unit 2 英语听力教程4

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Learning focus The forms of some exercises in this unit deserve your attention. For example, the flow cart in Part I B, the key point summary in Part II A and the outline in Part III are all good presentations of summaries that put some relatively complex ideas and relationships in a very simple and clear way. For advanced English listeners, learning to choose and use the right words and ways to organize and retain the received information is just as important as the task of achieving a correct understanding of the information itself.

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1 Part I Getting ready There is an old joke about the conflicting ideas on money: One person remarks, "money is the root of all evil," and his friend responds, "I know, I've been rooting for it all my life." What is your view?

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1 section A Worse off: poorer or in a more difficult situation. Better off: having more money than you had in the past or more money than most other people. Inherit: v.继承；遗传而得 ;成为继承人 1. obtain from someone after their death I inherited a castle from my French grandparents 2. receive from a predecessor The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair 3. receive by genetic transmission

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1 section A Budget: 1. N-COUNTYour budget is the amount of money that you have available to spend. The budget for something is the amount of money that a person, organization, or country has available to spend on it. 预算[商业] E.g.Someone had furnished the place on a tight budget. 有人用不多的钱把那个地 方布置了一下。 2. N-COUNTThe budget of an organization or country is its financial situation, considered as the difference between the money it receives and the money it spends. (机构、政府等的) 财政收支状况[商业] E.g.The hospital obviously needs to balance the budget each year. 该医院显然每 年都需要平衡其财务收支。 3. V-T/V-IIf you budget certain amounts of money for particular things, you decide that you can afford to spend those amounts on those things. 安排开支; 编制预算 4. budgetingN-UNCOUNT预算 3 of 58

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Allowance:n. 津贴，零用钱；允许；限额 1. an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period) travel allowance my weekly allowance of two eggs a child's allowance should not be too generous 2. a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses 3. an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances an allowance for profit 4. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits 5. a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets 6. the act of allowing He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room v.定量供应 put on a fixed allowance, as of food 3 of 58

1 section A piggy bank : n. also piggybank A piggy bank

is a small container shaped like a pig, with a narrow hole in the top through which to put coins. Children often use piggy banks to save money. 存钱罐 a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig)3 of 58

1 section A Passbook:N-COUNTA passbook is a small book recording the amount of money you put in or take out of a savings account at a bank. 存折 portfolio :n.公文包；文件夹；证券投资组合；部长职务 1. a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather he remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio 2. a set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers or employers the artist had put together a portfolio of his work every actor has a portfolio of photographs 3. a list of the financial assets held by an individual or a bank or other financial institution they were disappointed by the poor returns on their stock portfolio 4. the role of the head of a government department he holds the portfolio for foreign affairs

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1 section A investment portfolio 投资证券组合 portfolio investment 笼统有价证券投资；间接投资 product portfolio 产品组合；产品系列 portfolio selection 组合证券投资选择；[经]笼统投 资选择 portfolio management 组合管理；资产组合管理； 证券投资管理3 of 58

1 section A annual return: [会计] 年利润，岁入 Paycheck:n.付薪水的支票，薪水 a check issued in payment of wages or salary E.g Have one eye that's smaller than the other? It could be costing you some of your paycheck. 你是一只眼睛大一只眼睛小吗？如果是，你拿到 的薪水可能会因此比平均水平低。3 of 58

1 section A Lottery:1. N-COUNTA lottery is a type of gambling game in which people buy numbered tickets. Several numbers are then chosen, and the people who have those numbers on their tickets win a prize. 彩票抽奖 例： ...the national lottery. …全国性的彩票抽奖。 2. N-SINGIf you describe something as a lottery, you mean that what happens depends entirely on luck or chance. 靠运 气的事 例： The stockmarket is a lottery. 股市靠的是运气。 lottery ticket 彩票；奖券 welfare lottery 福利彩票3 of 58

1 section B You are going to hear some people giving their opinions about wealth and poverty. What would you reply to these people? The following expressions are for your reference only.3 of 58

1 section B I agree + reason That's right/true, because... Yes, absolutely! I couldn't agree more... That's just what I think. You've got a point there.3 of 58

1 section B I don't agree or I partly agree + reason What makes you say that? With all due respect, I'd say that... That's not quite the way I see it. I see what you're getting at/you mean, but... There's a lot in what you say, but... I couldn't agree more but...3 of 58

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ion B Avoiding giving an opinion It's difficult to say. I really don't know. I'm afraid. I think it all depends. I'm not really sure. I suppose it depends on your point of view.3 of 58

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