国际商务英语Chapter.docx

Chapter 2 Business Organizations商务组织第二章商务组织1、概述2、独资企业3、一般合伙企业4、有限合伙企业5、合股公司6、公司7、跨国公司Ⅰ. Explanatory Notes on Technical Terms (专业术语)1. proprietorship —所有权2. stockholder —股东，持股人3. partnership —合伙企业4. entity —实体5. bankruptcy —破产6. joint-stock company —合股公司7. dividend —红利，股息8. bylaw —附则，细则9. treasurer —司库，财务长10. comptroller —主计长，总会计师Difficult meanings:1. Introductionbusiness partnership企业所有制ease of formation创建的难度legal capacity法定能力2. Sole Proprietorshipproprietary业主stockholder股东incur招致tort民事侵权entity实体creditor债权人3. General Partnershipcarry on经营、从事Uniform Partnership Act合伙企业统一法案The common law普通法（判例法）aggregation集合fictional person虚拟人（法人）Contributing capital资本摊派religious chariable fraternal宗教的、慈善的、博爱的4. Limited Partnershipcomply with遵守drilling钻井deduction减免、优惠5. Joint Stock Companyunincorporatioed非公司的shares of stock股份formality 手续charter注册initial capital启动资金outlay展示、出示conversely相反地transferable 可转让的principal委托人6. Corporationsdisticnt有区别的merge合并quasi-public半公有公司nonprofit非赢利closely held私募集的municipality市政部门7. Transnational CorportationsGDP国内生产总值Ⅱ.Language Points (语言要点）(Teachers should note that here we only give you some of the language points, you may add some by yourself.)1. Businesses operate under a variety of forms of business organization.企业以各种不同的商务机构形式来开展业务ATTN: sentences in passive voice are more widely used in English than in Chinese.Under —据，依照，以……为依据e.g. Under the terms of agreement, the goods should be delivered in October.Exxon: 1999年，美孚石油和艾克森石油合并为艾克森美孚石油公司，成为世界第一大石油公司。　　它是世界上第一家销售额突破1000亿美元的公司。1993年以978亿美元的销售额在美国最大的工业公司中名列第三。2. The factors to be weighed in making the decision 在做出决定时需权衡的因素to be weighed in …不定式的被动式作定语修饰factors。E.g. The machine to be designed and made in our factory will be exported to America. 我们厂设计和制造的机器将出口到美国。tort: n. 侵权行为a wrongful act, not including a breach?of contract or trust, that results in injury to anothers person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which?the injured party is entitled to compensation. 3. A general partnership