Unit 19-Investments要点.pptVIP

Vocabulary: The stock exchange Match the definitions with the correct terms. 1. e 2. b 3. c 4. f 5. g 6. a 7. d Reading: Financial news Choose the correct headlines. 1. b 2. d 3. g Reading: Financial news Match each of the words in italics from the newspaper articles above to the correct definition below. 1. commodity 2. stake 3. to float 4. floatation 5. bond 6. bull market 7. equities 8. dividend yield Reading: Financial news Commodity price: 货价 Bond：（政府或公司发行的）公债，债券? When a government or company issues a?bond, it borrows money from investors. The certificate which is issued to investors who lend money is also called a?bond. Float：使(公司)发行股票;使上市? If a company director?floats?their company, they start to sell shares in it to the public. Dividend：红利;股息;股利? A?dividend?is the part of a companys profits which is paid to people who have shares in the company. Yield：投资收益;利润? A?yield?is the amount of money or profit produced by an investment.? Stake：(企业等中的)股本，股份? If you have a?stake in?something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you. Reading: Financial news Bull market：（股市的）牛市，看涨行情，多头市场? A?bull market?is a situation on the stock market when people are buying a lot of shares because they expect that the shares will increase in value and that they will be able to make a profit by selling them again after a short time. Equity：（N-PLURA）股票，普通股 Equities?are shares in a company that are owned by people who have a right to vote at the companys meetings and to receive part of the companys profits after the holders of preference shares have been paid. Reading: Men’s and women’s investments Do you think men and women have different approaches to investments? Do you think men and women prefer different kinds of stock? Reading: Men’s and women’s investments Read the first three paragraphs of the article in the next column quickly, then anwer the following questio