitable.

Itshouldbeclearandconciseandincludelanguagefordescribingtrendsandcauseandeffect,whereappropriate.

III.Essentialvocabulary

Describingperformance

acquisition

annualreport

assets

chairman'sstatement

cost-cutting（measures）

disposal

dividend

merger

tooffset

torestructure

revenue

salesvolume

shareprice

tostreamline

tradingresults

tradingvolume

Unit6bEnvironmentalreport

Warm-up

AskSsiftheyknowanythingaboutpollutionandthewordsconnectedwithit.

Ssreadthequestionnaire.Addupthetotalscore.Thenturntop147foranassessmentofthecompany'sEnvironmentalimpact.

Wordsandexpressionsforreference:

readjustenergyconsumptionpolicy调整能源消费政策

formulatewastemanagementguidelines制定垃圾管理政策

collectandseparatethewaste对垃圾进行收集和分类

reducedisposables减少一次性用品

developenvironmentally-friendlypacking开发环保型包装

usefewerplasticbags少用塑料袋

togreentheenvironmentwitplants通过种树栽花绿化环境

watersavingsystem节水系统

reduceenergyconsumption减少能源消耗

Environmentalperformance

ListeningSslistentoapresentationaboutICI'sEnvironmentalrecordandanswermultiple-choicequestions

Goodmorning.Todaywe’regoingtolookatICI’senvironmentalprogrammesandenvironmentalperformancesince1990.I’dliketobeginwithsomebackgroundtoICI’senvironmentalprojects.

Thenwe’llgoontolookatourChallenge2000project.Andfinally,we’llturntotheresultsoftheseprograms.

Nowthestoryreallybeganinthe1980swhenpeoplestartedbecomingmoreconcernedaboutenvironmentissues.ThefirstICIenvironmentalprojectwasaresultoftherealizationthat,asamajorplayerinthechemicalsindustry.ICIwouldhavetoaddressthesegrowingpublicconcerns.So,in1900wepresentedourshareholderswithaprogramtoreducetheenvironmentalimpactofourworldwideactivities.Manyofthestepswetookbackthenhavesincebecomegovernmentlegislation.Theprojectincludedsomeveryambitioustargetsforimprovingthecompany’senvironmentalperformance.Werealisedthatthesegoalsdemandedsignificantinvestment,sowecommittedthelargestshareofourannual£500millionSafety,HealthandEnvironmentbudgettotheproject.Since1990we’vespentabout200millioneachyearonenvironmentalimprovements.Asthingsdeveloped,wesoonrealisedthattherewerenocheapoptionsorquickfixes.Therefore,webegandirectingthisexpendituretothebiggestproblems,wheresolutionswouldbringthebiggestimprovements.Andthen,in1995,weassessedourperformanceandsetourselvesequallydemandingobjectivesforthenextfiveyears.TheseformedthebasisofourChallenge2000project.

Ifyou’dliketolookatthescreen,you’llseethefourmainobjectivesofChallenge2000.Asyoucansee,ourfirstobjectiveistoensurethatbytheyear2000allourbusinesscomplywiththerelevantenvironmentalregulationsineachofthecountriesinwhichtheirproductsaresold.Thisappliestoallournewandexistingplantsthroughouttheworld.Oursecondobjectiveistoimproveenergyefficiency.Now,here,wedecidedthatbytheyear2000wewouldreduceourenergyconsumptionby10%.Thestartingpointforthisreductionwouldbethe1995level.Movingontothenextobjective,ICIintendstohavetheenvironmentalimpactofitsb