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慢下来的行动或过程;
速度的减慢
eg.aproductionslowdown生产速度的下降
impose强制实行
Toapplyormakeprevailbyorasifbyauthority强制实行;
用权威适用或推广
eg.imposeapeacesettlement
强制推行和平解决
live-stock家畜;
牲畜
Domesticanimals,suchascattleorhorses,raisedforhomeuseorforprofit,especiallyonafarm家畜:
家养的牛、马等动物,专为家用或买卖,尤指养于农场上的
CentralBank中央银行
Anation'
sprincipalmonetaryauthority,suchastheFederalReserveBank,whichregulatesthemoneysupplyandcredit,issuescurrency,andmanagestherateofexchange中央银行:
一个国家最高金融主管当局,如联邦储备银行,负责调节货币供应和信贷、发行货币和管理汇率
UNConferenceonTradeandDevelopment(UNCTAD)联合国贸易发展会议
UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentatives
美国众议院
theSenate参议院
Youaregoingtohearfivebriefnewsitems.Focusyourattentionon“who”,“what”,“when”,“where”,“why”and“how”ineachnewsitemandthenanswerthequestions.
1.WhohavebeenmeetinginHongKongtodaytodiscusstheoutlookfortheglobaleconomy?
CentralBankgovernorsfrommorethanadozencountries
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1.CentralBankgovernorsfrommorethanadozencountrieshavebeenmeetinginHongKongtoday.OnesubjecttheylikelydiscussedistheoutlookfortheglobaleconomybecauseoftheU.S.slowdownandJapan’sstrugglingrecovery.Anothertopic,howtostrengthenfinancialmarketsinemergingeconomiesinAsiaandelsewhere.
2.WhatdoesUNCTADsayabouttheworldwidetotalofforeigninvestment?
Itgrewby40%lastyeartomorethan600billiondollars.
2.AUnitedNations’reportsaystheworldwidetotalofforeigninvestmentgrewbynearly40%lastyeartomorethan600billiondollars.ThereportbytheUNConferenceonTradeandDevelopment,UNCTADsaysmostofittookplacebetweendevelopedcountriesasbigcompaniestookoneanotherover.
3.Whohasapprovedacutinincometaxrates?
TheUnitedStatesHouseofRepresentatives
3.TheUnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeshasapprovedacutinincometaxrates,thefirstpartofapackageoftaxcuttingmeasuresputforwardbyPresidentBush.Theincometaxreductionswillamounttonearly1trilliondollarsovertenyears.
4.Whohasannouncedjobcutsafterafallindemandforitsproducts?
Intel
Whatisitsplan?
Toreduce5,000
4.Theworld’slargestmakerofcomputerchips,Intel,hasannouncedjobcutsafterafallindemandforitsproducts.Intelsaiditexpecteditsrevenueinthefirstquarterofthisyeartofallbyaquarteronthesameperiodlastyear.TheCalifornia-basedcompanyplanstoreduceits85,000-strongworkforceby5,000.
5.WhatdecisionshavebeenmadebyEU,theU.S.andCanadaafteracaseoffoot-and-mouthdiseasewasconfirmedinFrance?
EUhasimposedfurtherrestrictionsonthemovementoflive-stock
TheU.S.andCanadahaveissuedtemporarybansontheimportofanimalproducefromEU.
5.TheEuropeanUnionhasimposedfurtherrestrictionsonthemovementoflive-stockafteracaseoffoot-and-mouthdiseasewasconfirmedinFrance.TheUnitedStatesandCanadahaveissuedtemporarybansontheimportofallanimalproducefromEUcountries.
B.keywords:
batter击伤
Tohitheavilyandrepeatedlywithviolentblows敲碎,捣毁:
以连续猛击来捣毁,砸烂
profittaking
获利完成;
见利抛售,见利补进
turnover证券交易额
Thenumberofsharesofstocksoldonthemarketduringagivenperiodoftime证券交易额:
在给定的时间内市场出售的股份总数
NikkeiShareIndex
(日本)东京证券交易所指数
FT100Index
FinancialTimes《金融时报》
CACQuarante[kɑ:
'
rɔŋt]
巴黎CAC40指数(CotationAssisté
eenContinu40),指在法国巴黎证券交易所上市的40家公司的股票报价指数。
DAX
德国DAX指数(德语:
DerDax最早来源于DeutscherAktienindex)是德国重要的股票指数。
由德意志交易所集团推出的一个蓝筹股指数。
该指数中包含有30家主要的德国公司。
DAX指数是全欧洲与英国伦敦金融时报指数齐名的重要证券指数,也是世界证券市场中的重要指数之一。
HangSengIndex香港恒生指数
WallStreet华尔街
ThecontrollingfinancialinterestsoftheUnitedStates华尔街:
美国经济中最有权势的金融界
Youaregoingtohearfivemorebriefnewsitems.Payspecialattentiontothenumbersandpercentages.Circlethe“↑”or“↓”onthebillboardsandfillinthemissingnumbersandpercentages.
