实用商务英语综合教程（高级）Unit6 International Finance.ppt

Fast reading and Case Study I. Teaching objectives: The Ss are expected to learn: 1. the basic knowledge about international monetary relations; 2. the reading skills to find out the general idea and specific information II. Teaching focus: To learn the basic knowledge about international monetary relations III. Teaching difficulty: The reading skills to find out the general idea and specific information VI. Teaching length: 90 minutes IV. Teaching procedure: Step1. Greet the class and announce the tasks. Step2. Lead-in questions (2 minutes) How much do you know about the international monetary relations? Step3. Reading skills: ask the class to skim the passage and outline its logical structure the talk about their answers in pairs. Ask 2 pairs to present to the class. (20 minutes) International Monetary Relations General idea: Countries are interrelated to each other through trade and capital flows across borders. 1.Introduction 2. balance of payments 1) transactions resulting in inflows of payments 2) transactions resulting in outflows of payments 3) the definition of the current account 4) transactions influencing the current account 5) the definition of financial account 6) the balance of BOP sheet 3. managed versus flexible foreign exchange 1) definition of flexible foreign exchange 2) influence of flexible foreign exchange 3) advantages of managed foreign exchange 4) disadvantages of managed foreign exchange 5) the coexistence of both kinds of foreign exchange 6) tools to keep exchange rate fixed 7) risk of devaluation 8) influence of devaluation Step4. Reading skills: ask the class to scan the passage and find out the answers to Tasks13and 14 based on the key words in each question and the outline made in Step3. (20 minutes) Step5. Intensive reading: ask the class to read through the passage in details and find out the specific information for each part of the key points. (10 minutes) Step6. Case Study. Ask the class to re