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听力入门第三册unit3

Unit3WorldNews:

EconomicDevelopments

PartIWarmingup

A.

1.WhohavebeenmeetinginHongKongtodaytodiscusstheoutlookfortheglobaleconomy?

CentralBankgovernorsfrommorethanadozencountries

2.WhatdoesUNCTADsayabouttheworldwidetotalofforeigninvestment?

Itgrewby40%lastYeartomorethan600billiondollars.

3.Whohasapprovedacutinincometaxrates?

TheUnitedStatesHouseofRepresentatives

4.Whohasannouncedjobcutsafterafallindemandforitsproducts?

Intel

Whatisitsplan?

Toreduce5,000

5.WhatdecisionshavebeenmadebyEU,theU.S.andCanadaafteracaseoffoot-and-mouthdiseasewasconfirmedinFrance?

EUhasimposedfurtherrestrictionsonthemovementoflivestock.

TheU.S.andCanadahaveissuedtemporarybansontheimportofanimalproducefromEU.

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1.CentralBankgovernorsfrommorethanadozencountrieshavebeenmeetinginHongKongtoday.OnesubjecttheylikelydiscussedistheoutlookfortheglobaleconomybecauseoftheU.S.slowdownandJapan'sstrugglingrecovery.Anothertopic,howtostrengthenfinancialmarketsinemergingeconomiesinAsiaandelsewhere.

2.AUnitedNations'reportsaystheworldwidetotalofforeigninvestmentgrewbynearly40%lastyeartomorethan600billiondollars.ThereportbytheUNConferenceonTradeandDevelopment,UNCTADsaysmostofittookplacebetweendevelopedcountriesasbigcompaniestookoneanotherover.

3.TheUnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeshasapprovedacutinincometaxrates,thefirstpartofapackageoftaxcuttingmeasuresputforwardbyPresidentBush.Theincometaxreductionswillamounttonearly1trilliondollarsovertenyears.

4.Theworld'slargestmakerofcomputerchips,Intel,hasannouncedjobcutsafterafallindemandforitsproducts.Intelsaiditexpecteditsrevenueinthefirstquarterofthisyeartofall.byaquarteronthesameperiodlastyear.TheCalifornia-basedcompanyplanstoreduceits85,000-strongworkforceby5,000.

5.TheEuropeanUnionhasimposedfurtherrestrictionsonthemovementoflive-stockafteracaseoffoot-and-mouthdiseasewasconfirmedinFrance.TheUnitedStatesandCanadahaveissuedtemporarybansontheimportofallanimalproducefromEUcountries.

B.

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1.ThedollaristradingatoneGermanmarkseventy-threepointthreeandat126.9Japaneseyen.Thepoundbuysonedollarsixty-twopointfour.InNewYork,theDowShareIndexclosed45higherat6,783.EarlierLondon's100ShareIndexended20higherat4,390.InTokyo,theNikkeiShareIndexisclosedforaholiday.

2.TheDowJonesIndustrialAverageclosedup96pointsat10,116.TheStandardandPoor's500Indexgained6pointstocloseat1,254.ButtheNASDAQIndexlost1.5%ashightechnologyandlnternetstockswerebattered.

3.RightnowtheDowisdownanother66pointsat8,094;theNASDAQCompositedown3pointsat1,662.TurningtoEurope'smajormarkets:

Londonstockswerehitbyawaveofprofittakingafterfivestraightrecordcloses;theFT100Indexdown36points;Parisseeinglossesaswell,theCACquarantedown33pointsor1%;andFrankfurt'sDAXalsofell1%afterbrieflymovingintorecordterritory.

4.TheHangSengIndexcloseddown89pointsat3,521.Theturnoverwas7.71billiondollars.Nowlookatthetenmostactivestocks.CableandWirelessHKTup45cents,HSBCholdingsdown50cents,Hutchisondown50cents,ShanglongkaiPropertyup$2.25,andChinaTelecomdown$1.50,Changh0ngup25cents,PacificCenturyCyberworldsdown10cents,CCTTelecomdown27.5cents,NewWorldCyberspacedown7.5cents,andHanongHoldingsdown25cents.TheHangSengIndexfutureforNovemberandDecemberwerealldown.HongKonggoldclosedat2,670HongKongdollars,andLondongoldistradingat289U.S.dollars.

5.ConsumerelectronicsmakerPhilipsElectronicsreportedalowerthanexpectedprofitforlastyear.Thecompanymadeabout$2.4billion,morethan$300millionbelowestimates.OilcompanyRoyalDutchShellposteditsearnings.Itmaderoughlya$3.6billionprofitforitsfourthquarter.ThatwasessentiallyinlinewithStreetexpectations.ElectronicDataSystemsalsoreporteditsfourthquarternumberslastnight.Itposteda70-centprofitpershare,twocentsbetterthanexpectations.

PartIINewsreports

Summary:

ThisnewsreportisaboutForbes's"Super100Global"list.

Answerthequestions:

1.WhichofthefollowingcorporationsarethetopfiveonForbes'slist?

Marktheirranks.

2Citigroup

4HSBCBankingCompany

--BP-Amoco

5Daimler-Chrysler

1GeneralElectricCorporation

⏹Anglo-AmericanOilCompany

⏹Microsoft

3BankofAmerica

2.Howarethecompaniesranked?

Thecompaniesarerankedwithacompositeformula,whichincludestotalsales,profits,assetsandmarketcapitalization,orthetotalvalueoftheirstock.

