經(jīng)貿(mào)英語文章選讀UNIT 7 International Trade

UNIT7

InternationalTrade

CONTENTS

TeachingAims

TextA12TextB3

SupplementingReading41TEACHINGAIMSAfterstudyingthisunit,youare

requiredtoHaveageneralideaofthereasonswhyinternationaltradetakesplace.2.Understand

thethreemostimportantcategoriesinanation’sbalanceofpayments.

3.Haveageneralideaofwhat

LawofComparativeCostsmeans.4.Masterthedifficultwordsandexpressions.

TextA

AnIntroductiontoInternationalTradePreviewquestionsInyouropinion,whydonationsexchangegoods?Istheseanyotherkindoftradeexcepttheimportandexportofgoodsandmerchandise

?Whatbenefitscanforeigninvestmentbringtothelocaleconomy?TEXTAReadingComprehension

Readthefollowingsentencesanddecidewhethertheyaretrue〔T)orfalse〔F)．1.TheUnitedStatesisamajorconsumerofwheat,yetitdoesnothavetheclimatetogrowanyofitsown.()2.Thefirstreasonwhytheexchangeofgoodsbetweennationstakesplaceisthatnonationhasallofthecommoditiesthatitneeds.()3.TheUnitedStatesproducesmoreautomobilesthananyothercountry,soithasnoneedtoimportlargequantitiesofautosfromothercountries.()FFT

4.Whencountriesimportmorethantheyexport,anunfavorablebalanceoftradeexists.(

)5.Thedifferentkindsoftradenationsengageinarevariedandcomplex,amixtureofvisibleandinvisibletrade.()

TTTEXTAReadingComprehension

TEXTANotes

Guatemala(危地馬拉)

isacountryinCentralAmericaborderedbyMexicotothenorthandwest,thePacificOceantothesouthwest,Belizetothenortheast,theCaribbeantotheeast,andHondurasandElSalvadortothesoutheast.Itsareais108,890

km2(42,043

mi2)withanestimatedpopulationof13,276,517.

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1.cavemann.〔史前石器時代的〕穴居人；野人Economicactivity

beganwiththecaveman,whowaseconomicallyself-sufficient.經(jīng)濟(jì)活動始于自給自足的穴居人。2.surplusn.剩余；順差；盈余；過剩Idenythat"surplusvalueisthesourceofprofit"inanyusefulsense.在任何有用的意義上，我都否認(rèn)“剩余價值是利潤的源泉〞。

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3.utilizevt.利用Toavoidanoilshortage,moremachinesshouldutilizesolarenergy.為防止石油短缺，更多的機(jī)器應(yīng)當(dāng)利用太陽能。4.plantn.工廠，車間Wouldyouliketoseethevideointroducingourplant?你們要看介紹我們工廠情況的錄像片嗎？

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bartern.物物交換；實物交易Thesoldiersbarteredforfurswithrifles.士兵們以步槍交換毛皮。6.scattervi.分散，散開；散射Smallvillagesscatteratthefootofthemountain.村莊零零落落地散布在山腳下。

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7.depositn.礦床,礦藏;沉淀物Theresultsshowthatthedepositcanbeexploitedaftertakingsomemeasures.結(jié)果說明：采取一定的措施后，排尾后下部礦體可以回采。8.domesticallyadv.國內(nèi)地；家庭式地Importsaregoodsandservicesthatareproducedabroadandsolddomestically.進(jìn)口是在國外生產(chǎn)的但在國內(nèi)銷售的商品與效勞。

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9.merchandisen.商品；貨物Wecansupplyanyreasonablequantityofthismerchandise.對彼商品，我們能供給任何適當(dāng)?shù)臄?shù)量。10.vulnerableadj.易受攻擊的，易受…的攻擊；易受傷害的Vulnerablegroupsexistineverysociety.任何社會都存在弱勢群體。

TEXTAAssignment

1.FinishtherestofexercisesofTextA

2.PreviewTextB

TextB

TheAdvantagesofInternationalTradePreviewquestionsWhat’sthebeginningofspecialization?WhatdoesLawofComparativeCostsmean?TEXTBReadingComprehension

TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoChinese.

