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BEC课unit6a
Unit6aReportingresults报告结果
I.Measuringperformance
1.Warm-up
Somewordsabouttheperformanceofacompanyintheannualreport
companyperformance公司绩效
performanceevaluation绩效评估
annualreport年度报告
pre-taxprofits税前利润
breakeven无亏损(的),盈亏相抵(的)
volatile可变的,不稳定的
disposal出售,出让
balancesheet资产负债表,平衡表
exceptionalitem非常项目
operationalmargins经营利润
cost-cuttingmeasures降低成本的措施
resourceefficiencyprogramme资源增效计划
salesvolume销售额
tradingvolume贸易额,交易额
turnover营业额
restructure结构重组
streamline使…有效率,精简
cashsurplus现金盈余
transformationprogramme改革,改组计划
earningspershare每股收益
dividendpershare每股分红
assets资产
2.Listening
ListentoatelevisionreportabouttheperformanceoftheUKsupermarketchainBudgensandanswerthequestionsonp83.
Listentothesecondhalfofthereportagainandcompletethegraphonp84representingBudgens'sshare-pricefromFebruary98-99.
Tapescript
So,let’shavealookathowthemarketsaredoingwithJenny.
Thanks,Tony.Well,we’llbeginwithBudgens,thesupermarketchain.They’vereportedtheirresultstoday.Forthesixmonths,pre-taxprofitsrosesharplyby9.8%,whichbroughtthefinalfigurefortheyeartojustover6.3m.That’supfromjust5.8mlastyear.Thedividendisup.Ifyou’reoneoftheirshareholders,youcanexpecthalfapennypershare.Bugdgenshasgot163storesandthreenowactuallysellpetrol,sotheydoseemtobeexpanding.They’vealsojustspenthalfamillionpoundsonbuyingsomethingcalledTeleshopservices,whichspecializesindevelopingcomputer-basedhomeshopping.However,thebusinessisonlyoperatingatbreak-evenandisn’texpectedtodomuchmorethisyear,ithastobesaid.
Now,let’stakealook,shallwe,athowbudgens’sharepricehasdoneoverthelast12months.Asyoucansee,it’sbeenprettyvolatile.Aftersteadyprogressthroughoutthefirsthalfoftheyear,itreallyshotupattheendofthesummer,wheneveryonethoughtthere’dbeatakeover.Attheheightoftherumours,inSeptember,youcanseethatsharespeakedatjustover80pence.Thetakeoverdidn’thappen.though,andthepricecollapsed.Bymid-Octoberithadfallenasfarasthe55pencemark.Thesharesrecoveredslowlyto65pencebyNovember,butthentheywentintosteadydeclineagainforthenexttwomonths,downonceagaintothe55pencemark.However,newsofgoodtradingresultshasmeantthatshareshaveimprovedagainthisyear.Andithastobesaid,thesharepriceismarginallyuponlastFebruary.Soshareholdersareinprofitoverthe12-monthperiod.Andifwelookatthebudgenssharestoday,they’reupslightlyby1.3penceat67andahalf.
3.Vocabulary:
verbs/nounsaswellasadverbsdescribingchange
股票涨跌:
shootup猛涨
sharespeakat股价达到最高点
thepricecollapses股票蹦盘
thepricefalls/goesdown股价下跌
sharesrecover/rally股价回升
gointosteadydecline稳步下跌
sharepriceismarginallyup股价微升
sharesareupslightlyby…股价微升
常用的概括图表信息的词组和表达方式
A.上升趋势
Verbs/nouns
toincrease/anincrease
togoup
togrow/agrowth
tojump/ajump
toleap/aleap
topeak/apeak
toreachapeak/apeak
tosoar/asoar
torise/arise
toupsurge/anupsurge
toupswing/anupswing
toimprove/improvement
toshootup
torocket
torecover/arecovery
B.下降趋势
tocollapse/acollapse
todecline/adecline
todrop/adrop
todecrease/adecrease
tofall/afall
togodown
toreachalowpoint/alowpoint
toreduce/areduction
toslump/slump
c.程度
a.升降程度较大
agreatdeal/big/alot
apparent/apparently
clear/dearly
considerable/considerably
important/importantly
dramatic/dramatically
great/greatly
drastic/drastically
marked/markedly
much
obvious/obviously
fast
quick/quickly
rapid/rapidly
remarkable/remarkably
sharp,/sharply
significant/significantly
strong/strongly
sudden/suddenly
b.升降程度较小
abit
alittle
fractional/fractionally
gentle/gently
gradual/gradually
hardly
little
slight/slightly
slow/slowly
small
steady/steadily
c.平稳状态
tobehardlychanged
tohavelittlechange
tokeepsteady
toleveloff
toremainconstant
toremainunchanged
Adverbs
slightly/moderately/steadily
sharply/considerably/greatly/significantly/dramatically/drastically
quickly/rapidly/slowly
Aslightincrease,asuddencollapse,adramatic/sharp/strongrise,asteadydecline,agradualrise,ajump,remainstable/steady,stay/leveloff
总结:
猛升:
Skyrocket,Soar,jump
猛降:
plunge,dive,collapse
下降:
fall,drop,decline,
上升:
increase,grow,rise,
升幅:
growthrate,scaleofincrease/decline
平稳:
stable,steady,same,leveloff,stay,remain
例句Interprete
曲线图(linechart),柱状图(barchart),饼状图(piechart),和表格(table)
TrucksalesrosesteadilyfromOctobertoDecember.