3.Howarethe100companiesdistributed?

46intheUnitedStates,54inEuropeandJapan

4.WhywerenoneoftheInternet-relatedfirmsincludedinthelist?

BecausemostoftheInternet-relatedfirmshavelittleornoprofitssofar

Tapescript:

Forthesecondyearinarow,theGeneralElectricCorporationisrankednumberoneinanannualsurveyofthe100mostpowerfulcorporationsintheworld.

Thesurvey,compiledandpublishedbyForbesbusinessmagazine,showsGeneralElectricoftheUnitedStatesrankednumberone,followedinsecondandthirdplacebytheU.S.bankingandfinancialservicesgiantsCitigroupandBankofAmerica.InfourthandfifthplacearetheBritish-basedHSBCBankingCompanyandDaimler-Chrysler,theGerman-Americanauto-company.Thecompaniesarerankedwithacompositeformula,whichincludestotalsales,profits,assetsandmarketcapitalization,orthetotalvalueofits（their）stock.Whatthemagazinecallsits"Super100Global"listare46companiesbasedintheUnitedStatesand54inEuropeandJapan.

MikeOzanian,theForbeseditorwhocompiledthelist,saysthereisagrowingtrendofinternationalmergersandacquisitions,citingcompaniessuchasDaimler-ChryslerandBP-Amoco,theAnglo-AmericanOilCompany.Mr.OzaniansaysthatdespitethehugecapitalizationsofmanyInternet-relatedfirms,nonewereincludedbecausemosthavelittle,ifany,profits--atleastnotyet.

Summary:

ThisnewsreporttellsusthateconomiesintheAsia-Pacificregionhavereboundedfromthe1997-1998financialcrisis.

Statements:

1.（F）2.（T）3.（T）4.（F）

5.（F）6.（T）7.（T）8.（T）

Tapescript:

EconomiesintheAsia-Pacificregionhavereboundedfromthe1997-1998financialcrisis.That'saccordingtotheannualsurveybytheUNConferenceonTradeandDevelopment.ThesurveysayseconomicgrowthinAsiaisexpectedtoexceedsixpercentthisyear.

ThereportsaysdevelopingcountriesintheAsiaandPacificregionperformedsignificantlybetterlastyearthanwasforecast.Theircollectiveeconomiesgrewbyfive-and-one-half-percent,whichitsaysisaremarkableturnaroundfromthevirtuallyzerogrowthexperiencedin1998.

SeniorUNeconomist,BillChoa,saystheturnaroundingrowthinJapanisparticularlynoteworthy.Hesaysstrikingimprovementsalsoweremadeindevelopingcountries.

ThereportsaystheresurgenceingrowthwasparticularlyoutstandinginSouthKorea.ButimpressivegainsalsoweremadeinThailand,Malaysia,Indonesia,HongKong,andSingapore.Thereportnoteshighergrowthhasbeenachievedwithoutcausinginflationtorise.ItsaystheflourishingeconomyoftheAsia-Pacificregionislargelyduetoacombinationofgreaterforeigninvestmentsandbuoyantexports.

Despitetheoptimisticprospectsfortheregion,Mr.Choawarnsagainstcomplacency.Hesaystherearebothexternalanddomesticdownsiderisks.HesaystheregioncouldbeadverselyaffectedbyaslowdownintheU.S.economy,byalackofsustainedrecoveryinJapanandhigheroilprices.

TheUnitedNationsreportsaysthatmoreemphasismustbeplacedonstructuralreforms.Itrecommendsimprovedsurveillanceandtheestablishmentofearlywarningsystemstomonitortheinternationalfinancialsystem.ThereportsayssocialsafetynetsoftheAsia-Pacificregionhavetobestrengthenedandexpandedsothatpoorpeopleareprotectedintheeventofanotherfinancialcrisis.

Statements:

1.TherewasafinancialcrisisinAsiafrom1996to1998.

2.EconomicgrowthinAsiaisexpectedtobemorethan6percentthisyear.

3.EconomiesintheAsia-Pacificregiongrewby5.5percentlastyear.

4.EconomiesintheAsia-Pacificregiongrewconsiderablyin1998.

5.HigheconomicgrowthinAsiawasaccompaniedbyhighinflation.

6.TheflourishingeconomyintheAsia-Pacificregionislargelyduetoacombinationofgreaterforeigninvestmentsandincreasingexports.

7.TheeconomicgrowthintheregioncouldbeadverselyaffectedbyaslowdownintheU.S.economyandhigheroilprices.

8.AccordingtotheUNreport,improvedsurveillanceandearlywarningsystemsareneededtomonitortheinternationalfinancialdevelopment.

C

Summary:

ThisnewsreportgivesusageneralpictureofsomemajorU.S.stocks.Italsopresentssomeanalysts'viewsonthemarket.

Statements:

1.TheDowJonesIndustrialAveragewentuplessthanonepercent,to10,546.

2.AnanalystsaidthatsalesgrowthatIntelcouldbestrongerthanexpected.

3.Retailstocksgainedonstronger-than-expectedsalesbecauseoftheThanksgivingholidayshoppingseason.

4.Salesofexistinghomesfellasteep3.9%inOctober,theirsecondmonthlydecline.

5.AccordingtoinvestmentstrategistAlanSkrainka,thisisaverygoodentrypointforalong-terminvestortogetintothemarket.

Tapescript.

U.S.stockpricesweremixedonMonday,withthe"bluechips"inarallymode.Butvolumewasonlymoder