Part I Getting ready
A.
B. Keys:
1: drop 2: shopping 3: mouse 4: feet 5: retailing
6: street 7: get 8: down 9: third-party 10: online
11:30% 12: malls 13: Britain 14: gift-buying 15:50%
16: net 17: peroid
C. Keys:
1 : the site
2 : merchant, addresses/phone numbers/call up
3 : strict safety measures
Part II Net shopping under fire
A. Keys:
1 : delivery, delivery
2 : delivery charges
3 : personal information, 87%
4 : returning goods, 47%
5 : order, 35%, dispatch, 87%
6 : money back, two
B. Keys:
1 : convenience 2 : choice 3 : obstacles 4 : complete trust
5 : build consummers' trust 6 : mature 7 : payment 8 : service
Part III Banking at home
A. Keys:
1 : limited opening hours
2 : Online banking services
3 : getting current information on products
4 : e-mailing questions to the bank
5 : competing for customers
6 : having no computers at home
B. Keys:
1 : It is banking through the Internet.
2 : 'Online banking' offers convenience which appeals to the kind of customer banks want to keep.
3 : Banks most want to keep people who are young, well-educated, and have good incomes.
Part IV More about the topic: Secret of Good Customer Service
B. Keys:
English Good Customer Service(Harrods)
1 : in a pleasant environment 2 : Second to none
3 : different customers, take a look at everything, alternatives,
come to sales assistants
4 : first contact with the customer
American Good Customer Service(Saks)
1 : human side, family, occasions in life, a partnership
2 : repeat business, sales
Part V Do you know…?
Keys:
1 : c 2 : a、b、c 3 : a、b、c
4 : c 5 : c 6 : b
Unit 2 Hotel or B&B
Part I Getting ready
A.
B. Keys:
1 : 35%, 60%
2 : 45%, 20%
3 : 60%, 80%
4 : 30%, 15%
5 : 50%, 70%
6 : 30%, 20%
C. Keys:
(1)
1 : £30/single; £60/double, children under 12
2 : £29/full board
3 : £28/double+bath, excluded
(2)
1 : hot food, fried egg
2 : coffee, tea, jam, cooked
3 : dinner, bed and breakfast
4 : the room plus all meals
5 : Value Added Tax
Part II A touch of home
Outline
I : bed and breakfast, 15 000, advantages over big hotels
II : meeting different people
III : features, 1883, guests
IV : B&Bs not suitable for some people
Part III Renting a car
A. Keys:
1 : three 2 : Mon. July 10th 3 : station wagon 4 : $79.95
5 : $59.95 6 : 4 p.m. 7 : 10 a.m. 8 : ' free
9 : 12 cents 10 : $10 11 : 8% 12 : '$100
B. Keys:
a compact car/a station wagon/ automatic transmission/ current models/ pick up/
return the car/special weekend rate/regular rate/ unlimited mileage/ insurance/ sales tax/ a full tank of gas/ deposit/ lowest rates.
Part IV More about the topic: What Type of Room Do You Want?
A. Keys:
1: 5 2: 2 3: 6 4: 4 5: 3 6: 1
B. Keys:
1 : £40, all grades
2 : £55, Sales
3 : £150, Managerial, entertaining private guest, the lake
4: £220, privacy, country-side, kitchen
Part V Do you know…?
A. Keys:
(France)Italy, (2)3, (3)2, (4)8
(Loudon,UK)Paris,France, (8)4
B. Keys:
1 : F 2 : T 3 : F 4 : F 5 : T
Unit 3 “Planting” Money
Part I Getting ready
A.
B.
C. Keys:
1 : Sincere; Y 2 : Doubtful; N 3 : Sarcastic; N 4 : Doubtful; N 5 : Sincere; Y
6 : Skeptical; N 7 : Surprised; Y 8 : Sincere; Y 9 : Emphatic; Y 10 : Sarcastic; N
Part II National teach children to save day
A. Keys:
1 : Thursday, April 17
2 : teaching children how to save money
3 : 2 500
4 : 5 000 presentations
B. Keys:
1: 4; 2: 3; 3: 2; 4: 1
Part III Credit cards
Keys:
1 : importance 2 : later 3 : The potential disadvantages 4 : lots of purchases
5 : interest 6 : The benefits 7 : emergencies 8 : travel
Part IV More about the topic: Gulf Between the Rich and Poor
A. Keys:
1 : 3 2 : 1 3 : 2
4 : so much of their income
5 : ever larger houses and cars
6 : social programs or infrastructure repairs
7 : happier
8 : fewer disputes of work
9 : lower levels of stress hormones
10 : less often
11 : at an older age
B. Keys:
1 : vice president 2 : Myths of Rich and Poor 3 : positive side
4 : increased prosperity 5 : better off 6 : 30 years ago
7 : hundreds of gadgets 8 : easier 9 : more pleasurable 10 : cellular and cordless phones
11 : computers 12 : answering machines 13 : microwave ovens
14 : 3/4 15 : washing machines 16 : half 17 : clothes dryers 18 : 97%
19 : color televisions 20 : 3/4 21 : VCRs 22 : 2/3
23 : microwaves and air conditioners 24 : 3/4 25 : automobile
26 : 40% 27 : home 28 : half 29 : stereo systems
Part V Do you know…?
