《实用商务英语》ppt课件教案.ppt

Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks without referring to the original text. Then check your answers against the text. Ⅱ. Tell whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the text. 1. Countries around the world all deduce the meaning of legislation only from the words contained in a statute. 2. The travaux preparatoires are also looked to by courts in many countries to determine the intent of a statute or treaty. 3. CISG gives a list of general principles and calls for courts to look to them. 4. According to the mechanism set out by CISG, the drafters adopted general principles derived from public or private international law, as well as from domestic law codes. 5.The general principles may be used when both CISG itself and the rules of private international law fail to settle a matter. Ⅲ. Match each word in Column A with the appropriate definition in Column B. Ⅳ. Translate the following sentences into Chinese, paying attention to the difference among the italicized words. Ⅴ. Translate the following sentences into English, using the given words or phrases. Pre-reading Discussion: 1. What role does the business law play in business activities? 2. Have you read any articles about the trade dispute between two companies from different countries? How was the dispute settled? Introduce the case to your class and try to make a comment. 1 Today, businesspeople confront the law at every turn. 2 Thus, businesspeople constantly use, rely on, react to, plan around—and sometimes violate —innumerable legal rules (or laws). 3 It is arguable that the basic rule of international law governing the economic relations of states is that of the complete freedom of each state to act at its sovereign discretion. 4 Bilateral agreements, particularly the “FCN” (Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation), continue to be an important basis for interstate economic relations. 5 The General Agreement on Tariff and Trade, “GATT”, is the most important