新概念第四册 Lesson_8_trading_standards.ppt

Lesson 8 trading standards from The Economist, May 24th, 1997 Time, fortune, New Yorker, people, reader’s digest Structure 欧洲与美国贸易标准差异 Troubles 双方寻求解决方法 New troubles arise 问题解决模式 经济经贸词汇 Planned economy Market economy Capital , currency, inflation, deflation, Deficit, surplus, tangible/intangible assets, Tax duty tariff MFN Appreciate, depreciate, balloon分期付款数目最大的那笔, down payment, securities, stock= shares, NASDAQ, NYSE= BIG BOARD Dow Jones, nylon Kong 颜色小结 Honor roll 红榜red sky红霞 Brown sugar红糖, love pea, black tea, green-eyed, green power, green hand=rookie, a yellow dog, blue jokes/movie/blood, once in a blue, drink till all’s blue, white man, white lie, white elephant, black sheep, black day, in the black, to raise to the purple, to be born in the purple, to marry into the purple, blue-collar, grey-collar, white-collar, pink-collar, golden-collar, white goods , brown good (TV, radio) 8-1. Chickens slaughtered in the United States, claim officials in Brussels, are not fit to grace European tables. 【译文】布鲁塞尔的官员说，在美国屠宰的鸡不适于装点欧洲的餐桌。 【讲解】slaughtered in the United States为过去分词短语，作定语，修饰chickens。此句也可以写成Officials in Brussels say that chickens slaughtered in the United States are not fit to grace European tables. 原文的写法是为了凸显chickens slaughtered in the United States。本句和下句的写法是新闻英语中的常见写法。 Massacre acre= 4074 平方米集体大规模屠杀，被杀者毫无准备 Nanking massacre Slaughter 大范围无情杀害 Butchery 更残酷，完全不考虑痛苦 Carnage 强调血，残杀 战场上massacre， 把人绑起来屠宰slaughter， 酷刑butchery, 最后残杀后一片血腥场面carnage 单词和短语 grace:给……增光；使……有荣耀（to make a place or an object look more attractive），例如： a meal that is fit to grace any table 上得了任何台面的一餐饭 8-2. No, say the American: our fowl（脏的，犯规） are fine, we simply clean them in a different way. 【译文】不，美国人说：我们的家禽很好，只是我们用了另一种方式清洗。 8-3. These days, it is differences in national regulations, far more than tariffs, that put sand in the wheels of trade between rich countries. 【译文】今日，正是各国条例的差异，而非关税，阻碍了发达国家间的贸易。 【讲解】此句为强调句，被强调的部分是differences in national regulations, far more than tariffs。 【单词和短