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Unit one: The Nature of International Business Professional words 1.GNP:gross national product (economics)A measure of the market value of all goods and services produced by the labor and property of a nation. GDP:gross domestic product (economics)A measure of the market value of all goods and services produced within the boundaries of a nation, regardless of asset ownership. Unlike GNP,GDP excludes receipts from that nation’s business operations in foreign countries,as well as the share of reinvested earning in foreign affiliates of domestic corporation. 2.interest rate: interest rate adjustment interest rate cut interest-free(adj.无息的)credit interest on foreign currency deposit 3.inflation:A persistent increase in the level of consumer prices or a persistent decline in the purchasing power of money, caused by an increase in available currency and credit beyond the proportion of available goods and services. 由于市场上通货和信用货币增到超过市场所提供的商品和服务而导致的消费品价格水平的持续上涨和货币购买力的持续下跌 4.foreign currency:the currency of any foreign country which is the authorized medium of circulation and the basis for record keeping in that country. foreign exchange:current or liquid claims payable in foreign currency and in a foreign country(bank balances,checks,bills of exchange). 5.affiliate:subsidiary,subcompany a business enterprise located in one country which is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by a person of another country. affiliated foreign group parent company/firm/corporation head office multinational Useful words barter trade 易货贸易 visible trade 有形贸易 invisible trade 无形贸易 unilateral trade 单边贸易 bilateral trade 双边贸易 triangle trade 三角贸易 multilateral trade 多边贸易 counter trade 对销贸易；抵偿贸易 buy-back 回购贸易 compensation trade 补偿贸易 processing trade 来料加工贸易 assembling trade 来料装配贸易 leasing trade 租赁贸易 Sentence patterns 1.如果再不采取果断措施给过热的经济降温，经济局面会失控。 Measures must be taken to have the overheated economy cooled down.