商务英语阅读（上册）（第二版）课件Chapter 8

1、Business English Reading CoursewareBook OneChapter EightAbstracts from Articles on Trade War 贸易战文摘贸易战文摘Made by Zhang Guojian单元教学目的n n通过阅读定位支持句。阅读技巧提示n n(同第七章）。Step Onen nFirst, read Material One under teachers instructions.n nThen teacher gives hints or tips for reading.n nFinally, teacher checks the answers and gives explanations. Argentina may trigger trade wars with its biggest customers by limiting imports of French cheese, Italian ham and Brazilian corn to protect its food industry from for

2、eign competition. Importers said it is harder to bring goods into Argentina after Interior Commerce Secretary Guillermo Moreno wrote in an April 23 letter that he will examine purchases abroad to study “the competitiveness” of the national market. Brazil and the European Union, which buy 45 percent of Argentinas exports, say limits would violate international treaties. “ “This This generates generates a a risk risk of of retaliation retaliation againstagainst our our exports,” exports,” said sai

3、d Mauricio Mauricio Claveri, Claveri, an an economist economist who who tracks tracks trade trade at at A, A, a a research research company company in in Buenos Buenos Aires. Aires. “A “A measure measure like like this this wont wont benefit benefit local local output output or the trade surplus.”or the trade surplus.” Reprisals would hurt Argentinas $56 billion of annual exports, about 17 percent of gross domestic product, reducing flows of dollars to South Americas second-biggest economy, Clav

4、eri said in a May 19 telephone interview. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has used central bank reserves, accumulated over nine years of trade surpluses, to finance government spending and pay debt. Cargoes of cheeses from France, beer from Holland, pasta from Italy, canned pineapple from Indonesia, bell peppers from Peru, and candies from Brazil are among products being delayed at Argentinas borders and ports, according to the Chamber of Importers, which represents about 300 companies,

5、 including local units of Chiles SACI Falabella and Frances Carrefour SA. Corona Beer California Burrito Co. co-founder Jordan Metzner said hes worried that he wont be able to buy the 200 cases of Mexican-made Corona beer his chain of five restaurants in Buenos Aires and Cordoba needs each month. “Nobody really knows what is going to happen,” Metzner, 26, said in a May 21 interview in Buenos Aires. “There are no clear rules on whats acceptable or not acceptable now.” Brazil trade secretary Welbe

6、r Barral said on May 21 that Latin Americas biggest economy may file a complaint against Argentina with the World Trade Organization “as it usually does” when its products are blocked by another country. Import restrictions and an exchange rate policy that favored local industry enabled Argentina to build up a record trade surplus of $17 billion in 2009, according to Fernandez. Intervene and Correct “Im not here just to observe, but to intervene and try to correct whatever might be bad for Argen

7、tines,” Fernandez, 57, said in an April 15 interview at her office in Buenos Aires. Argentina is the worlds biggest shipper of soybean oil and third-biggest exporter of soybeans, following the U.S. and Brazil. About half of its exports are farm-based. “Our Embassy in Buenos Aires and the tax agency office at the border are following the situation attentively,” Barral, 42, said in an interview in Brasilia. “Weve identified some problems with specific companies, but were investigating further to a

8、ssess if any trade measure has been implemented.” Brazil provides 60 percent of all corn used by Argentinas food industry, Barral said. Brazil exports about $500 million of food products annually to its partner in the Mercosur trade bloc, compared with $2.2 billion it imports from Argentina, Barral said. Paraguay and Uruguay are also members of Mercosur. The EUs diplomatic delegation in Argentina said in a May 12 statement that, if confirmed, the restrictions “would be incompatible with the rule

9、s of the World Trade Organization and with Argentine commitments at the G-20.” Fernandez said during a trip to Spain on May 17 that her country hadnt imposed any such limits.Step Twon nStudents read Material Two themselves firstly.n nThen teacher checks the answers without giving explanations.vocabularyn n1. retaliation n. 报复；反击；回敬n n2. reprisal n. 报复（行为）；报复性劫掠n n3. trade bloc 贸 贸易集团n n4. trade friction 贸易摩擦n n5. inflation n. 通货膨胀n n6. levy v. 征税；征兵n n7. tit-for-tat 针锋相对，以牙还牙 n n8. sanction n. 制

10、裁，处罚；认可；支持n n9. escalate vi. 逐步升高；逐步增强n n10. buck n. （美）钱，元n n11. stats n. 统计数据n n12. smartphone n. 智能手机n n13. margins n. 利润，（期权）保证金n n14. profit margin 利润空间；利润边际；利润率n n15. trade deficit 贸易赤字/ 逆差，入超n n16. current account 经常账户/ 项目，活期存款账户，现金/ 往来账户【单元注释单元注释】n n1. 1. Carrefour Carrefour SA SA 家家乐乐福福（财财富富500500强强公公司司之之一一，全全球球第二大零售商）第二大零售商）n n2. 2. Mercosur Mercosur 南南方方共共同同市市场场，是是南南美美地地区区最最大大的的经经济济一一体体化化组组织织，也也是是世世界界上上第第一一个个完完全全由由发发展展中中国国家家组组成成的的共共同同市市场场。19911991年年3 3月月2626日日，阿阿根根廷廷、巴巴西西、乌乌拉拉圭圭和和巴巴拉拉

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