体验商务英语综合教程第二版unit

Vocabulary Laissez-faire Free trade The general meaning of Laissez-faire is to allow events to take
their own course, or to let people do what they choose. The term is a French phrase literally meaning "let do" or "leave it to be". In economics of the Chicago School, it has become a doctrine that holds that the state should never intervene in the marketplace. The term is often used to refer to various economic philosophies and political philosophies which seek to minimize or eliminate government intervention in most or all aspects of society.
Vocabulary Free trade is a type of trade policy that allows traders to act Free trade and transact without interference from government. Under a free trade policy, prices are a reflection of true supply and demand, and are the sole determinant of resource allocation. Free trade differs from other forms of trade policy where the allocation of goods and services amongst trading countries are determined by artificial prices that do not reflect the true nature of supply and demand. These artificial prices are the result of protectionist trade policies, whereby governments intervene in the market through price adjustments and supply restrictions. Interventions include subsidies, taxes and tariffs, non-tariff barriers, such as regulatory legislation and quotas, and even inter-government managed trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) (contrary to their formal titles) and any governmental market intervention resulting in artificial prices that do not reflect the principles of supply and demand.

For many people a job is more than an income – it's an important part of who we are. Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. You have to do a lot of hard hammering, chiseling, scraping and polishing. What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you love, give it the best there is in you, seize your opportunities, and be a member of the team.
Vocabulary
Career moves
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The phrases below all include the word ‘career’. Match them to their correct meaning.
1 career ladder
2 career move
3 career break
Unit 1 Careers
Quotation
‘Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.’
Confucius (551 – 479 BC) Chinese philosopher

by newspapers, magazines, television news programs, etc.
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Publicity
1. The film has gotten some good/bad publicity.
2. She has received a lot of publicity for her latest novel.
[=alternatives] 3. We have a wide range of options
available to us.
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orientation
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Orientation
[count] : the position or direction of something .
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incredibly
incredibly
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initially
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Initially
1. The reason I initially [=originally] came here was to
find work.
2. It turned out that the situation was not as serious as we had initially believed.
Dictation
Unit 7 Book 2
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alphabet
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Associate
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Use some of the adjectives below and the nouns from the previous exercise. Study these examples.
It’s a kind of seafood/vegetable. Choose one of the It’s quite spicy/rich. foods and It’s a bit like chicken/lamb. describe it. You can eat it with rice/pasta. eggs lamb broccoli banana beef peas crab lemon tomato lobster fish pasta melon prawns apple potato cheese onion veal chicken orange rice
Starting up
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Imagine you have to entertain a group of foreign business people. Which of the following activities would you choose?
Starting up
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Six most popular UK events for corporate entertaining
gift
Speaking

Many companies spend a lot of money on corporate entertaining. Do you think the money is well spent? Why or why not?
剑桥标准商务英语教程（初级）
Business BENCHMARK (Preliminary)