EBC初级讲义4.doc

大家论坛BEC版块BEC初级精讲班第4讲讲义Company activitiesObjectives: To learn to describe company activities 学习描述公司的商务活动 To practise reading for specific information 练习阅读重要信息 To raise awareness of cohesion and connectors of addition and contrast 提高对篇章衔接、表示递进与对照连接词的意识 To review the present continuous 复习现在进行时态Investing in central EuropeReading 1 Look at the diagram showing car company investment in central Europe. Answer the questions.vocabulary$1.8bn bn = billion van assembly plant Ford Opel Daewoo Fiat Skoda $17m m = million plantKey:1Fiat ( $1.8bn)2Volkswagen ( in Mosel )3Volkswagen ( in the former East Germany, Hungary, Czech republic, Slovakia, Poland)4Poland ($3.52bn)5Slovakia ($120m)Grammar 2Could you tell me the different uses of the present tenses.Key Present simple Present continuousGeneral facts ( Volkswagen Something happening now (Daewoo is now manufactures cars ) building a new plant.) Routines ( I work for Audi.) Temporary situations ( Many firms are investingStates ( VW now owns 70% of Skoda.) a lot of money in central Europe.) Changing situations ( Costs are rising slowly.)Speaking 3 Why are companies investing so much in central Europe?Reasons given in the test:Cheap workforceGenerous government inward investment grantsSlow economic growth at homeStrong growth in central/eastern European car marketsPossible to take over existing facilities/companies cheaplyGood locations for exporting to the former Soviet UnionOther possible reasons not mentioned in the text:By manufacturing in Europe, Asian and US companies avoid restrictions on imports into EuropeInvesting in the area boosts local economies and adds to market growthHigher returns on investments due to low costsShareholder pressure to increase performanceDrivingeastwardsReading 1 Put the five extracts below into the correct order to complete the newspaper article.vocabularyengineer earn attraction huge profit generous state investment grants (subsidy/subsidise) car-maker modernise acquire Suggested answers:2In addition to the cheap labour, 3Volkswagen, for example, 4Companies such as VW and Fiat5However, in spite of all these advantages2Say whether the following sentences are Right or Wrong. If there is not enough information to answer, choose Doesnt say.Read through all thel questions before scanning through the text. You should check carefully whether there is enough evidence in the text to declare the statements either Right or Wrong. If there is not, you should choose Doesnt say. vocabulary: inward investment be equivalent to Key : 1 B 2 A 3 A 4 C 5 B 6 BVocabulary 3 Look at the words in italics in the text. Write the words in the correct group below. 2Key: Addition Contrast and but in addition however furthermore although moreover in spite of also not only but alsoIf not only is used before the verb,l the verb needs to be inverted. However, if it is used after the verb, there is no problem.I wish to point out that both in spite of and despite arel followed by:1) a noun, 2) -ing or 3) the fact that; they are not followed by the infinitive.4.Now use the words in italics in the text. Write the words in the correct group below.2 Opel is opening a new car plant in Poland. Moreover/Furthermore/In addition, it is opening a plant in Hungary. Opel is not only opening a new car plant in Poland but also a plant in Hungary.3 Wages are lower in central Europe. Moreover/Furthermore/In addition, workers are more flexible. Wages are not only lower in central Europe but workers are also more flexible.4 Wages are increasing in eastern Germany but they are 15-25% lower than in the west. Although wages are increasing in eastern Germany, they are 15-25% lower than in the west. In spite of an increase, wages in eastern Germany are 15-25% lower than in the west.5 VW has bought companies in central Europe. Moreover/Furthermore/In addition, it has built new factories there. VW has not only bought companies in central Europe but also built new factories there.6Wages are lower in central Europe but this is not the only reason companies are investing there. Although wages are lower in central Europe, this is not the only reason companies are investing there.Speaking 5 Work in pairs. Draw a map showing your companys markets. Explain to your partner what is happening in these places at the moment.You can draw a map showing your companys markets and activities. The map can only be diagrams and need not be works of art. Then you can mark on important locations and exchange maps with a partner. Finally, you can take it in turns to ask each other what the locations are and what activities take place there. Essential vocabularyAddition Contrast Activities Generalalso although assembly to attractfurthermore however to build attractionmoreover in spite of to develop to climbnot only but also to grow costs to invest to earn investment flexible to modernise low model to receivevanwagesExamfocus:VocabularyObjectives: To learn to use useful strategies for coping with unknown vocabulary 学习处理生词的有用的策略 To know useful ways of organsing and storing new vocabulary 了解整理和积累词汇的有用方法词汇在我们学习和使用英语中十分重要。这课书将重点讲述如何记忆词汇。Vocabulary in the examination在考试中并不是直接测试你的词汇。Understanding words1.Key2 nouns industry, company3 prepositions on, with4 articles a, the5 connectors but, although6 adjectives sharp, interesting7 adverbs slowly, soon8 relative pronouns which, thatYou then identify which type of word can fill the gaps and complete the sentences.Suggested answers:1 adjective - sharp2 preposition - in3 adverb - soon4 relative pronoun - which / that5 article - the6 connector - but7 noun - technology2Try to guess the meaning of the words in italics from the information in the rest of the sentence.大家可以通过单词在句中的位置判断出它的词性，还可以通过上下文猜出它的意思。下面请大家试试。Storingnewvocabulary2 Look at the following ways of storing vocabulary. Which do you use?Diagrams company organigramTables make/take/answer a call/enquiryKeywordsScales boiling, hot, warm, cool, cold, freezingWord fields3Suggested answers:1 scale2 word field ( with the topic word being sales)3 table4 diagram ( to show the hierarchy of