A. Keys:
1 : Tokyo 2 : Osaka 3 : Oslo
4 : Zurich 5 : Hong Kong 6 : Copenhagen
7 : Geneva 8 :Paris 9 : Reykjavik 10 : London
B. Keys:
1 : The Euro has appreciated against the US dollar.
2 : Persistent economic turmoil.
3 : Tehran.
4 : The economist team checks prices of a wide range of items from bread and milk cars and utilities to compile this report.
5 : Business clients use it to calculate the amount of allowances granted to overseas executives and their families.
Unit 4 Loans for the Dream
Part I Getting ready
A.
B. Keys:
| Items | Items | ||
| Charities | Theatre and other arts events | ||
| Eating out | √ | Stocks and shares | |
| Hobbies (DIY, sailing, etc.) | √ | Antiques | √ |
| Food and groceries | √ | Cars | |
| Items | Same | Up | Down | Figures |
| Entertainment | √ | 2566 | ||
| Depreciation | √ | 300 | ||
| Secretarial expenses | √ | —— | ||
| ... | ||||
| Motor expenses | √ | 2612 | ||
| Audit & accountancy costs | √ | —— | ||
| Telephone & postage | √ | Half as much as last year |
Part II Raising money for buying a car
A. Keys:
1 : college 2 : repairing 3 : a hundred pounds 4 : three hundred fifty to four hundred
5 : interest rates 6 : an Ordinary Loan 7 : 24 months
B. Keys:
●1 : X 2 : √ 3 : 7% 4 : A day-to-day basis
●1 : overdraft 2 : repay 3 : lenders in the short term 4 : pay interest on 5 : collateral
6 : life policy 7 : deeds of the house 8 : Government Securities 9 : certificate
10 : on a day-to-day basis
Part III Housing in the U.S.A.
A. Keys:
1 : cost of housing 2 : 1/4-1/3 3 : size and location 4 : mortgage
5 : easy to get things repaired 6 : mortgage 7 : condominium
B. Keys:
1 :borrows, mortgages, shares, mortgage-based securities
2 :They control about half the home loans in America.
3 :Hiding the changes in the value; Poor supervision; Not carefully reporting its finances.
4 :The price of Fannie Mae has dropped.
Part IV More about the topic: Consumer Rights
A. Keys:
1: a. merchantable quality
b. fitting for particular purpose /seller
c. as described
2: no/ retailer's responsibility/take to shop
3: item/ too large/ fragile
4: evidence of purchase/ date of purchase
5: go to court/ sue the seller
B. Keys:
1 : F 2 : T 3 : F 4 : F
Part V Do you know…?
Keys:
1:any federal tax
2:tax on whiskey and other alcoholic drink; farmers refused
3:George Washington;13000 troops; defeated the Whiskey Rebellion.
4:personal income
5:rejected
6:The 16th Amendment
7:income
8: taxed at 35%;highest rate
9:
10:no income tax
11:7%: income tax on business
12:over 40%: personal income tax
13: 35%: retirement programs
14: below 18%: customs
Unit 5 Briefing on Taxation and Insurance Policies
Part I Getting ready
A.
B. Keys:
a. 1 : 8000/half 2 : 4000
b. 3 : 2000/twice 4 : 4000
c. 5 : 2000/double 6 : 4000.
d. 7 : 8000/a quarter 8 : 2000
e. 9 : 4000/similiar 10 : 4000
C. Keys:
Dialogue one:
1 : $30000 2 : 24%
3 : overdraft 4 : sailing
Dialogue two:
1 : A brand new video was stolen.
2 : Yes.The speaker paid the premium last week.
