商务英语综合教程1 Unit7.ppt

endorse endorse: v. to say publicly that you support a person, statement or course of action to say in an advertisement that you use and like a particular product so that other people will want to buy it to write your name on the back of a cheque so that it can be paid into a bank account (背书) Background Group Assignment Detailed Reading I fully endorse (= agree with) everything the Chairperson has said. Members of all parties endorsed a ban on land mines. TEXT III The twins endorsed a line of household cleaning products. The payee of the cheque must endorse the cheque. n. endorsement devastate devastate: v. to destroy completely Background Group Assignment Detailed Reading The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. TEXT III a. devastated completely destroyed; extremely upset and shocked Thousands of people have left their devastated villages and fled to the mountains. His family is absolutely devastated. daunt daunt: v. [usually passive] to make sb feel nervous and less confident about doing sth Background Group Assignment Detailed Reading She was a brave woman but she felt daunted by the task ahead. I was rather daunted by the thought of addressing such an audience. TEXT III intimidate a. daunting She has the daunting task of cooking for 20 people every day. Starting a new job can be a daunting prospect. a. dauntless dauntless bravery In spite of the scale of the famine, the relief workers struggled on with dauntless optimism and commitment. Text III_ GA_1 Background Group Assignment Detailed Reading A Case Study This group work is a case study. As case study is one of the several ways of doing social science research. It involves an in-depth, longitudinal examination of a single instance or event: a case, and provides a systematic way of looking at events, collecting data, analyzing information, and reporting the results. As a result, the researcher may gain a sharpened understanding of why the instance has happened and what