2incomelevelandtheworldmarket.doc

Lesson 2 Income Level and the World Market I.教学目的 掌握国内生产总值，国民生产总值，人均收入等概念的含义。了解划分高收入，中等收入和低收入国家的标准及收入水平与市场的关系。熟悉世界市场的情况。 II.教学重难点 1　　 Gross national product (GNP) and gross domestic product (GDP). 2　　 Per capita income and per capita GDP. 3　　 High income, middle income and low income countries. 　　A. standards for classification 　　B. representative countries 4　　 Triad and Quad. 　　A. United States 　　B. Western Europe 　　C. Japan 　　D. Canada 5　　 Other important markets for China. III. 教学方法 讲解（传授新知识[口授法]）和课堂练习（巩固知识技能[探讨研究法）相结合。讲授为主，配以师生互动实训，PPT等。 IV.教学学时：4学时 V. 教学步骤 1. New vocabulary 1) potential [p?uten??l] n. 潜能；可能性；[电] 电势 adj. 潜在的；可能的；势的 This new invention has enormous sales potential. Have potential to do/ as 2) clue n. 线索 The police found a clue which will help them catch the robber. Clue to do sth. 3) bulk [b?lk] n. 体积，容量；大多数，大部分；大块 vt. 使扩大，使形成大量；使显得重要 Sugar is imported in bulk(散装) from the mainland. 4）tap [t?p] vt. 轻敲；轻打；利用，开发 We should tap into(利用) our currency reserves 5) proximity [pr?ksimiti] n. 亲近，接近；[数] 邻近 Proximity to 2. Trade Terms: 1) national income国民收入: the total net value of all goods and services produced within a nation over a specified period of time. 一个国家在某一特定时期内货物和服务的总净价值。 2）GNP国民生产总值: Gross national Product. The market value of goods and services produced by the property and labor owned by the residents of an economy. 3) per capita income人均收入：it is calculated by dividing its national income by its population.一个国家的国民收入除以其人口数。 4）Per capita GDP人均国内生产总值: It is calculated by dividing its total GDP by its population, which reveals the average income level of consumers.一个国家的国内生产总值除以起人口数。 5）PPP购买力平价: Purchasing power parity是一种根据各国不同的价格水平计算出来的货币之间的等值系数，以对各国的国内生产总值进行合理比较。但是，这种理论汇率与实际汇率可能有很大的差距。 例如：根据该杂志必威体育精装版一期的巨无霸指数，一份巨无霸汉堡包的价格在中国为13.2元人民币，在美国为3.73美元，由此推断，人民币对美元的汇率应该为3.54：1，比目前的汇率低了很多。实际上，按照“巨无霸指数”推算的人民币对美元的汇率一直比现行汇率低不少，因此这个指数也经常被一些西方经济学家用来佐证各种“人民币被低估”的理论 6）consumerism消费主义: the theory that a progressively greater consumption of goods is economic