施心远主编《听力教程》1第2版 Unit 10课件.pptVIP

Ex B. Listen again and decide whether the following sentences are true or false. 1. T. (Last Friday, President Bush called for an economic growth package—a plan to give a quick shot of energy to the slowing American economy.) 2.T. (Now, the administration has an agreement with Democratic and Republican leaders in the House of Representatives.) 3. F. (The deal wich is reached Thursday is one hundred fifty billion dollars.) 4. T. (Now, the administration has an agreement with Democratic and Republican leaders in the House of Representatives.) 5. F. (He said the plan would lead to higher consumer spending and increased business investment this year. ) 6. T. (The measures must be approved by the House of Representatives) News Item 3 Focus: World economy Notes: mortgage [?m?:gid?] n.按揭, 抵押, 抵押贷款 The subprime mortgage crisis （次贷危机）is the reason for this financial crisis in the US. Banks lent loans to peole who were not capable of repaying their loans. Based on these loans a lot of complex financial products were created and sold to a lot of people. When the US real estate market took a beating, house prices started coming down. This resulted in a high number of defaults on subprime mortgage loans. This triggered a sequence of events which resulted in losses in billions to whoever was involved in this confusion. Ex. A: Listen to the news and complete the summary. The news is about _______________________________________________ world economic growth that is predicted to slow in 2008. Ex. B: Listen to the news again and complete the following sentences. 1. The estimated growth of the world economy in 2007 was at ___________________________. 2. According to the International Monetary Fund’s estimation, the growth in 2008 is at _____________________________. 3. In 2007, the price of a barrel of oil ________. 4. On the second day of 2008, the oil price reached _________ per barrel. five and two-tenth percent four and eight -tenths percent doubled