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《商务英语》 授课教案 Chapter 30 The Story of Banking I. Objectives By the end of the chapter, students should have some ideas about • the banking • the importance of banking • the history and development of banking • the features of banking • some new words and special terms related to banking • participle phrase Approach • Warming up: new words and special terms about the banking • Paraphrasing: major words and sentences • Questions and answers • Discussion: ideas about the banking • Translation: key sentences • Summarizing: the text II. Introduction 银行在国际贸易中发挥着不可替代的重要作用。对于这点，在本书的不同章节中，我们会有 所论及。现在，就让我们对银行发展和作用先有个大致的了解。 While distrust does exist between exporters and importers as to whether the other party will carry out his obligations, the problem can nevertheless be solved by the involvement of a third party that guarantee payment to the exporter and goods to the importer. Banks have been chosen as that party since banks are much better trusted in the business world. So it is necessary for us to have an idea of the bank. III. Main points of the text 1. Money lending was practiced for centuries before it became one of the main features of banking. 2. The history of banking 3. The functions of banking 4. The old practice of banking IV. Background and terminology: 1. Babylonian Babylon Babylonian: of or relating to Babylonia or Babylon or their people, culture, or language; 巴比伦 1 《商务英语》 授课教案 的：巴比伦王国或巴比伦城、巴比伦人、巴比伦文化、巴比伦语言的 Babylon (ancient city) ( “gate of God”), one of the most important cities of