时间:2018-12-30 作者:英语课 分类:初级剑桥商务英语


英语课

[00:02.93]Part A


[00:04.52]Listen and check your answers.


[00:07.81]Our prediction for next year


[00:10.61]are that unemployment will fall and wages will increase.


[00:16.30]If you want to buy a house,


[00:18.49]do it now as housing costs will rise next year.


[00:22.99]The good news is that petrol prices will decrease next year,


[00:27.90]but food prices will go up


[00:30.80]Lesson 1


[00:36.39]Part C


[00:38.69]Listen to Bob Green,an economics 1 expert,


[00:42.68]talking about his forecast for the economy for next year.


[00:46.89]Do these economic indicators 2 go up or down?


[00:51.10]Mark the table in your book.


[00:53.68]INTERVIEWER:Today we have Bob Green,


[00:57.08]an economics expert,in the studio with us.


[01:00.58] Bob,could you tell us something about the economic forecasts for next year?


[01:05.57] For example,what will happen to inflation 3?


[01:09.28]GREEN:Well,I predict that inflation will rise slightly,by about 4%.


[01:15.68] Wages have gone up this year,and this usually means prices rise,too.


[01:21.58]INTERVIEWER:OK, and what about interest rates?


[01:25.68]GREEN:As you know, when inflation goes up,


[01:29.08] interest rates usually go up,too, to try to control it.


[01:34.07] So,yes,I'm afraid that if you want to buy a house or a car,


[01:38.77]it'll cost you more next year.


[01:41.56]INTERVIEWER:That's too bad-no new car for me next year!


[01:45.85]Now what about production?


[01:48.54]GREEN:Well,this is all part of the cycle:


[01:51.83]wages go up, inflation goes up, interest rates go up,


[01:56.92]so production usually falls.


[02:00.42]And,of course,with rising inflation,


[02:03.82]we won't buy as much ourselves,either!


[02:07.32] We predict that production will fall next year


[02:11.32] by about 5% because our currency will be stronger.


[02:16.31] This means that fewer people abroad will buy our goods


[02:21.30] because they are too expensive.


[02:24.09] Exports will fall,


[02:26.29] so we will not need to produce as much.


[02:29.97]INTERVIEWER:Falling production,falling exports


[02:33.44]-that all sounds rather bad!


[02:36.03] What about imports then?


[02:38.72]GREEN:Well,we predict that these will rise by 7%.


[02:43.13] People might not have so much money to spend,


[02:46.64] but what they do buy will probably be electronic goods,


[02:51.52] and we will import more of these to meet demand.


[02:55.41]INTERVIEWER: Finally,what about investment?


[02:58.81]GREEN:We think that investment will increase next year.


[03:02.60] Companies have to put more money into computer systems


[03:06.88] and into making their factories more modern.


[03:10.38]INTERVIEWER:Mr Green,thank you very much for your time.


[03:13.88]GREEN:Thank you.


[03:15.37]Lesson 2


[03:17.07]Part C


[03:18.95]Listen to these people talking about the future.


[03:22.76]Write their opinions in the table in your book.


[03:26.26]1 WOMAN:Do you think cash'll become unnecessary in the next century?


[03:33.16]MAN:Oh,I'm sure it will.


[03:35.46] People will use credit cards or other forms of plastic money,


[03:39.56] so no one will need cash as well.


[03:43.16]2 WOMAN:I expect smart cards'll replace all the cards we have at present.


[03:49.77]MAN:Really?Why do you think that?


[03:52.67]WOMAN:Well,all you'll need is one card-


[03:56.56]it 'll have all the informationstores need.


[04:00.27]3 MAN:I'm certain information will be the most important commodity 4 of the future.


[04:08.48] If you don't believe me,


[04:10.46] just look how popular the Internet has become in the past few years!


[04:15.27]4 WOMAN:They predict that 95% of people will work in service industries.


[04:22.48] I don't think so many people will work in these industries.


[04:26.58]MAN:Why not?


[04:28.36]WOMAN:The number's too high.


[04:30.73] Someone has still got to build things-


[04:34.21] roads,cars,aircraft, buildings,computers


[04:39.20] -you can't build them by computer!


[04:42.28]5 MAN:I expect many people will be electronic immigrants in a few year's time.


[04:49.36] I'd certainly like to work from home with a computer.


[04:53.04]WOMAN:Really?Why do you think that?


[04:56.44]MAN:Well,it'll be cheaper for the big companies to pay workers to stay at home.


[05:02.05]WOMAN:But what'll happen if there's a power cut?


[05:05.74]MAN:You'll have a day off!


[05:09.45]Lesson 3


[05:16.13]Part C


[05:17.91]Listen to these three people talking about telecommuting.


[05:22.48]Make notes about their jobs and why they telecommute.


[05:27.08]1 I'm a computer consultant 5.


[05:30.76]I used to work for IBM,but now I have my own business.


[05:34.68]I'm based in connecticut,


[05:36.88]but I telecommute with clients all over the States


[05:40.77]and in London and Paris,too.


[05:43.48]I spend about 100 nights a year on the road,


[05:46.78]but I manage to keep in touch.


[05:49.28]Hotels can be a bit of a problem.


[05:52.08]Some of them don't understand the kind of things I need,


[05:55.76]you know,a desk with good lighting,a phone jack 6,


[05:59.94]and somewhere to plug the equipment in.


