Unit 02-Economy课件.ppt

Unit 2 Economy;Do you know…?;Do you know…?;Do you know…?;Do you know…?;Do you know…?;Part A: Fall in the UK Share Prices;rally / ????? / a notable rise in stock market prices and trading volume after a decline 跌停回升；降后复涨 股票价格在今天收市前略有回升。 Share prices had a late slight rally (n.) /had rallied (v.) by the close of trading today. rally (v.) a great deal of support for their presidential campaign index / ??????? / a system by which prices, costs, etc. can be compared to those of a previous date 指数 a price index 物价指数 stock market indices 股市指数 the cost-of-living index 物价消费指数;flagship / ???????? / the best and most important product, building, etc. that a company owns or produces 王牌；头号；佼佼者 (~ store/train/company 旗舰店/头等列车／公司) the flagship of a newspaper chain 多家报社中的佼佼者 the flagship of a line of reference books 参考书系列中的王牌 pun / ??? / an amusing use of a word or phrase that has two meanings, or of words that have the same sound but different meanings 双关语 She made the following pun: Seven days without water make one weak/week.;executive / ??????????? / relating to the job of managing a business or organization and making decisions 实行的；执行的；行政的 an executive committee 执行委员会 executive board 董事会; 理事会 executive responsibilities 行政责任 pension / ?????? / sum of money paid regularly by the State to people above a certain age and to widowed or disabled people, or by an employer to a retired employee 养老金；退休金；抚恤金 draw one’s old-age pension live on one’s state pension;shareholder / ?????????? / someone who owns shares in a company or business 股东 Our shareholders will be pleased with this year’s figures.公司的股东会对今年的业绩感到满意。 share capital the amount of money put into a company by its shareholders when they buy shares and used to buy the items it needs to carry on its activities 股本；股份资本 We need to increase our share capital if we want to expand. 我们要扩展业务，就需增加股本。;;;;Watch the news clip and get a general idea of what the news report is about. ;Evan Davis: Hamleys flagship toy store