【2017年整理】听力与教程2Unit1.pptVIP

Unit 1 Dialogue 2 Key to Ex B: It is convenient and fast, thought it doesn’t taste as good as food in a good restaurant. However, it is bad to one’s health, because there are not enough vegetables. It is also quite an expensive way of eating, but you’re paying for the convenience. And it creates litter because in the packaging there is a lot of paper, plastic and sometimes polystyrene involved. Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile . Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. Passage 7-Eleven Logo of 7-Eleven Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile . Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. Introduction to 7-Eleven 7-Eleven pioneered the convenience store concept back in 1927 in Dallas, Texas. In addition to selling blocks of ice to refrigerate food(冷藏食物), an employee of Southland Ice Company, Joe C. Thompson, began offering milk, bread and eggs on Sundays and evenings when grocery stores were closed. This new business idea produced satisfied customers and increased sales, and convenience retailing was born! Initially, these stores were open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., hours unprecedented (前所未有的) in their length, hence the name. The company began to use the “7-Eleven” name in 1946. By 1952, 7-Eleven opened its 100th store. It was incorporated as Southland Corporation(南方公司 in 1961. Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile . Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. Today, 7-Eleven is the undisputed (无异议的，确定) leader in convenience retailing with more than 30,000 stores operating in the U.S. and 18 other countries and total sales of more than $43 billion in 2005. Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile . Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. News Item 1 The Japanese electronic giant Sony has slashed its annual earnings forecast again. It’s expected to report an annual operating loss of almost 3 billion dollars. The company had previously forecast a p