Unit 5 Buying and Selling Lesson 27 Business English 课件1.pptVIP

Lesson 27: Business English everyday ladder position congratulate including account adj. 每天的，日常的 n. 梯子 n. 位置；方位 v. 祝贺 prep. 包括，包含 n. 账目 Words and expressions To use the following words correctly: everyday, move up, beef up Objectives Think about it! 1. Do you know any business terms in English? 2. Is business English different from everyday English? Read the lesson and find the meanings of these business terms. 1. Buy low, sell high. (Buy something at a low price, and then sell it at a high price.) 低买高卖。 2. We’re in the red this month. (The business is losing money.) 我们这个月出现了财政赤字（亏损）。 3. I am moving up the ladder. (I got a better job or a better position at work.) 我找到一份更好的工作（我升职了）。 4. I have to beef up my report. (I have to make my report stronger.) 我让我的报告更有说服力。 5. He’s a fat cat. (He’s a rich person.) 他是个有钱人。 6. They cook the books. (They steal money by making changes to the company’s accounts.) 他通过做假账窃取公司的钱财。 1. Buy something at a low price, and then sell it at a high price. 低价买进，高价卖出。 at a low/high price 意思是“以低价/高价……”，price常与介词at连用，表示“以……的价格”。例如： I bought this house at a price of 1000 000 yuan. 2. It makes sense, right? 这很有意义，对吧？ make sense意思是“讲得通；有道理，有意义”。例如： This doesn’t make sense. 这一点都不合理。 Everything will start to make sense. 所有事都说得通了。 Do you think it makes sense? 你看这行得通吗？ 3. If someone tells you he or she is moving up the ladder, you should congratulate this person. 如果有人告诉你他或她正在爬梯子，你应该向他或她表示祝贺。 congratulate为及物动词，意思是“祝贺”。常用结构为： 1) congratulate sb. on意思是“就……向某人表示祝贺”。例如： She congratulated him on the birth of his son. 她祝贺他喜得贵子。 He congratulated him on having passed the exam. 我们祝贺他通过了考试。 2) congratulate 后也可以加that从句。例如： I should congratulate you that you resisted the temptation. 我应向你祝贺，你抵制住了这种诱惑。 congratulation为名词，表“祝贺”时，常用复数。 Congratulations! You have passed the examination. 恭喜！你通过了考试。 Congratulations on getting a new job! 祝贺你找到新工作！ 4. There are many more interesting business terms incl