外刊经贸知识选读lesson5.ppt

Unit 5 On the US Strategy Policy in Trade;Vocabulary;2. retaliate ：[rit?li,eit] vi. return the same sort of ill-treatment that one has received 报复 If we raise our import duties on their goods, they may retaliate against us. 如果我们提高他们货物的进口税，他们可能向我们报复。;impose ：[imp?uz] 1) vt. lay or place a tax, duty, etc. officially on 加税于…… New taxes were imposed on wines and spirits. 酒类加赠新税。 The government imposed a special duty on oil. 该国政府对石油征收特别税。 ;impose ：[imp?uz] 2) vt. try to make sb. accept; inflict sth. 强迫某人接受，将某事情强加于…… A country may control its economy by imposing import restriction. 一个国家可通过施加进口限制来控制经济。;4. sanction：[s??k??n] n. measure taken to force a country to obey international laws 制裁，处罚措施 It applied economic sanctions against an aggressor country. 采用经济制裁来反对入侵国。 Sanctions were imposed for six months and then lifted. 制裁实施了6个月后就取消了。;5. escalate：[esk?leit] v. increase or develop by successive stages; become or make sth. more intense 逐步增长或发展；（使）更紧张 This summer, many air conditioner makers cut the prices of their products by up to 20%, and that campaign has escalated into a price war. 今年夏天，很多空调生产厂家对他们产品价格的下调高达20%，这一活动已升级为一场价格大战。;escalate：[esk?leit] The European Union and South Korea failed to defuse an escalating trade row over EU demands that the Asian shipbuilding giants sell ships at higher prices. 欧盟和韩国无法解决他们之间日益升级的贸易争端，主要在于欧盟要求亚洲造船“大户”要以更高的价位出售船只。;6. bargain：[bɑ:gin] 1）n. agreement in which both or all sides promise to do sth. for each other 协议 It’s quite a bargain; I hope you will appreciate it. 这笔买卖相当合算，望你能体会到这一点。 ;bargain：[bɑ:gin] 2）n. thing bought or sold for less than its usual price 廉价购买或出售之物 You drive a hard bargain; can we meet each other halfway? 你一个劲儿地还价，我们可以折衷一下？ Property sold by an employer to an employee at a bargain price is taxable. 雇主廉价卖给雇员的财产应纳税。;bargain：[bɑ:gin] 3）v. discuss prices, terms of trade, etc. with the aim of buying or selling goods 讨价还价 We bargained with the shopkeeper for an expensive coat. 我们和老板讲价想