Workbook for Reading Practice on Economic and Trade Articles from Western Newspapers

Author: Shi Tianlu
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: Selected Readings from Western Newspapers and Magazines on Economy and Trade (English). This course has become increasingly important and popular in the teaching of relevant majors in higher education as China's reform and opening-up progresses. This is because the course meets the growing needs of foreign economic and trade work and can serve international business activities directly and comprehensively. Through studying this course, students can initially master the methods and skills for reading and understanding Western newspapers and magazines on economy and trade, preparing them for engaging in international business intelligence research. They can also become familiar with a large number of commonly used words and sentence structures in the field of economy and trade today, which not only benefit the reading class but also help improve business writing and oral communication. At the same time, the content of the selected readings can help students understand the current global economic and trade situation and its main characteristics. The articles selected for this book are mainly from Western newspapers and magazines, and the economic, political, and social perspectives of the Western world are inevitably reflected in the articles. Therefore, when using this book, it is important to study and understand it with a Marxist perspective, analyzing and critically examining it to achieve the goal of "making the foreign serve the Chinese." For convenience of use, this set of books is divided into two volumes; the first volume is the textbook, which includes the texts of each lesson, word lists, annotations, lesson questions, and an index of specialized terms used in this book; the second volume is the workbook, which provides exercises for each lesson, extensive reading materials, and answers to lesson questions and exercises. The types of texts selected for this book include: news commentaries, commentaries, reports, features, teletype drafts, as well as annual economic and trade situation reports compiled by international organizations and market research reports by government departments.