金砖国家英语介绍.ppt

BRICS Contents Member countries History Summits Significance of BRICS Identity of BRICS Opinions about enlargement of BRICS References Member countries Brazil Russia India China South Africa History The acronym (originally BRIC) was coined by Jim ONeill, global economist at Goldman Sachs in a 2001 paper entitled Building Better Global Economic BRICs. The acronym has come into widespread use as a symbol of the shift in global economic power away from the developed G7 economies towards the developing world. On April 13, 2011 the S was formally added to BRIC to form BRICS after the admission of South Africa into the union. New Words: Fluctuations n. 波动（fluctuation的复数）；变动；起伏现象 whopping adj. 巨大的；天大的 adv. 非常地；异常地 Secretariat n. 秘书处；书记处；秘书（书记，部长等）之职 rotating system轮作制 ,旋转显示系统 On top of 另外；熟练掌握；在…之上；紧接着 Presage n. 预感；前兆 vt. 预感；预言 vi. 预示；预言 Imprudent adj. 轻率的，鲁莽的；不小心的 Aggrandizement n. 强化；扩大；夸大 BRICS Summit to Discuss World Economic Order Time:2011-04-13 Leaders from the five top emerging economies will gather in Sanya, in Chinas Hainan province, later this week to coordinate their stance on economic issues including fluctuations in commodity prices. The BRICS summit, made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, will be hosted by Chinese President Hu Jintao. Experts say that the Sanya summit would focus on key issues including the current foreign affairs, global economic and financial issues, development issues and future cooperation among BRICS members. Chen Fengying, director of the World Economy Institute at Chinas Institute of Contemporary International Relations, says the BRICS nations are committed to cooperation, not confrontation with the developed countries. BRICS nations are all developing countries. Although they are quite different in culture and history, theyre closely aligned economically. They have played an important role in tackling global financial crisis and c