Bussiness and Economics
Goods and services supply what people need or want.
Goods are things such as food and clothing.
Services include things such as health care and police protection.
譯文：商品和服務(wù)提供人們需要或想要的東西。商品是食物和衣服之類的東西，服務(wù)包括衛(wèi)生保健和治安保護(hù)。
A country needs natural and human resources.
Natural resources include fresh water supplies, farmland and energy sources, such as oil and wind.
Human resources include a skilled workforce that can produce goods and services.
譯文：一個(gè)國(guó)家需要自然資源和人力資源。自然資源包括淡水供應(yīng)、農(nóng)田和能源，如石油和風(fēng)能。人力資源包括能夠生產(chǎn)商品和服務(wù)的熟練勞動(dòng)力。
Once we have a supply of goods or services, they need to be?distributed throughout a country.
Highways and railways are both ways to transport things from one part of a country to another.
Electricity is distributed through a system of?transmission lines.
譯文：一旦我們有了商品或服務(wù)的供應(yīng)，它們就需要分布到全國(guó)各地。高速公路和鐵路都是把東西從一個(gè)國(guó)家的一個(gè)地方運(yùn)輸?shù)搅硪粋€(gè)地方的途徑。電力是通過輸電線路系統(tǒng)來分配的。
We live in an age of advertising.
Advertising lets people know about goods and services.
It educates people about the product being advertised.
譯文：我們生活在一個(gè)廣告時(shí)代。廣告讓人們了解商品和服務(wù)，教授人們關(guān)于正在做廣告的產(chǎn)品的知識(shí)。
Trade allows for the exchange of goods and services between different countries.
Exports are goods and services that are sold to another country.
Imports are goods and services that are bought from another country.
For example, many countries import oil from countries such as Saudi Arabia.
譯文：貿(mào)易允許不同國(guó)家之間貨物和服務(wù)的交換。出口是出售給另一個(gè)國(guó)家的商品和服務(wù)。進(jìn)口是從另一個(gè)國(guó)家購(gòu)買的商品和服務(wù)。例如，許多國(guó)家從沙特阿拉伯等國(guó)進(jìn)口石油。
Exercise:
1.— What do you buy when you go shopping?
? ?—?Goods are things such as food and clothing.
2.—?Well-educated people are example of what?
? ?—?Human resources include a skilled workforce that can produce goods and services.
3.—?What tries to increase the demand for a product or a brand?
? ?—?Advertisers try to increase the demand for a product or service.
4.—?What do we need to?distribute?goods and services?
? ?—?Without a system of distribution,?goods and services can not be?supplied throughout a country.
5.—?What allows you to buy goods from another country?
? ?—?Trade allows for the exchange of goods and services between different countries.
6.?Services include things such as health care and police protection.
7.?Advertisers?try to increase the demand for a product or service.
8.?Imports are goods and services that are bought from another country.
Repeat & Read Sentences:
1.?Goods are things such as food and clothing.
2. Education and training are ways to develope a skilled workforce.
3.?Advertisers?try to increase the demand for a product or service.
4.?Human resources include a skilled workforce that can produce goods and services.
5.?Highways and railways are both ways to transport things from one part of a country to another.
Career Building
Employees are the people who work for a company.
Some employees do basic work, such as operating a machine or driving a truck.
The people who hire and direct the work of other employees are managers.
譯文：員工是為公司工作的人。有些員工做一些基本的工作，如操作機(jī)器或駕駛卡車。雇傭和指導(dǎo)其他員工工作的人是經(jīng)理。
Interviews are one way to find out about a person who applies for a job.
In an interview, a job applicant can ask questions about a company, and the company can find out about a person's skills and experience.
譯文：面試是了解求職者的一種方式。在面試中，求職者可以問一些關(guān)于公司的問題，公司可以了解一個(gè)人的技能和經(jīng)驗(yàn)。
An?entrepreneur?[?ɑntr?pr??n??] is someone who starts a new company.
Entrepreneurs often have new ideas and ways of doing things that can give their company an?advantage.
譯文：企業(yè)家是指創(chuàng)立新公司的人。企業(yè)家經(jīng)常有新思路和不同的做事方法，這可以給他們的公司帶來優(yōu)勢(shì)。
Salary and benefits are used to attract new employees into a company.
If the salary and benefits are good enough, employees may take the job and stay with the company.
Benefits include vacation time, health insurance and bonuses for employees who do a good job.
譯文：工資和福利是用來吸引新員工進(jìn)入公司的。如果工資和福利足夠好，員工可以接受這份工作并留在公司。福利包括休假時(shí)間，健康保險(xiǎn)和優(yōu)秀員工獎(jiǎng)金。
When applying for a job, it's important to have the skills and experience needed for the job.
Developing and increasing skills and experience is a good way to prepare for a good job.
Each job a person has is an opportunity to learn new things and develop new skills.
譯文：當(dāng)申請(qǐng)一份工作時(shí)，擁有這份工作所需要的技能和經(jīng)驗(yàn)是很重要的。發(fā)展技能和增加經(jīng)驗(yàn)是為一份好工作做準(zhǔn)備的好方法。每個(gè)人的每項(xiàng)工作都是一個(gè)學(xué)習(xí)新事物和發(fā)展新技能的機(jī)會(huì)。
Exercise:
1.— What kind of people start new?companys?
? ?—?An?entrepreneur?is someone who starts a new company.
2.—?How do?employers?find out about a person who wants to work for them?
? ?—?Interviews are one way to find out about a person who applies for a job.
3.—?Who are the people who work for a company?
? ?—?Employees are the people who work for a company.
4.—?What do people need to get a good job?
? ?—?When applying for a job, it's important to have the skills and experience needed for the job.
5.—?What are used to?attract new employees into a company?
? ?—?Salary and benefits are used to attract new employees into a company.
6.?The people who hire and direct the work of other employees are managers.
7.?Interviews are one way to find out about a person who applies for a job.
8.?Salary and benefits are used to attract new employees into a company.
Repeat & Read Sentences:
1.?Employees?are the people who work for a company.
2.?Salary and benefits are used to attract new employees into a company.
3.?The people who hire and direct the work of other employees are managers.
4.?When applying for a job, it's important to have the skills and experience needed for the job.
5. A raise in salary is an example of benefits.
6. Advertisers try to increase the demand for a product or service.
