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《專門用途英語系列教材?英語財經新聞聽力教程》可作為國際貿易、商務英語和英語專業的必修課程教材以及非英語專業大學英語選修課教材。《專門用途英語系列教材?英語財經新聞聽力教程》以了解國際國內財經時事、訓練和提高學生財經和商務英語聽力能力為宗旨,采用真實的全世界各地的英語廣播和電視新聞為題材,讓學生能更廣泛、真實地接觸到不同地區的特色新聞語言。《專門用途英語系列教材?英語財經新聞聽力教程》不僅能引領學生走進世界經濟、金融的大舞臺,還能促進學生了解財經新聞背景,學習財經新聞英語專業知識。
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《專門用途英語系列教材?英語財經新聞聽力教程》是由中國人民大學出版社出版的。
目次
Unit 1 EconomyUnit 2 Financial MarketUnit 3 Gold Price and Currency WarUnit 4 Companies(1)——Bankruptcy and Business StrugglesUnit 5 Companies(2)Mergers and ExpansionUnit 6 Virtual EconomyUnit 7 Oil and New EnergyUnit 8 Employment and UnemploymentUnit 9 PricesUnit 10 World Trade and ProtectionismKeysScriptsReferences
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2.The Late-2000s Financial CrisisThe late-2000s financial crisis(sometimes referred to as the Great Recession) is widely considered to be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.It was triggered by a liquidity shortfall in the United States banking system and has resulted in the collapse of large financial institutions,the bailout of banks by national governments,and downturns in stock markets around the world.In many areas,the housing market has also suffered,resulting in numerous evictions, foreclosures and prolonged vacancies.It contributed to the failure of key businesses, declines in consumer wealth estimated in the trillions of US dollars,and a significant decline in economic activity, leadifig to a severe global economic recession in 2008.The collapse of the US housing bubble,which peaked in 2006,caused the values of securities tied to US real estate pricing to plummet,damaging financial institutions globally.Questions regarding bank solvency, declines in credit availability and damaged investor confidence had an impact on global stock markets,where securities suffered large losses during 2008 and early 2009.Economies worldwide slowed during this period,as credit tightened and international trade declined.Critics argued that credit rating agencies and investors failed to accurately price the risk involved with mortgage- related financial products,and that governments did not adjust their regulatory practices to address 2 1st-century financial markets.Governments and central banks responded with unprecedented fiscal stimulus,monetary policy expansion and institutional bailouts.