AsteadyfallinsalesduringNovemberandDecemberfollowedthesharpincreaseinOctober.
TrucksalesdroppedduringNovemberbutincreasedagaininDecembertoexceedOctobersales.
Trucksaleshardlychangedthroughouttheperiod,exceptforaslightincreaseinNovember.
Aslowbutsteadyincreasewasfollowedbyasharpfallandanincreasetowardsthe
End.
TrucksalesdroppeddowninOctober,butremainedunchangedfortherestoftheperiod.
4.Speaking
Ssworkinpairstodescribethegraph/bar-charttoeachotherfortheirpartnertodraw.
II.Annualreports
Aboutthetopicofannualreports
Anannualreportiswrittenforshareholderstoinformthemofthefinancialsituationofthecompany.Itisusuallyaglossypublicationwhichaimstopromoteapositiveimageofthecompany.Itincludesinformationoncompanyactivitiesandmajordevelopmentsovertheyearaswellasfinancialinformationaboutthecompany,suchasbalancesheetsandprofitandlossaccounts.
Readtheextractonp85andmatcheachsentencewithoneoftheextracts.
Examfocus:
ReadingTestPartOne
Candidatesreadfourtopic-relatedtexts(A-D)andmatcheachofthesevenstatementswiththerelevanttext.Thistestsabilitytoreadforgistandspecificinformation.
Candidatesreadthefourtextandthenthestatements.Theythenfocusoneachtextinturn,readingfordetailandfindingstatementswhichmatch.Finally,candidatesre-readeachstatementandchecktheiranswers.Candidatesshouldchecktheyhaveusedallthestatementsonceonlyandthattheyhavenotmadecarelesserrorsnothingdowntheletters.
Assignment
Writea120-140wordreportcomparingthetwocompaniesandrecommendingthemostsuitable.
Itshouldbeclearandconciseandincludelanguagefordescribingtrendsandcauseandeffect,whereappropriate.
III.Essentialvocabulary
Describingperformance
acquisition
annualreport
assets
chairman'sstatement
cost-cutting(measures)
disposal
dividend
merger
tooffset
torestructure
revenue
salesvolume
shareprice
tostreamline
tradingresults
tradingvolume
Unit6bEnvironmentalreport
Warm-up
AskSsiftheyknowanythingaboutpollutionandthewordsconnectedwithit.
Ssreadthequestionnaire.Addupthetotalscore.Thenturntop147foranassessmentofthecompany'sEnvironmentalimpact.
Wordsandexpressionsforreference:
readjustenergyconsumptionpolicy调整能源消费政策
formulatewastemanagementguidelines制定垃圾管理政策
collectandseparatethewaste对垃圾进行收集和分类
reducedisposables减少一次性用品
developenvironmentally-friendlypacking开发环保型包装
usefewerplasticbags少用塑料袋
togreentheenvironmentwitplants通过种树栽花绿化环境
watersavingsystem节水系统
reduceenergyconsumption减少能源消耗
Environmentalperformance
ListeningSslistentoapresentationaboutICI'sEnvironmentalrecordandanswermultiple-choicequestions
Goodmorning.Todaywe’regoingtolookatICI’senvironmentalprogrammesandenvironmentalperformancesince1990.I’dliketobeginwithsomebackgroundtoICI’senvironmentalprojects.
Thenwe’llgoontolookatourChallenge2000project.Andfinally,we’llturntotheresultsoftheseprograms.
Nowthestoryreallybeganinthe1980swhenpeoplestartedbecomingmoreconcernedaboutenvironmentissues.ThefirstICIenvironmentalprojectwasaresultoftherealizationthat,asamajorplayerinthechemicalsindustry.ICIwouldhavetoaddressthesegrowingpublicconcerns.So,in1900wepresentedourshareholderswithaprogramtoreducetheenvironmentalimpactofourworldwideactivities.Manyofthestepswetookbackthenhavesincebecomegovernmentlegislation.Theprojectincludedsomeveryambitioustargetsforimprovingthecompany’senvironmentalperformance.Werealisedthatthesegoalsdemandedsignificantinvestment,sowecommittedthelargestshareofourannual£500millionSafety,HealthandEnvironmentbudgettotheproject.Since1990we’vespentabout200millioneachyearonenvironmentalimprovements.Asthingsdeveloped,wesoonrealisedthattherewerenocheapoptionsorquickfixes.Therefore,webegandirectingthisexpendituretothebiggestproblems,wheresolutionswouldbringthebiggestimprovements.Andthen,in1995,weassessedourperformanceandsetourselvesequallydemandingobjectivesforthenextfiveyears.TheseformedthebasisofourChallenge2000project.
Ifyou’dliketolookatthescreen,you’llseethefourmainobjectivesofChallenge2000.Asyoucansee,ourfirstobjectiveistoensurethatbytheyear2000allourbusinesscomplywiththerelevantenvironmentalregulationsineachofthecountriesinwhichtheirproductsaresold.Thisappliestoallournewandexistingplantsthroughouttheworld.Oursecondobjectiveistoimproveenergyefficiency.Now,here,wedecidedthatbytheyear2000wewouldreduceourenergyconsumptionby10%.Thestartingpointforthisreductionwouldbethe1995level.Movingontothenextobjective,ICIintendstohavetheenvironmentalimpactofitsb