商务英语综合教程：unit+6+Investment.pptVIP

1.depreciation 贬值 v.s appreciation 2. defer vt/vi 1). defer the payment 延期付款 2) Doctors are encouraged to defer to experts. (If you defer to someone, you accept their opinion or do what they want you to do, even when you do not agree with it yourself, because you respect them or their authority. 听从; 服从) financial derivatives: 金融衍生品 future: 期货 When people trade in futures, they buy stocks and shares, commodities such as coffee or oil, or foreign currency at a price that is agreed at the time of purchase for items which are delivered some time in the future. 期货 option :期权 In business, an option is an agreement or contract that gives someone the right to buy or sell something such as property or shares at a future date vehicle 1)A vehicle is a machine with an engine, such as a bus, car, or truck, that carries people or things from place to place. 机动车辆 2)You can use vehicle to refer to something that you use in order to achieve a particular purpose. 媒介 Her art became a vehicle for her political beliefs. 她的艺术成了她政治信仰的媒介。 Part c (p.143) dividend If something pays dividends, it brings advantages at a later date. 有回报; 可获益 Steps taken now to maximize your health will pay dividends later on. 现在采取措施充分重视你的健康将来就会有回报。 proxy be/stand proxy for ... If you do something by proxy, you arrange for someone else to do it for you. 代理权 没有到会的人可由别人代为投票。 Those not attending the meeting may vote by proxy. proxy war 代理战争，傀儡战争 a war instigated (唆使；煽动)by a major power that does not itself participate yield(n/v) 股息股能获得的高收益使它们对私人投资者们很有吸引力。 The high yields available on the dividend shares made them atrractive to private investors. yield to pressure examples of common signs like No Smoking and Yield. 像“禁止吸烟”和“让行”这样的常见标志例子。 He reached the massive door of the barn and pushed. It yielded. 他够着了畜棚厚重的大门推了推。门开了。 Listening exercise A. (page144) How many types of investment are mentioned and what are they? What is a direct investment? Give examples. What is an indirect investment? Examples? How long