医科大学博士口语unit11.ppt

Stock Exchange Stock Exchange, organized market for buying and selling financial instruments, including stocks, options, and futures. Most stock exchanges have specific locations where commissioned, or paid, intermediaries called brokers conduct trading—that is, buying and selling. At a stock exchange, certain brokers specialize in trading certain stocks. These specialists operate on the floor of the exchange, the area where all trading takes place. Brokers pack the floor during trading. They often use bargaining and negotiation to execute larger trades, and they take bids for the highest prices. The process is noisy and frantic, and brokers use hand signals to communicate above the chaos. castle aroma aroma: A pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food. the kitchen aroma / the aroma of coffee A distinctive quality a city with the aroma of Paris. c.f. smell (smelly) fragrance scent / perfume minutes minute: a note or summary; a memorandum make a minute of a debate minutes: An official record of the proceedings at a meeting. (both verb and noun.) to minute the proceedings of a meeting to write up the minutes of a meeting adj. [mai’nju:t]: exceptionally small; tiny polytechnic poly- “more than one, many, much” polyatomic polyadenitis polyalcohol polyamine polycentric polyethnic American Civil War American Civil War, a military conflict between the United States of America (the Union) and the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy) from 1861 to 1865. It is sometimes called the War Between the States, the War of Rebellion, or the War for Southern Independence. It began on April 12, 1861, and lasted until May 26, 1865, when the last Confederate army surrendered. The war took more than 600,000 lives, destroyed property valued at $5 billion, brought freedom to 4 million black slaves, and opened wounds that have not yet completely healed more than 125 years later. Corbin convinced Grant to appoint General Daniel