Dialogue three:
1 : mortgage 2 : income 3 : saving money
4 : entertaining 5 : pension schemes 6 : insurance
Part II Briefing on personal taxation
A. Keys:
1 : Structure 2 : rates 3 : 25% 4 : 40%
5 : £3295 6 : £5015 7 : pension 8 : 40% 9 : 7%
10 : collection 11 : PAYE 12 : Insurance 13 : 9% 14 : 10%
B. Keys:
1 : 10%
2 : simple and relatively low
3 : separate taxation
4 : 40%, Pay As You Earn, the employer
5 : the employee
Part III Should I buy an insurance policy? (I)
A. Keys:
1 : insurance policy
2 : save money
3 : buying a house
B. Keys:
1 : a fixed objective in mind/how much to pay each month; a fixed objective each month in mind/how much to produce over some years
3 : No; regular & systematic/short term/bank/Building Society
Part IV More about the topic: Should I buy an insurance policy? (II)
A. Keys:
1 : unmarried 2 : dependents 3 : no need
4 : acumulate capital/expand business/end of term
5 : saving to produce a pension
Part V Do you know…?
A. Keys:
1 : T 2 : F 3 : F 4 : T 5 : T
Unit 6 Visions of Business
Part I Getting ready
A.
B. Keys:
Scale. 1: Individual proprietorship 2: Two or more people 3: the complex
Ownership. 1: property owners 2: all the property 3: Two or more people
4: go into business 5: Investors 6: stock 7: share 8: ownership
Responsibility. 1: proprietor 2: Limited partners 3: full partners
4: A board of directors 5: corporate policies 6: top officers
Lifetime. 1: Limited 2: Limited 3: Unlimited
Part II Michael Dell vs. Frederick Smith (I)
A. Keys:
Michael Dell:
1: Chairman 2: CEO 3: Dell 4: tenured CEO 5: computer industry
6: direct-to-consumer 7: build-to-order 8: Dell Computer 9: middle-man
Frederick Smith:
1: Chairman 2: President 3: CEO 4: FedEx 5: transportation
6: overnight delivery 7: just-in-time delivery 8: FedEx 9: FedEx 10: ground delivery
B. Keys:
1: the quality of service
2: the breadth of the network
3: the unique services needed
4: the cost
Part III Michael Dell vs. Frederick Smith (II)
A. Keys:
Efficient information system can
1: all the unnecessary; costs; more applicable
2: the distance between
A great part of economy will work on "supply chain" because
1: a fast cycle basis; a world of choice
2: on a computer; customize
3: have it delivered very rapidly
B. Keys:
Michael:
Motivation: The opportunity in the industry, in the business
Ambitions
1. a leader not only in client computing, but also in the enterprise and servers and storage.
2. business not just in the United States but all over the world
3. a lot of services that go along with the products
Frederick:
Positive attitude towards future:
company’s future
Positive attitude towards work:
going to work every day; compete; innovate; wonderful people; a lot of very exciting business trends.
Part IV More about the topic: The Business Plan
A. Keys:
1: the most fundamental 2: business plan 3: large 4: small 5: having a business plan
6: a reality 7: essential 8: a map 9: where you’re going to go 10: get started
11: go from “A” to “Z” 12: how much money 13: how many people
14: prediction where the business may go 15: position yourself
16: use the least amount of money 17: more critical 18: budding entrepreneurs
19: use the limited resources
Part V Do you know…?
A. Keys:
1: 80 2:100
3: oldest 4: largest 5: fastest 6: growing 7:1919 8: school
9: hours 10: organized 11: operated 12: forming 13: Local
14: developed 15: shares 16: materials 17: produced
18: profits 19: owned 20: business 21:operate
22: 1974 23: classrooms 24: programs
25:5 26: 18 27: 2700000 28: 85 000
29: 5 30: 11 31: Volunteer 32: main 33: rules
34: organized 35: made 36: sold
37: economy38: money39: industry
40: trade 41: families 42: communities
43:12 44:14 45: business 46: expert 47: Project
48: economic 49: theories 50: supply demand
51: corporations 52: world trade
53: 12 54: 14 55: Economics 56: leaving 57: completing 58: continuing
59: game 60: jobs 61: education 62: money 63: get : earn 65: need
66: want 67: high 68:school
Unit 7 Fame and Fortune
Part I Getting ready
A.