1.Inhisoriginalstate,manwasself-sufficient,providingfood,shelterandclothing,simplethoughitwas,forhisfamily.人類在原始狀態(tài)時，自給自足，供養(yǎng)家庭相對簡單的吃、穿、住。

2.Ifcountriesspecializeintheproductionofthosegoodsinwhichtheyhaveeitherarelativeorabsoluteadvantage,everyonestandstogain.如果各國專門生產(chǎn)那些他們具有相對優(yōu)勢或絕對優(yōu)勢的產(chǎn)品，大家都可能獲利。TEXTBReadingComprehension

3.Favorablesourcesallowanationtoproduceapieceofgoodswithlesslaborthananationnotasfavorablysituated.有利的資源能使一個有地理優(yōu)勢的國家以更少的勞動力來生產(chǎn)同一種貨物。TEXTBReadingComprehension

4.CanadahasanabsoluteadvantageoverNicaraguainthecultivationofwheatbutanabsolutedisadvantageinthecultivationofbananas.與尼加拉瓜相比，加拿大在小麥生產(chǎn)方面有絕對的優(yōu)勢，而在香蕉生產(chǎn)方面那么是絕對的劣勢。TEXTBReadingComprehension

5.Inthisrespect,anationbehavesnodifferentlyfromanindividualwhodoesnotattempttoproduceallthecommoditieswhenhecanproduceonecommoditymostefficientlyandthenexchangespartofhisoutputfortheothercommoditiesheneedsorwants.在這種意義上，國家跟個人是一樣的，當(dāng)一個個體可以最有效率的生產(chǎn)某一種產(chǎn)品，并拿他的勞動成果換取他所需要或渴望的其他產(chǎn)品時，他不愿意生產(chǎn)所有的產(chǎn)品。TEXTBReadingComprehension

TEXTBNotes

AdamSmithwasaScottishmoralphilosopherandapioneerofpoliticaleconomics.OneofthekeyfiguresoftheScottishEnlightenment,SmithistheauthorofTheTheoryofMoralSentimentsandAnInquiryintotheNatureandCausesoftheWealthofNations.Thelatter,usuallyabbreviatedasTheWealthofNations,isconsideredhismagnumopusandthefirstmodernworkofeconomics.Smithiswidelycitedasthefatherofmoderneconomicsandcapitalism.

TEXTBNewWordsandExpressions:

1.atfirstsight

乍一看，初見Sheisagirl(whom)peoplelikeatfirstsight.

她是一個人人們一見就喜歡的姑娘。

2.proficientadj.熟練的，精通的

StudentsmustbeproficientinEnglish.學(xué)生必須精通英語。

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3.specializationn.專門化，專業(yè)化

Teachers'specializationisalong-term,continuousanddynamicprocess.教師專業(yè)成長是一個長期、連續(xù)、動態(tài)的過程。

4.availabilityn.可用性；有效性；實用性

Ticketavailabilityisthebiggestproblem.買不到球票是最大的問題。

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5.withtheadventof隨著……到來Withtheadventoftheinternet,somenewcareersgraduallyevolve.隨著互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的出現(xiàn)，漸漸開展出一些新職業(yè)。

6.cruxn.關(guān)鍵；難題Thisisthecruxofthematter.這就是問題的關(guān)鍵所在。

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7.outputn.輸出，輸出量；產(chǎn)量；出產(chǎn)Outputshouldtriplebynextyear.到明年產(chǎn)量應(yīng)增至三倍。8.prospervi.繁榮，興盛；成功Maythegodsprosperourcity!愿神靈保佑我們的城市繁榮!

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sacrificen.犧牲，奉獻(xiàn)Ithankfoodsfortheirsacrificetous.我感謝食物，它們?yōu)槲覡奚松?0.revealvt.顯示；透露Ishouldbegladtogiveyouanyhelpifyourevealyourthoughtstome.如果你把你的想法透露給我，我愿意盡全力幫助你。