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学会计论坛 ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN ACCOUNTING Unit One Accounting Profession INTRODUCTION OF ACCOUNTING. Accounting is a process of recorded, classifying, summarizing, and interpreting of those business activities that can be in expressed in monetary terms. A person who specializes in this field is known as an accountant. Accounting frequently offers the qualified person an opportunity to move ahead quickly in today’s business world. Indeed, many of the heads of large corporations throughout the world have advanced to their position from the accounting department. Accounting is a basic and vital element in every modern business. It records the past growth or decline of the business. Careful analysis of these results and trends may suggest the ways in which the business may grow in future. Expan- sion or reorganization should not be planned without proper analysis of the accounting informa- tion; and new products and the campaign to advertise and sell them should not be launched with- out the help of accounting expertise. Accounting is one of the fastest growing professions in the modern business world. Every new store, school, restaurant, or filling stationindeed, any new enterprise of any kindincreases the demand for accountants. Consequently, the demand for competent accountants is generally much greater than the supply. Government officials often have a legal background; similarly, the men or women in management often have a background on accounting. They are usually fam