(精选)商务英语综合教程（第二版 上册）Unit 8 The Costs of Economic Growth课件.pptVIP

商务英语综合教程 ISBN：978-7-81134-- 2011年11月 第2版  Unit 8 The Costs of Economic Growth Introduction The economy has developed greatly in the past years, and people’s life has changed a lot with invention of telephones, automobiles, computers etc. However, the weather is becoming warmer and warmer; the air and water are polluted more and more seriously. New Words desirable adj.可取的，值得拥有的 overwhelming adj. 势不可挡的 philosopher n. 哲学家 stationary adj. 稳定的，固定的 exceed v. 超过，超越 pivotal adj. 关键性的，核心的 jeopardize v. 损害 accumulate v. 积累 New Words accrue v. 逐渐增长 affluent adj. 富裕的 dislocation n. 混乱 paradox n. 悖论 megalopolis n. 特大城市 Notes 7.Similarly, in the case of producer-induced demand, business firms advertise to convince the consumers that they need the goods that they would not have missed had the advertising and the additional production never occurred。　 To convince the consumers 后带一个以that 引导的名词从句作宾语。其中包含一个that 引导的定语从句修饰the goods.这个定语从句中用的是虚拟语气，had…never occurred是条件句的一种形式，相当于if…had never occurred. Notes 8.Indeed, even the measurement of growth is made difficult by the fact that many of the products that we include in our GNP may actually be nothing but costs of an industrial-urban society. 名词从句作fact　的同位语。其中that we include in our GNP是定语从句修饰products. Costs of an industrial-urban society　工业城市社会所付出的代价。 Exercises Comprehension of the Text I. Answer the following questions. What is the fundamental question raised by citizens and scholars concerning economic growth today? What did the great economist John Stuart Mill yearn for? What is a “stationary state”? What does the first theme stress? According to this idea, why do people want more goods? What is the second theme of the argument? Explain the relation between growth and costs. What are the costs the economics growth in your opinion? Exercises Language Skill