[06:02.74]But it's much better than when I first started.


[06:05.53]In fact,most of them are really computer-friendly now.


[06:08.93]2 I work for an investment company in New York City.


[06:14.94]When I had the baby last year I worked full-time 7 from home for five months.


[06:20.63]I then worked as a part-time telecommuter for another six months.


[06:24.91]It was great.I could work better at home,


[06:28.49]because there were no distractions 8.


[06:31.18]No one coming in and wanting to chat.


[06:34.08]What I liked best


[06:36.38]was that I could work for severalhours at a time.


[06:39.88]Then I could take a break and be with my child.


[06:43.28]I've now gone back to work full-time,


[06:46.49]but I still like to use my home office for overtime 9 work.


[06:50.28]I do some work-ups at night and I use it for brainstorming 10 on the weekends.


[06:55.09]3 I work in the media relations department of a telecommunications company.


[07:01.67]I telecommute from home at least one day a week,sometimes more.


[07:06.16]The company puts through calls from the office,


[07:09.17]and I use a laptop computer to get information fromtheir computer.


[07:13.66]I find that it's much easier to concentrate when working at home


[07:18.15]because it's quieter.


[07:20.16]It's also more convenient when I have overtime work.


[07:23.85]I don't have to get in the car on a weekend and drive 45 minutes to the office.


[07:29.12]I just go into the study,call up my reports and do it.


[07:33.20]It's really very productive 11.

 



n.经济学,经济情况
  • He is studying economics,which subject is very important.他正在学习经济学,该学科是很重要的。
  • One can't separate politics from economics.不能把政治与经济割裂开来。
(仪器上显示温度、压力、耗油量等的)指针( indicator的名词复数 ); 指示物; (车辆上的)转弯指示灯; 指示信号
  • The economic indicators are better than expected. 经济指标比预期的好。
  • It is still difficult to develop indicators for many concepts used in social science. 为社会科学领域的许多概念确立一个指标仍然很难。
n.胀大,夸张,通货膨胀
  • Gold prices are often seen as an indicator of inflation.黃金价格常常被看作是通货膨胀的指标。
  • The inflation of the airbed took several minutes.给空气床垫充气花了几分钟时间。
n.日用品,商品,物品
  • The authorities took measures to roll commodity price back.当局采取措施使物价全面回降。
  • Commodity prices remain stable and there are plenty of goods on the market.商品价格稳定,市场货源充足。
n.顾问;会诊医师,专科医生
  • He is a consultant on law affairs to the mayor.他是市长的一个法律顾问。
  • Originally,Gar had agreed to come up as a consultant.原来,加尔只答应来充当我们的顾问。
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
adj.满工作日的或工作周的,全时间的
  • A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
  • I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作,我不知道她是如何对付的。
n.使人分心的事[人]( distraction的名词复数 );娱乐,消遣;心烦意乱;精神错乱
  • I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions. 我发觉在家里工作很难,因为使人分心的事太多。
  • There are too many distractions here to work properly. 这里叫人分心的事太多,使人无法好好工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.超时的,加班的;adv.加班地
  • They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
  • He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。
献计献策,合力攻关
  • With Brainstorming, treat the view on how to solve the problem rightly. 利用脑激励法(Brainstorming),正确对待学生实验中的问题解决观。
  • We are going to do some brainstorming soon. 我们很快就要做些脑力激荡。
adj.能生产的,有生产价值的,多产的
  • We had a productive meeting that solved some problems.我们开了一个富有成效的会议,解决了一些问题。
  • Science and technology are part of the productive forces.科学技术是生产力。
学英语单词
a juggler
agricultural steel
allochthonic ground water
ampersands
angiospermous wood
antirheoscope
biogecchemistry
bone-up
boudewijn kanaal
brages
burglar alarm system
cam journal
chordal node
comparison interval
crystal ballsmanship
cut it short
Cxorvotone
daystrom power plant automation language (dapal)
De Steeg
demand report
descriptive anthropologies
DGAF
disrank
district attorneys
dot system
dry forest zone
Elaeagnus tutcheri
elisia
endo('s) agar
enlighting
flat-tax
G stone
garnet-mica schist
gifford
hand hackle
harnes(s)ing
heavy oil partial oxidation process
heemantic
herculaneums
hexamminecobalt (III)chloride
horizontal position of welding
hycanthone
hygrophorus borealiss
instrument tube routing
iridium(vi) selenide
Kifuli
knocked down condition
lancaster method of instruction
lapsus linguae
latrans
lifetaker
lip swelling
long-term credit facility
maritime buoyage
Marmagao(Mormugao)
median plates of wingbase
microthrombi
minimization of Boolean function
MittelEuropean
moulded shoes
multibit branch
neutral absorption
next generation Internet
Nicholas, Saint
OCTT
olinton
PBIB
Pentaceros
phenylalanine aminotransferase
place under restraint
polystichum falcatum
precise orientation
primary head vein
Puerto Alfonso
recovery pending
red alarm light
relief grinding
response to
resultant tool force
ringing pilot lamp
round bottomed flask
Royal Naval Reserve
runoff erosion
safety car
salmon-eye locus
Sandro
sarpo
scroll-paintings
self-presentations
septenary notation
split run
spoil the Egyptians
Spondias pinnata Kurz
straight flange design
street corners
Sumprabum
super sifter
tentative standard
underground river
victoria's secret
wear inhibitor
wh-what