英语专业听力教程4Unit

UnitFive,ListeningCourse-4,1,UnitFive,ZhangHanwen,UnitFive,ListeningCourse-4,2,Outline,1.Revisiontakeadvantageofdirectdebit:直接借记trade-in:ausedarticleacceptedbyaretailerinpartpaymentforanother,Newwords,UnitFive,ListeningCourse-4,9,AnswerstoExerciseinP43:1-8:DADBB/CACopenabankaccountoverdrawonhisaccountoverdraftfacilityintheabsenceofwithdrawalargesumofmoney,UnitFive,ListeningCourse-4,10,Thatsetmebackagoodbit.Idoappreciateyourproblems,ofcourse.Becausetherewasthepossibility,intheabsenceofanypriorarrangementforanoverdraftfacility,thatwewouldstopyourcheques.Mymainpurposeinwritingtoyouandinvitingyouherewastoacquaintyouwithacoupleofservicesthebankofferswhichyoumaywishtoavailyourselfof.,Languagepoints,UnitFive,ListeningCourse-4,11,Part2StockMarket:HowItWorks,UnitFive,ListeningCourse-4,12,NYSEappearedin1792.Itscurrentnamebegantobeusedin1863.Since1920s,ithasbeenthefinancialcenterintheworld,alsooneofthemostpopularplaceofinterest.ItslocatedinNo.11WallStreet,N.Y.,UnitFive,ListeningCourse-4,13,UnitFive,ListeningCourse-4,14,Whatisastockmarket?,Thestockmarketisthemeansthroughwhichpreviouslyissuedcorporatestocks,sharesofownershipinacorporation,aretraded.Stockexchangesareorganizationswhosemembersactasintermediariestobuyandsellstocksfortheirclients.,UnitFive,ListeningCourse-4,15,ExerciseCinP45:1-8:BADBBDCC,UnitFive,ListeningCourse-4,16,Languagepoints,AwaveofsellingtriggeredwidespreadpricedeclinesinstockmarketsfromNewYorktoAustralia.TheDowJonesIndustrialAverageofthepricesof30stocksofmajorUScompanieslost22.6percentofitsvalueonthatmemorableday,plunging508pointsinthepanickedrushtosell.,UnitFive,ListeningCourse-4,17,Discussion,OnOctober19,1987,awaveofsellingtriggeredwidespreaddeclinesinstockmarketsfromNewYorktoAustralia.Thatdayis“BlackMonday”.Onthatday,therewerehardlyanybuyorders,andthemarketswerefloodedwithsellorders.Over600millionsharesweretradedontheNewYorkStockExchange-morethantwicetheNYSEsaveragesalesvolume.TheDowJonesIndustrialAverageofthepricesof30stocksofmajorUScompanieslost22.6percentofitsvalueonthatmemorableday,plunging508pointsinthepanickedrushtosell.,UnitFive,ListeningCourse-4,18,SectionThreeNews,UnitFive,ListeningCourse-4,19,NewsItemOne,UnitFive,ListeningCourse-4,20,ExerciseA:ThisnewsisaboutthemeasurestakenbyChinatolimittheimpactofatoxicspillintheAmurRiver.,UnitFive,ListeningCourse-4,21,ExerciseBChinasaysitsbegunbuildingatemporarydamtolimittheimpactofatoxicspillthatsflowingdownariveracrosstheborderintoRussia.AccordingtoChinesestatemedia,thedamwouldblockachannellinkingthecontaminatedAmurriverwithanotherriverthatsupplieswatertotheRussiancityofKhabarovsk.Chinasaysithasalsosent150tonsofcarbontoRussiaforuseinwaterpurificationplants.,UnitFive,ListeningCourse-4,22,NewsItem3,Migratinganimalsmaybeonaverylong,tiringjourney.Manygeeseandotherbirdsmigratethousandsofmileseveryyear.Sometravelover7,000milesoneway!Somemaytravelupto1000mileswithoutevenareststop,crossingthegulfofMexicoortheSaharaDesert.Thesebirdsmustfollowtheirfoodsupplyandtheymustreturntocertainlocationstobreed.Theymigratetosurvive!,UnitFive,ListeningCourse-4,23,Somebirdspecies,becauseoftheweatherbeinghotenough,havestoppedmigratingandareindangerofextinction.Intheirwayofmigrating,thewatersuppliesarebecomingweakerbylossofthecoldweatherandthebirdsarepreferringtostayratherthangoingfurther.,UnitFive,ListeningCourse-4,24,ExerciseA:Thisnewsitemisaboutthewarningsfromscientiststhatclimatechangecandrivesomespeciesofmigratinganimalstowardsextinction.,UnitFive,ListeningCourse-4,25,ExerciseB:Findings:Climatechangecandrivesomespeciesofmigratinganimalstowardsextinction.Reason:Birds,mammalsandreptilesarefindingitincreasinglydifficulttofollowtheirusualmigrationpatterns.,UnitFive,ListeningCourse-4,26,Example:ThespreadingSaharaDesertcouldmakeitimpossibleforswallowstomaketheirepicjourneyfromSouthernAfrica.Risingsealevelswilldestroymanycoastalhabitatsforturtlesandwadingbirds.Warmeroceanscouldleadtosometurtlespeciesbecomingentirelyfemale.,UnitFive,ListeningCourse-4,27,Summary,Someexpressionsusedinabankandstockmarket.NYSEandBlackMonday.Migratinganimals.,UnitFive,Listenin