[文学]UKEconomic.ppt

Chemicals * * grown faster than all other British industries, except electronics. The pharmaceutical industry is particularly successful, with the worlds second and third largest pharmaceutical firms being based in the UK and having major research and development and manufacturing facilities. Service Industry The service sector is the dominant sector of the UK economy, a feature normally associated with the economy of a developed country. This means that the Tertiary sector jobs outnumber the Secondary and Primary sector jobs combined. British Trade a major role of foreign trade in the British economy Overseas commodity trade alone accounting for about one sixth of the country’s national income an importer of food and an exporter of manufactured goods. * * * * British Finance Important financial cities in the UK London: the world’s financial center London Stock Exchange The Bank of England Edinburgh: the fifth largest financial centre in Europe the Royal Bank of Scotland (the second largest bank in Europe) HBOS (owners of the Bank of Scotland)  Banks in Britain 1 The Bank of England London 2 HSBC Bank (汇丰银行) London 3 Royal Bank of Scotland Edinburgh 4 Barclays Bank (巴克莱银行) London 5 HBOS (哈里法克斯银行) Edinburgh 6 Lloyds TSB (劳埃德TSB集团) London Currency Cash The currency of Britain is the British pound, whose symbol is “￡”, always written before the amount. The one-pound coin has 4 different designs: an English one, a Scottish one, a Northern Irish one, and a Welsh one In Scotland, banknotes with a Scottish design are issued. These notes are perfectly legal in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, but banks and shops are not obliged to accept them if they don’t want to. The Coins The Notes * * Pound sterling: A symbol of nationalist character (1) Pound sterling: The symbol of the UK Units of the sterling Coins 1 penny 2 pence 5 pence 10 pence 20 pence 50 pence 1 po