B. Keys:
1: magazine 2: newspaper 3: Microsoft Company 4: successful 5: richest
6: 3rd 7: 1955 8: Washington 9: computers 10: 13 11: baseball
12: football 13: computer programs 14: perform 15: high
16: computer language 17: Basic 18: valuable 19: office
20: home 21: established 22: 1975 23: three 24: computer software
25: established 26: nternational 27: usiness 28: achines 29: 1981
30: personal computer 31: operating system 32 : 129 33: computer companies
34: Windows 35: easier 36: officials 37: 40000000
38: thousands of millions of dollars 39: 16 000 40: 48 41: 30 42: 100
Part II Bill Gates’ new rules
A. Keys:
1: quailty
2: re-engineering
3: velocity
B. Keys:
1: communication 2: e-mail
3: sales data online 4: insights
5: knowledge workers 6: high-level thinking
7: create virtual teams
8: paper process 9: digital process
10: eliminate single-task jobs
11: digital feedback loop
12: route customer complaints
13: redefine the boundaries
14: business process 15: just-in-time delivery
16: eliminate the middle man
17: help customers solve problems
Part III Great business deals
A. Keys:
1: NATIONAL STEAMSHIP
2: 20 000 3: Aristotle Onassis
4: 6 000 5: American
6: Big Ben 7: 1 000 8: tourist
9: Buckingham Palace 10: 2 000
11: The White House 12: 100 000
13: The Statue of Liberty 14: 100 000 15: Australian
B. Keys:
1: boom 2: world depression 3: millionaire
4: identified 5: fraud 6: five 7: California 8: luxury
Part IV More about the topic: Walt Disney
1: correspondence course 2: Oswald the Rabbit 3: talking cartoon film
4: Walt Disney himself
5: storyteller
6: Ub Iwerks
7: 35; feature-length cartoon film; 2 000 000; three
8: potential
9: 55; 17 000 000
27: taste; vulgarity; children of all ages
Part V Do you know…?
1: $24 worth of kettles, axes and cloth.
2: $80 000 000.
3: $27 000 000.
4: About 12 cents.
5: About 800 000 square miles.
6: About 1 600 000 square miles.
7: $7 200 000.
8: About 5 cents.
9: $750 000 000 worth.
10: An estimated 100 000 000 000 tons.
Unit 8 Business Success
Part I Getting ready
A.
B. Keys:
1: 90-149 pounds
2: 465 pounds
3: 240 pounds
4: 46 pounds
5: 835 pounds
Part II Witty Ways to Success
A. Keys:
B. Keys:
Dos:
1: about 3 2: 1 or 2 pumps 3: be firm but not crushing 4: at waist level 5: down
6: business format 7: e-mail buttons 8: carbon copy
9: praise 10: criticize 11: mind reading 12: return your phone call 13: cop to
Don’ts:
1: the limp handshake 2: the bone-crusher 3: the two-handed handshake 4: up 5: sensitive
6: conflict 7: casual 8: smiley face
9: winking 10: capitalizing 11: carbon copy the boss
Part III Technology in doing business
A. Keys:
1: technologies; efficiency and sales
2: in the digital world
3: computer internet
4: electronic commerce; consumers
5: embrace; die
B. Keys:
1: F 2: T 3: F 4: F 5: T
Part IV More about the topic: How to Improve Your Executive Image?
A. Keys:
1: d 2: c 3: a 4: b 5: a
Part V Do you know…?
A. Keys:
1: Ten percent of American workers.
2: Construction, agriculture, communication, retail, manufacturing, engineering and real estate.
3: Her customers' good will and the friendships she has made at her store.
4: Because women business owners tend to place more emphasis on nurturing the individual employee's needs.
Unit 10 Business Strategies
Part I Getting ready
A.
B. Keys:
1 : e 2 : h 3 : d 4 : f
5 : a 6 : g 7 : b 8 : c
C. Keys:
1 : The European Union
2 : The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
3 : The World Health Organization
4 : The International Monetary Fund
5 : The North American Free Trade Agreement
6 : The Association of South East Asian Nations
7 : The United Nations
8 : The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
D. Keys:
1 : A 2 : A 3 : A 4 : B 5 : B
Part II SWOT analysis
outline:
I.
1: Strengths 2: after-sale team
II.
3: Marketing
III.
4: Opportunities
IV.
5: impressive dealer network
Part III Dealing with growth: Market trends
B. Keys:
1 : 280 2 : 440
3 : the full milk 4 : the skimmed milk
5 : long life milk 6 : milk drenk
C. Keys:
D. Keys:
1 : grown substantially 2 : change radically 3 : fallen dramatically
4 : rocketed 5 : risen 6 : remained; stable; increasing
7 : decline; gradually; fall; further 8 : rise steadily; level off
9 : expect; continue rising moderately; represent; significant
10 : project; fairly marked; forecast; eventually
Part IV More about the topic: Safe Investing
A. Keys:
1 : C 2 : A 3 : C 4 : B 5 : A
B. Keys:
1 :gifts 2 :selling goods 3 :inflation 4 :prices 5 :financial
4 :long-term 5 :losing
Part V Do you know…?
A. Keys:
1 : 39 2 : crutches 3 : braces
4 : special medical 5 : victims
6 : raise 7 : show business 8 : a dime 9 : The March of Dimes
10 : 150 000
11 : 1945 12 : likeness下载本文