张英莉 科技英语综合教程 Unit5+7.pptVIP

Unit 5+7 Economy Warm-up questions If you had a large sum of money, say $1,000,000 , how would you deal with it? How many kinds of currency do you know? Do you know the following currency? 主要国家货币简写： CNY（Chinese Yuan）人民币 HKD（Hong Kong Dollar）港元 USD（United States Dollar）美元 CAD（Canadian Dollar）加拿大元 GBP（Great Britain Pound）英镑 JPY（Japanese Yen）日元 AUD（Australian Dollar）澳大利亚元 Direction: please observe the following pictures carefully and summarize the common features of these euro notes. On 1 January 2002 the euro coins came into circulation. The eight coins (respectively 1 cent, 2 cents, 5 cents, 10 cents, 20 cents, 50 cents, 1 euro, 2 euros) have a common side and a side designed by each one of the euro area countries. All coins are legal tender in the 12 euro area countries. Fast reading practice Learn the following new words read the article “Background to the Euro” Answer the questions. New Words fluctuation n. fluctuate v.: The price of vegetables and fruits fluctuates according to the season. His feelings fluctuated between excitement and fear. New Words opt: opt for sth/to do sth: choose, decide on -opt-: choose, choice eg: option, optional opt out of: choose to take no part in e.g. Fewer students are opting for science courses nowadays. She opted out of attending the show. New Words deficit: amount by which payments exceed receipts surplus: excess of receipts over expenditure a budget deficit预算赤字 a budget surplus预算结余 a trade deficit贸易逆差 a trade surplus贸易顺差 New Words counterfeiter n. person who counterfeits counterfeit n, adj. (sth) made or done in imitation of another thing in order to deceive; Vt. Copy, imitate (coins, handwriting, etc.) in order to deceive counterfeit money/jewels This ten-dollar bill is a counterfeit. It is against the law to counterfeit money.