英语专业听力教程4Unit 5

1、Unit Five, Listening Course-4,1,Unit Five,Zhang Hanwen,Unit Five, Listening Course-4,2,Outline,1. Revision take advantage of direct debit: 直接借记 trade-in: a used article accepted by a retailer in part payment for another,New words,Unit Five, Listening Course-4,9,Answers to Exercise in P43: 1-8: DADBB

2、/CAC open a bank account overdraw on his account overdraft facility in the absence of withdraw a large sum of money,Unit Five, Listening Course-4,10,That set me back a good bit. I do appreciate your problems, of course. Because there was the possibility, in the absence of any prior arrangement for a

3、n overdraft facility, that we would stop your cheques. My 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 points,Unit Five, Listening Course-4,11,Part 2 Stock Market: How It Works,Unit

4、 Five, Listening Course-4,12,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,Unit Five, Listening Course-4,13,Unit Five, Listening Cours

5、e-4,14,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,Unit Five, Listening Course-4

6、,15,Exercise C in P45: 1-8: BADBBDCC,Unit Five, Listening Course-4,16,Language points,A wave of selling triggered widespread price declines in stock markets from New York to Australia. The Dow Jones Industrial Average of the prices of 30 stocks of major US companies lost 22.6 percent of its value on

7、 that memorable day, plunging 508 points in the panicked rush to sell,Unit Five, Listening Course-4,17,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 orde

8、rs, 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 da

9、y, plunging 508 points in the panicked rush to sell,Unit Five, Listening Course-4,18,Section Three News,Unit Five, Listening Course-4,19,News Item One,Unit Five, Listening Course-4,20,Exercise A: This news is about the measures taken by China to limit the impact of a toxic spill in the Amur River,Un

10、it Five, Listening Course-4,21,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 rive

11、r 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,Unit Five, Listening Course-4,22,News Item 3,Migrating animals may be on a very long, tiring journey. Many geese and other birds migrate thousands of

12、 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,Unit Five, Liste

13、ning Course-4,23,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,Unit Five,

14、 Listening Course-4,24,Exercise A: This news item is about the warnings from scientists that climate change can drive some species of migrating animals towards extinction,Unit Five, Listening Course-4,25,Exercise B: Findings: Climate change can drive some species of migrating animals towards extinct

15、ion. Reason: Birds, mammals and reptiles are finding it increasingly difficult to follow their usual migration patterns,Unit Five, Listening Course-4,26,Example: The spreading Sahara Desert could make it impossible for swallows to make their epic journey from Southern Africa. Rising sea levels will destroy many coastal habitats for turtles and wading birds. Warmer oceans could lead to some turtle species becoming entirely female,Unit Five, Listening Course-4,27,Summary,Some expressions used in a bank and stock market. NYSE and Black Monday. Migrating animals,Unit Five, Li