21世纪大学实用英语(全新版)第一册 U8.ppt

Unit8-main1;Unit8-main2;From studying this unit, students are expected to 1. grasp the ABCs of economics; 2. gain ease and familiarity with the theme-related expressions and their functional structures; 3. understand the main idea of Text A and Text B, as well as master the useful sentence structures and words and expressions found in the relevant exercises of these two texts; 4. know how to write numbers correctly in a variety of sentences;;5. memorize the useful sentences in the texts and be able to reproduce them when needed; 6. be able to read warranty terms and conditions; 7. know how to write notices in English.;II. Suggested Teaching Plan for Unit 8;Time;Time;;Time;Time;Background Information -main;Economics; The process of creating the goods and services is called production. There are three major factors in production. The first is land. Land can mean a large farm or a tiny workshop. Land also includes natural resources like oil and minerals. The second factor of production is labor, or people who work for pay. Workers may be rewarded with wages, or — if they own the business — with profits. (Profits are the money that a business keeps after paying costs.) The third factor of production is capital. This includes the tools, factories, and offices that are used to make the goods and services. Money is not counted as a factor of production. Rather, it is the means by which companies pay for land, labor, and capital. Companies get this money from consumers who buy their goods or services. And most consumers get their money by working for companies. ; All the companies producing a particular kind of product or service are grouped together in what is known as an industry. Industries that make things are called manufacturing industries. Industries that sell services are called service industries. Producers of similar goods or services compete with each other for consumers. The producers and consumers in an industry together form a market. Bran