unit 8 international trade 1.ppt

Unit 8 International Trade
Caiyong Zhuang
List of contents
Warm-up activities
Listening Practice (B & C)
Useful Expressions
Homework
Review: Useful Expressions
I’m calling to confirm your appointment for tomorrow morning at 9 am with Dr. Parker.
Sorry, sir, the only opening we have after lunch is 1:15, but I might be able to work you in after 4.
Warm-up Activities
Warm-up activities B (P192)
Listening Practices (P194)
Words & Expressions (Listening B & C )
Keys
Script
Listening Practice (Words & Expressions)
Predict:
Say, tell in advance
. Psychologists have found that how much people smile in old photographs can predict their later ess in marriage.
No one can predict to what heights you can soar, even you will not know until you spread your wings.
Listening Practice (Words & Expressions)
Endowment
The act of giving money to a college, hospital, or other institution; OR a natural ability or quality
. The Oxford and Cambridge colleges have numerous endowments.
He has natural endowments in music.
Listening Practice (Words & Expressions)
Alternative
Available as another possibility; OR sth that you can choose instead of sth else.
. I'm afraid if the noise goes on, I shall have no alternative but to leave.
We shall have no alternative but refer the matter to our lawyer.
Listening Practice (Words & Expressions)
Scarce
Being in insufficient supply; OR rarely found or rarely occurring
. True friends are scarce. Who has found one has found a true TREASURE.
Listening Practice (Words & Expressions)
Empirical
Based on scientific testing or practical experience, not on ideas
. Focus on the current empirical data, which is increasingly real-time and has proved increasingly accurate.