商务英语理论与实务 教学课件 ppt 作者 蒋景东situation 1Task 1.ppt

商务英语理论与实务 机械工业出版社 Contents Situation 1 Introductory Remarks Task 1 Business Nature Objectives 1. Grasp the definition of business. 2. Grasp the four factors of production and the relationships among them. Task 1 Business Nature I Pre-reading Pair work: Discuss the following questions with your partner. 1. What do you think are business activities? 2. Why do people do business? 3. Have you any experience in a certain business before? What kind of business is it? 4. What do you think is the most important quality a businessman should have? 5. What is the nature of business? Task 1 Business Nature II Case study of the task What Are Business Activities? In your daily life, usually you may make telephone calls; have your eyeglasses repaired; ride in a taxi; consult your doctor; deposit money in your savings account; buy a new bicycle tire; or advertise for your lost dog or your family issued checks to pay automobile insurance and electric bill; bought a rug and chairs; mailed a letter to order some books; paid the newsboy; hired a carpenter to repair a window frame; bought a United States savings bond at the bank; left a roll of film at the camera shop; had dinner at a restaurant. These are a kind of activities. But the following are another kind of activities : If you help a friend repair a car or paint his house, you would be working. Task 1 Business Nature Questions : 1. Which are business activities? 2. Which are not business activities? 3. How to tell business activities and non- business activities? Task 1 Business Nature III Text The Definition of Business and Its Nature 1. Business is the human activity related to material things. 2. A business also called firm or an enterprise. Task 1 Business Nature 3. The etymology of business relates to the state of being busy either as an individual or society as a whole, doing commercially viable and profitable work. 4. Business Studies 5. In our study of busines