金融/贸易英语
<1>.
Trading has been heavy on the New York Stock Exchange, with very high turnover（交易额；周转）of one and a half billion shares changing hands （转手，being bought and sold ）.We’ve seen spectacular gains, especially among blue chips （蓝筹股，优质股）.
<2>.
The bull market（牛市；旺市）seems set to continue, after yesterday’s record high at the close （收盘时最好/高记录）. Dealers seem bullish（看涨的，上涨的；乐观的）and expect the Dow to go through（经过，度过）the 15000 barrier soon.
<3>.
There are panic selling（恐慌性抛售）on the New York Stock Exchange today as prices fell to new five-year lows. We’ve seen some spectacular declines （大跌）, with billions of dollars wiped off the value some of America’s best known companies, and more than 10 per cent of total market capitalization.
wipe sth off sth : (to remove sth from sth ) 从...中除掉（或抹掉）
The bear market continues, with prices set to fall further in the next few days. Dealers are bearish（行情下跌的；悲观的）, with many saying there is no sign of a rally（回升）. If prices continue to fall, there may be another stock market collapse or crash（股市崩溃）, like the ones in 1929 and 1987.
trade surplus 贸易顺差
trade deficit 贸易逆差
growth rate 增长率
scam 骗局
He embezzled（贪污；挪用；盗用）$2million – quite a cam.
money laundering 洗钱
lead time n. ( the time between starting and completing a production process ) 从投产至完成生产间相隔的时间；订货交付时间
工作用语
<4>.
询问别人做什么工作时用：
To find out what someone’s job is you say ‘ What do you do ? ’
关于的自己的工作介绍（关键词汇/短语）
I work for（在…工作；为…工作；受雇于…）a large European car maker. I work on（致力于；从事于）car design. In fact, I run the design department and I managea team of designers: 20 people work underme. It’s very interesting. One of my main responsibilities is to make sure that new model designs are finished on time. I’m also in charge of design budgets.
I deal with a lot of different people in the company. I’m responsible for coordination between design and production; I work withmanagers at our manufacturing plants.
be in charge of ...
be responsible for
‘上班’的不同表达
I leave for workat 7.30 every morning.
I go to workby train and subway.
I get to / arrive at workat about nine.
I’m usually at work till six.
5.
表示同意的不同表达（很实用）
You’re perfectly right. The costs involved must be incredible.
I couldn’t agree more. We got our latest recruits after we won the industry award for best advertisement.
Precisely. Creativity comes to some of our people in the middle of the night.
Exactly. We have to look at the company as one unit.
Absolutely. It’s the output, not the input, that counts.
You may be right there. We’re already ten per cent over budget.
That’s true, I suppose. There must be some limits on when they work.
I suppose so. They seem to arrive and then go straight out again to eat.
6.
电话用语 （很多经常与不同国家的人做生意或有生意往来的人，往往会跟生意伙伴有电话或邮件的往来，那么通话刚开始时，针对不同情况可以选用下面的基本英语）
I’m call about…
I’m calling to confirm that…
Could I leave a message?
Could you tell Y that…?
Could you ask Y to call me back? My number’s…
I wonder if you could call back later?
Can I ask who’s calling?
Who’s calling please?
Which company are you calling from?
May/can I ask what it’s about?
May/can I take a message?
Would you like to leave a message?
Can you put me through to extension 123, please?
Can I have extension 123, please?
I phoned a moment ago, but I was cut off.
One moment, please.
I’m putting you through.
英语口语常用词汇
1.prattle (vi) (on/away) (about sb/sth) (old-fashioned, often disapproving)
闲扯；唠叨
I couldn’t remember her name, so I smiled and nodded as she prattled about teachers and classes.
<用这样的词汇很能提高自己的英语档次。>
2.alike (adj/adv)
adj. (not before noun) 相像；十分相似
They didn’t look anything alike.
adv. (1). 十分相像地；很相似地
(2). 两者都；同样地
3. peeping tom (n).(disapproving) 窥视者汤姆；有窥裸癖者
I felt like a peeping tom, peering through the cracks at a private sorrow that wasn’t mine.
4.moat 护城河
I ate breakfast cheerily, watching the dust moats stirring in the sunlight that streamed in the back window.
5.against time 争分夺秒；抢时间
They’re working against time to try and get people out of the rubble alive.
6.ahead of / behind time 提前/拖后
We finished 15 minutes ahead of time.
补充：ahead of your time 超时代的；有超前意识的；具有前瞻性的
商业英文阅读
Car production falls almost 14% as UK sales dip
UK car production fell by 13.7% inJune compared to a year earlier - the third month in a row that output has fallen.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said the UK market was coolingin line with forecasts, following a long period of record growth.
in line with ：符合，与…一致，按照
The industry is likely to fall short of（达不到）its ambition to produce more than two million cars a year by 2020, it said.
The SMMT said uncertainty over Brexit was an added cause for concern.
But a spokesperson for the Department for Exiting the European Union said the government was determined that the UK would continue to be "one of the most competitive locations inthe world" for automotive manufacturing.
Sales falling
The fall in productionmirroreda decline in UK car sales.
产量的下降反映了英国汽车销售量的下滑。
Over the first six months of this year, sales were distorted by a rise in Vehicle Excise Duty in April, which prompted drivers to bring forward purchases of new cars.
四月出现的车辆税的上涨促使驾驶员提前购置新车，导致今年上半年销售量不正常。
But comparing the first six months of 2017 with the equivalent（对应的，对等的）period in 2016 still showed a fall of 9.5% in UK sales, the SMMT said.
英国汽车制造商协会说，但是对比2017年上半年和2016年的上半年，英国汽车销售量仍然下降了9.5%。
Overseas demand for British-built cars has remained broadly steady in the first half of this year, falling only by 0.9% compared to the same period last year.
今年上半年，英系车的海外需求量基本保持平稳，对比去年同期仅仅下降了0.9%。
As a result, total output for the year is 2.9% lower than a year ago.
因此，今年总产量比去年低2.9%。
'10% hit'
Independent forecasters are predicting output will pick up in the second half of the year, thanks to newand updated models coming into production.
However the SMMT warns that output could fall in 2019, if the UK fails to secure a deal with the EU, or at leastan interim agreement, that maintains current trading conditions after Brexit.
The SMMT suggested a"hard" Brexit, with the UK leaving the EU single market and customsunion, could result in a 10% hit to production.
"Brexit uncertainty is not helping investment and growth is stalling.," said Mike Hawes, SMMT chief executive.
"The government has been in 'listening' mode but now it must put on the table the concrete plans that will assure the future competitiveness of thesector,"
put on the table：摆到台面上来
The Department for Exiting theEuropean Union spokesperson said: "The government's industrial strategy makes clear that we want to build on（依靠，依赖，建立于）our strengths in advanced manufacturing in this sector.
"Nissan's decision to continue its investment in Sunderland and plans by Jaguar Land Rover to double its output here are clear votes of confidence in ou rautomotive industry.
Nissan：尼桑
Sunderland：桑德兰（英国英格兰东北部港市）
Jaguar Land Rover：捷豹路虎
Earlier this week, BMW announced it would manufacture the new electric version of the Mini at its site in Cowley, Oxfordshire - a move welcomed by Business Secretary Greg Clark as a "vote of confidence" in the UK.
However, that investment builds on existing production of the standard Mini, already taking place at Cowley.
Analysts said the real test of confidence would come when carmakers decided where to build new models.
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