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07级外语系本科一班管鹏雎 听力作业一 Unit 2 Part Ⅲ Renting a car When borrowing a car,you should pay attention to some important points.First ,you are supposed to know what sort of car you take an interest in,considering your family and your plan for out.Second,you ought to take notice of all kinds of charges,for example,the regular rate,the special weekend rate and insurance.Finally,you must know when would you have to pick up the car and when would you have to return the car.If all these three facters are contemplated,then,I think you can enjoy your travel with a rented car. 听力作业二 Financial Crisis Here we are yet again in the midst of another global economic crisis. From the hilltops of Davos, Switzerland, Morgan Stanleys permabear Stephen Roach has shouted warnings of potential economic Armageddon. Superinvestor George Soros designated the current state of the global economy the worst market crisis in 60 years. Bill Clinton labeled it the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression —— even as global stocks responded by slumping 7.7% in January —— the worst start to an investing year since Morgan Stanley began publishing data in the 1970s. Even earlier, domestic and international experts have forecasted a pessimistic outlook of the world economy, but the situation is extremely worse then their expectations. The Financial Crisis caused from U.S has been sweeping over all parts of the world. On the brink of bankruptcy-Iceland, the European 15 nations sharing the euro, the world’s 2nd economy-Japan, the economy pioneer-H.K……All these countries and regions have been technically defined as in a alarmingly deteriorating situation, because their real economy have been on a nagtive growth on the 2nd straight quarter.  It is a mortal strike on Chinese export-oriented industries and companies, the slumping demands, the soaring cost of raw materials, the anxieties of the terrified situation, all these factores have directly hit them. In the Pearl River Delta, a extremely