《商务英语基础 》课程教学资源 Unit 28 LXDA 28.docVIP

Unit 28 What is WTO Tapescript: In Chinas accession to the WTO the advantages certainly outweigh the disadvantages, Chinese economist Wei Jie has said. In an interview with party paper Renmin Ribao, Wei said: There is no country in the world - including the developing countries - where the national economy has suffered a major blow because of its membership in the WTO, and all have achieved advances by joining the WTO. Wei warned, however, that a country needed to adopt effective strategic measures to see this. Adopting a passive strategy of trying to enjoy the benefits through non-active membership, would lead to the cons outweighing the pros. Only through an active strategy, by actively accepting the WTO challenge, could the real benefits be felt. Task Two: Listen to the passage again and fill in the missing words. 1.advantages 2.disadvantages 3.interview 4.developing 5.however 6.passive 7.non-active 8.lead to Task Three: Listen to the passage for the last time and write “ T 〞 for true, “ F 〞 for false according to the passage. 1.T 2.F 3.F 4.F Practice Comprehension of the Text I. Answer the following questions according to the text. 1.WTO stands for the World Trade Organization. 2.Its goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters and importers conduct their business. 3.Yes, it is. 4.The WTO settles trade disputes by negotiation. 5.No, it wasn’t. II. Fill in the form with suitable English information from the text. 1.…dealing with the global rules of trade between nations. 2.…to help producers of goods and services, exporters and importers conduct their business. 3.…liberalizing trade. 4.…a forum for governments to negotiate trade agreements. 5.…to settle trade disputes. 6.…a system of trade rules. 7.…to sort out the trade problems they face with each other. 8.…its heart are the WTO agreements. Word Study III. There are two lists below. Pair off each word in the first list with its synonyms〔同义词〕in the second. IV. Fill in th