1.foreignexchangerates:
1dollar=1.733Germanmarks
=126.9Japaneseyen
1pound=1.624dollars
ShareIndex:
DowJones
↓6,783(+45)
London’s100
↓4,390(+20)
Nikkei↑↓closed
2.ShareIndex:
↓10,116(+96)
StandardandPoor’s500
↓1,254(+6)
NASDAQ↑
(–1.5%)
3.ShareIndex:
DowJones↑
8,094(–66)
1,662(–3)
FT100↑
(–36)
CACQuarante↑
(–33,–1%)
DAX↑
(–1%)
4.Mostactivestocks:
CableandWirelessHKT
↓$0.45
HSBC↑
$0.50
Hutchison↑
ShanglongkaiProperty
↓$2.25
ChinaTelecom↑
$1.50
Changhong
↓$0.25
PacificCenturyCyberworlds↑
$0.10
CCTTelecom↑
$0.275
NewWorldCyberspace↑
$0.075
HanongHoldings↑
$0.25
Goldprices:
HongKonggold:
HK$2,670
Londongold:
US$289
5.Earnings:
PhilipsElectronics(lastyear):
$2.4billion($300million)
RoyalDutchShell(4thquarter):
$3.6billion
ElectronicDatasystems(4thquarter):
$0.70pershare($0.02↑)
1.ThedollaristradingatoneGermanmarkseventy-threepointthreeandat126.9Japaneseyen.Thepoundbuysonedollarsixty-twopointfour.InNewYork,theDowShareIndexclosed45higherat6,783.EarlierLondon’s100ShareIndexended20higherat4,390.InTokyo,theNikkeiShareIndexisclosedforaholiday.
2.TheDowJonesIndustrialAverageclosedup96pointsat10,116.TheStandardandPoor’s500Indexgained6pointstocloseat1,254.ButtheNASDAQIndexlost1.5%ashightechnologyandInternetstockswerebattered.
3.RightnowtheDowisdownanother66pointsat8,094;
theNASDAQCompositedown3pointsat1,662.TurningtoEurope’smajormarkets:
Londonstockswerehitbyawaveofprofittakingafterfivestraightrecordcloses;
theFT100Indexsown36points;
Parisseeinglossesaswell,theCACQuarantedown33pointsor1%;
andFrankfurt’sDAXalsofell1%afterbrieflymovingintorecordterritory.
4.TheHangSengIndexcloseddown89pointsat3,521.Theturnoverwas7.71billiondollars.Nowlookatthetenmostactivestocks.CableandWirelessHKTup45cents,HSBCholdingsdown50cents,Hutchisondown50cents,ShanglongkaiPropertyup$2.25,andChinaTelecomdown$1.50,Changhongup25cents,PacificCenturyCyberworldsdown10cents,CCTTelecomdown27.5cents,NewWorldCyberspacedown10cents,andHongKonggoldclosedat2,670HongKongdollars,andLondongoldistradingat289U.S.dollars.
5.ConsumerelectronicsmakerPhilipsElectronicsreportedalowerthanexpectedprofitforlastyear.Thecompanymadeabout$2.4billion,morethan$300millionbelowestimates.OilCompanyRoyalDutchShellposteditsearnings.Itmaderoughlya$3.6billionprofitforitsfourthquarter.ThatwasessentiallyinlinewithStreetexpectations.ElectronicDataSystemsalsoreporteditsfourthquarternumberslastnight.Itposteda70-centprofitpershare,twocentsbetterthanexpectations.
PartⅡNewsReports
A.keywords:
annualsurvey年度调查
compositeformula
composite:
Madeupofdistinctcomponents;
compound合成的;
不同成分组成的;
混合的
formula:
①Amethodofdoingortreatingsomethingthatreliesonanestablished,uncontroversialmodelorapproach准则,方案:
依据惯用的、无争议的模式或方法而采取的对某些事情的做法或处理方式
②Astatement,especiallyanequation,ofafact,rule,principle,orotherlogicalrelation【数学】公式,程式:
表示普遍事实、规律、法则或其它逻辑联系的陈述
asset资产
Theentriesonabalancesheetshowingallproperties,tangibleandintangible,andclaimsagainstothersthatmaybeapplied,directlyorindirectly,tocovertheliabilitiesofapersonorbusiness,suchascash,stock,andgoodwill【会计学】资产负债:
资产负债表总帐目,表明所有有形资产和无形资产,以及可直接或间接对他人财物提出所有权要求的,以偿付某人或企业的债务,如现金,原料和信誉
marketcapitalization资本额
Thesumthatresultsfromcapitalizing资本化所得到的数额Theamountsandtypesoflong-termfinancingusedbyafirm,includingcommonstock,preferredstock,retainedearnings,andlong-termdebt估价现值:
一个公司所使用的长期投资数额和种类,包括普通股、优先股、净赢利和长期债务
merger合并
①Theactoraninstanceofmerging;
union合并:
合并之行为或实例;
联合
②Theunionoftwoormorecommercialinterestsorcorporations联合体:
两个或两个以上商业团体或利益的联合
acquisition收购,买进,接办企业,接管企业
cite引证;
提及
Tomentionorbringforwardassupport,illustration,orproof:
引证:
把…作为支持、说明或证明而提及或提出
Forbes《财富(福布斯)》杂志
“Super100Global”list
Listentothefirstnewsreport.Completethenewssummaryandthenbrieflyanswerthequestionsbelow.
Summary:
ThisnewsreportisaboutForbes’s“Super100Global”list.
Answerthequestions:
1.WhichofthefollowingcorporationsarethetopfiveonForbes’slist?
Marktheirranks.
2Citigroup
4HSBCBankingCompany汇丰银行
BP-AmocoAmericanOilCompany美国石油公司
5Daimler-Chrysler戴姆勒克莱斯勒汽车
1GeneralElectricCorporation
Anglo-AmericanOilCompany
Microsoft
3BankofAmerica
2.Howarethecompaniesranked?
Thecompaniesarerankedwithacompositeformula,whichincludestotalsales,profits,assetsandmarketcapitalization,orthetotalvalueoftheirstock.
3.Howarethe100companiesdistributed?
46intheUnitedStates,54inEuropeandJapan
4.WhywerenoneoftheInternet-relatedfirmsincludedinthelist?
BecausemostoftheInternet-relatedfirmshavelittleornoprofitssofar
Forthesecondyearinarow,theGeneralElectricCorporationisrankednumberoneinanannualsurveyofthe100mostpower