大学核心商务英语读写教程1课件颜晓川 马瑞香ISBN 9787811348804 PPT unit4 B.ppt

Contents 2. Automakers are looking for signs of stability in the auto market, which is recovering from a historic drop in sales that began last year. (Para. 4) [解析] look for 本意“寻找”，在这里意味着“等待，期待”。Which 引导的非限制性定语从句修饰说明the auto market. That began last year是限制性定语从句，修饰说明a historic drop. 两处现在进行时态are looking for 和is recovering from表明动作仍在持续。 Notes to the Text 3. Small monthly auto sales increases are likely as the economy continues its slow improvement, but larger auto sales gains will not happen until the jobless rate drops substantially, and people feel confident spending money on big-ticket items, said Martin Zimmerman, a former Ford Motor Co., chief economist who now teaches at the University of Michigan. [解析] 主句结构是由but引导的两个并列句。前一个单句中as引导原因壮语；后一个单句是由not…until…结构引导条件状语从句，until部分有两个简单句, 谓语动词分别是drops和feel confident. Martin Zimmerman 后面是同位语，补充说明了Zimmerman的身份，who引导定语从句修饰economist， Notes to the Text 4. Although the factors that drove down last November’s auto sales, such as frozen credit and the stock market collapse, have abated, auto sales will not lead the economy out of recession, Zimmerman said. (Para. 8) [解析] Although 让步状语从句中的主语是the factors,谓语动词是have abated,其间是that引导的定语从句，such as 引入插入语，补充说明the factors。 Notes to the Text * * C C B E R W College Core Business English * TEXT B US Auto Sales Edge Up To know something about US Auto Sales To get familiar with technical terms for automobile sales To learn new words and expressions To master how to analyze difficult and long sentences OBJECTIVES Background Information 1 Introduction to the Text 2 Business Terms 3 Words and Expressions 4 Notes to the Text 5 Background Information US Auto Sales U.S. auto sales plunged 32 percent in October 2008 to lows unseen in a quarter-century. Hurt by tighter terms on auto financing by skittish banks and finance companies and the worsening economy, U.S. auto sales fell to their weakest month since February 1983. Background Information Automake