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analyze the real economic balance sheet. It is necessary for those departments to calculate the environmental costs in resulting from the activities of enterprises. The“green GDP”index system will effectively restrict an enterprise’s impulse to expand at the expense of resources and the environment. In the long run, the benefits green GDP brings will outweigh the demands imposed on enterprises. China is planning to introduce the“green GDP”index system to ensure balanced, sustainable development and secure the prosperity of future generations.
Problems The GDP does not take the costs of natural resources and the environment into account. China’s growth in the past depended a lot on high energy consumption and uncontrolled discharge of wastes. The “green GDP”index system takes into considerat- ion both the economy and environmental costs. Green GDP equals traditional GDP minus the costs of resou- rces and environmental damage. The “green GDP”index system will effectively restr- ict an enterprise’s impulse to expand at the expense of resources and the environment. In the long run, the benefits green GDP brings will outweigh the demands imposed on enterprises. China is planning to introduce the “green GDP”in- dex system to ensure balanced, sustainable develo- pment and secure the prosperity of future generations. Definition of Green GDP Influence on Enterprises Prospects VI. Further Listening and Speaking
Task1: How was the problem resolved ? Script
The management of Mecon Insurance Corporation explained to angry emplyees that their opposition to a management buyout, or MBO, arose from a misunderstanding. The employees believed that with an MBO, the management intended to acquire controlling shares in the insurance firm, which was owned by the government and was undergoing privatization, supported by the Bureau of Public Enterprise.
The Managing Director of Mecon, Ms. Presley Bates, gave this explanation: According to the proposed MBO, the staff and management of the firm would jointly acquire controlling shares in the firm—a process that took place with Guangdong
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Insurance Corporation not long ago.
When the MBO was first proposed, workers in the company fought against it, saying that they hoped to join the management in buying the insurance firm. They accused the Bates-led management of trying to bypass employees. But the workers have since come to understand the nature of the acquisition and have given their full support to the MBO proposal.
Answering questions from reporters, Bates said that the workers’opposition was “a matter of their misunderstanding of the acquisition process, thinking the management left out employees in the MBO”.
Giving detail of how the problem was finally resolved, Bates disclosed that the firm organized a seminar to inform the workers that,”Everybody would be involved, not just the management.” She also recalled that it was made clear to the workers at the seminar that job losses were inevitable, no matter what happened. She said, “There would be job losses, and they would be from top to bottom. If the MBO fails, and another investor takes over, the management would probably be the first casualty, depending on the decision of the investor.”
5. What did the employees first fear would happen to their insurance corporation? 6. What did the Managing Director clarify?
7. From what source did the employees learn the truth about the fate of their company?
8. According to the passage, if an outside investor took over the company, what would happen?
5. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? Keys: 1.C 2.D 3.D 4.A 5.B
Task 2: Price rises but inflation stays low. Script
Petrol, up. Eating out, up. School fees, up. Everyone in Britain seems to be talking about price rises, but why then is inflation still so low?
Professor Brown gave the seemingly difficult economic issue a simply answer: It is the low-priced “Made-in-China” products that help keep inflation under control.
In his presentation at an economic forum, Brown reminded the price-sensitive Britons that Chinese-made commodities have not only helped bring down the inflation figures, but also made the already rich countries like Britain richer.
Consider the following figures. Over the past 10 years, the total cost of living in Britain, as measured by the official consumer price index, has risen by just 14 percent. But that very modest average increase has included high inflation in some categories: school fees, for example, are up 62 percent, hairdressing up 58 percent, holidays up 52 percent, and eating out up 33 percent on average, with top London restaurant prices showing much faster growth. Why then has the total cost of living remained so stable?
The answer to the question, the professor said, is not just interesting in its own right,
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but tells Britons a surprising amount about what is happening today not only in Britain but in the world economy as a whole.
Because the prices of mass-produced goods have been plunging: clothes prices down by 42 percent in a decade, shoes by 31 percent and consumer electronics by 63 percent.
Professor Brown said that this relates to China’s entry into the global economy. By becoming the workshop of the world, China has pushed down the prices of all mass-produced goods.
Keys: 1.F 2.T 3.F 4.T 5.T
Task3: Cars sell well in China. Script
Although automobile prices in China are among the highest in the world, cars are still selling like hotcakes, the Beijing-based reported.
Statistics show that China has been the top consumer of limousine brands such as Rolls-Royce and Bentley, and their sales volume accounts for almost 20 percent of the total in the whole Asian continent.
According to German figures, China has been the biggest market for BMW and Mercedes-Benz in the world, combined with a sales volume between 6,000 to 7,000 units every year.
The newspaper said various famous international car makers are competing with one another now for more market share in China. Mercedes-Benz is cooperating with Chinese institutions on car research and plans to establish a design center here. Meanwhile, Volkswagen, also from Germany, has set up a new lab center in Beijing. The founding of these research and design centers indicates that the competition among multinational car producers in China now includes research in addition to sales.
As a price gap exists between China’s and the international auto market, the returns on luxury cars from the domestic market are much higher than the five-percent profit margin in the international market. Over 30 percent of the manufacturers’gains resulted from spare part sales.
Considering the steadying market demand experts estimated that the prices of luxury cars would not decrease by large margins this year.
The newspaper noted that major consumers of luxury cars in China are entrepreneurs, professional managers of foreign companies, professionals with high incomes,and young white-collar workers.
News Report
Highlights of the Detroit International Auto Show Script
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The latest concept cars were unveiled at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Monday.
More than 700 cars featuring the latest styles and technology will be on display for public viewing from January 12th through the 21 st.
One of the cars on display, Honda’s pilot Sports Utility Vehicle, is made of an impressive 90 percent recyclable material. Designed to be family friendly, it has the largest cargo and passenger loading capability in its class.
Another of Honda’s concept cars, the Acura RD-X was created to perform well on both city and country roads. Targeting young urban professionals, the futuristic RD-X features rear seating that can be folded away to provide extra cargo room, power rear doors that open to the side, making it easy to load large items easily in even the tightest of spaces, and side doors that provide a large entryway in minimal space.
The Mitsubishi Hybrid Sports Pack was designed with the outdoors enthusiast in mind. It features a waterproof interior, a freshwater shower complete with retractable shower head and refillable water tank built into the exterior, seat-mounted backpacks, and a convertible top.
Another one of Mitsubishi’s concept cars, the Space Liner, was designed to use the car’s interior space in new ways to provide the most comfortable ride possible. Envisioned as a car of the future, it gets its power from fuel cells.
Carmaker Suzuki also provided its share of innovative designs for this year’s show.
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II. Basic Listening Practice
4. Script
W: Many Chinese students are too shy to say anything in a classroom.
M: I think they don’t speak because their culture values modesty, and they don’t want to appear to be showing off. Goes back to Confucius.
Q: Why don’t Chinese students say anything in classroom according to the man?
5. Script
W: The government is doing something at last about sex discrimination in the
workplace. Women deserve the same pay as men for the same work.
M: Yeah. In the United States, women earn only 70 percent of what men do for the same job. It’s a situation that has to be changed. Q: What does the man say about women?
3. Script
W: I admire Michael Dell. He had a dream to be the world’s largest manufacturer of personal computers, and he has realized that dream.
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