务职场英语 Unit 4 上海外语教育出版社 含课后答案.ppt

ACTIVITY 4.6 Complete each sentence with a word related to the word given in capitals. 1 Key 1. The _______ of stock trading go back to the 13th century. 2. Stock trading has ________ tremendously in recent years. 3. Technology has allowed the stock market to grow ____________ . 4. Society has ____________ this growth. 5. Before, only those who could afford _________ stockbrokers could trade. 6. Now, anyone wanting to ___________ in the stock market can do so. 7. The Internet has _________ the development of on-line trading. 8. Trading can be done through _______ devices like handheld computers. 9. Within seconds of an order being made, the __________ takes place. 10. Day trading is now a __________ thanks to these advances in technology. origins evolved tremendously encouraged expensive participate permitted mobile transaction possibility ORIGINAL EVOLUTION TREMENDOUS ENCOURAGEMENT EXPENSE PARTICIPATION PERMISSION MOBILITY TRANSACT POSSIBLE * YOUR COMPANY NAME or YOUR SITE ADDRESS Prepare a short written report on one of the topics in the box as it relates to your country. 2 Types of transactions used Places where information about stocks is published The stock exchange Technology used to perform transactions * YOUR COMPANY NAME or YOUR SITE ADDRESS Reading Resource A Read the article and answer the questions according to the information in the text. a The U.S. commercial banking industry has undergone a series of important transformations in the last two or three decades. Since the 1980s, banks have increased the scope and scale of their activities and, through mergers and takeovers, several banks have become very large institutions with a nationwide presence. Thus, one of the main changes in the structure of the banking industry has been a movement toward consolidation. Innovations in communication have made the U.S. economy much more integrated nationally. This trend towards having national as