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第一单元 财经 一、学习目的与要求 通过本单元学习，认知商贸英语文章的内在逻辑关系，帮助学生提高阅读理解的能力，了解国际财经概况。 二、考核知识点与考核目标 （一）课内训练（重点） 识记：1. When Banker’s Bets Go Bad 银行家的猜测落空 名词解释： OCC: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 通货监理局 Alan Greenspan 艾伦·格林斯潘，美联储主席 句子翻译： The bank had doubled profits in the past year via a string of successful mergers, but on Apr. 21 it reported that its securities portfolio had unrealized losses of nearly $131 million.在过去的一年中银行已经通过一系列成功的合并双倍盈利，但在4月21日却传出报告说证劵投资组合造成近一亿三千一百万美元的损失。 We’re considering strategies that make the most sense if rates are going up much more aggressively and sooner than anticipated.如果利率继续以超出我们想象的强劲势头增长，我们就要考虑最明智的决策。 Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan argues that their widespread use spreads risk among different market players, including nonfinancial companies, making the financial system a lot safer. All the same, Greenspan reminds banks that they need to keep pace with changes in the market and “readjust accordingly”. 美联储主席艾伦·格林斯潘解释说， 它们（衍生工具）的广泛使用分散了隐蔽在市场上不同公司的风险，包括非金融公司的风险，使得金融系统安全了许多。同时，格林斯潘提醒银行要跟上市场的千变万化，及时作出“相应的再调整”。 2. Creating Government Financing Programs for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in China中国为中小型企业提供政府财政援助项目 名词解释： Labor-intensive 劳动密集型 SME: small and medium-sized enterprise 中小型企业 SOE: state-owned enterprises 国有企业 句子翻译： In China, as a result of the economic reforms and market opening measures, SMEs have enjoyed remarkable development and have grown to become an important force in contributing towards sustained and rapid growth of the Chinese economic.在中国，由于经济改革和市场开发等措施，中小企业有了越来越大的发展，逐渐演变为中国得以可持续发展的中坚力量。 The question that this paper investigates is: What types of financing programs are the most appropriate for the government of China, if it wants to make more capital available to SMEs? 本文研究的重点是：如果中国政府希望能够给予中小企业更多的贷款，哪种投资计划更合适。 （三）课外练习（一般） 理解：1.Carlyle Group’s Asian Invasion 加雷集团的亚洲扩张 名词解释： Venture-capital 风险资本 Carlyle Group 凯雷投资集团 Citigroup 花旗集团、 2. Why the Dollar Is Blooming Again 为什么美元再次复兴？ 名词解释： Greenback 美元（俚语） Lehman B