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Unit 30INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM AND BALANCE OF PAYMENTS 国际货币体系和国际收支 OBJECTIVES Understand the general meaning of the dialogue Be able to orally express the meaning of: be interested in, want to do, despite, moreover, with regard to, (never) give up,etc. Understand the meaning and their usage of the vocabulary listed in real-life communication Obtain the basic information about the balance of payments and be able to write the reading report LEAD-IN QUESTIONS DISCUSS: What will a country’s currency fluctuation do to other countries? What will the imbalance of payments do to international monetary system? GENERAL UNDERSTANDING Listen to the tape and answer the following questions. Who are the speakers? What are they talking about? DETAILED UNDERSTANDING Listen to the tape again and answer the following questions. 1.Why is Allen interested in global financial situation? 2.How is the global financial situation according to Professor Yu? 3. What are the triple whammy that Chinas foreign-exchange reserves face? DETAILED UNDERSTANDING 4.What form of money did China buy from the USA in 2008? 5.What is Yu’s opinion about the value of the savings? 6.What does a 4 percent annual inflation rate mean to the purchasing power of Chinas foreign-exchange reserves? DETAILED UNDERSTANDING 7.What should China do to protect its interest? 8.What could the US government do to help China solve the problem? LANGUAGE LEARNING Listen to the tape, and find out the English versions for the following Chinese expressions. 1. 对……感兴趣 4. 再者 2. 想要作某事 5. 永不放弃 3. 尽管…… 6. 就……而言 KEYS TO LANGUAGE LEARNING 1. be interested in 2. want to do 3. despite 4. moreover 5. with regard to=in regard to/of 6. (never) give up LANGUAGE LEARNING VOCABULARY 1. reserve /ris?:v/ n. 储备金, 准备金 2. whammy /hw?mi/ n. 致命的打击 3. decline /diklain/ v. 下降, 衰退 4. purchasing power 购买力 5. inflation /inflei??n/ n. 通货膨胀 6. trillion /tril?n/ n. 万亿, 兆 LANGUAGE LEARNING 7. inevitable /inevit?bl/