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1、新编经贸英语核心教程下册录音文本Unit1AnOverviewofInternationalInvestmentWarm-upPractice3Pre-textListeningActivities(1)Listentoamonologueconcerninginternationalinvestmentandcompletethediagrambelow.Directforeigninvestmentflowsaresettoreboundthisyearafterahaltinlastyear,accordingtot
2、heUnitedNationsConferenceDevelopment.Itexpectedthisyear’sfiguretobeboostedbystrongereconomicgrowth,increasedcorporateprofitability,growinginvestorconfidenceandarecoveryinmergersandacquisition.InflowsintotheUSrosesharplylastyearto$86.6bnfrom$30bnin2002.Irelandwasth
3、eonlyEUmembertoenjoyasharpincreaseindirectforeigninvestment,morethandoublinginflowsto$41.7bnfrom$19bn.Africa,whichhaslongreceivedasmallshareoftotaldirectforeigninvestment,increasedinflowsto$14bnfrom$11bnlastyear.China’sinflowshitanewrecordof$57bnandaccountedformor
4、ethanhalftheinflowsintoAsiaandthePacific,whichroseslightlyto$99bnfrom$95bn.India’sinflowsremainedflatat$3.4bn.(2)Listentoapassageandtrytoanswerthequestions.Thencompareyourswithyourpartner’s.AmongthefuroroverthelossofU.S.jobsoverseas,amovementisunderwayintheopposit
5、edirection,fueledbytheforeigncompaniesblamedforemploymentmigrationdecadesago.Steadily,thethreebigJapaneseautocompanies:Toyota,HondaandNissanareexpandingoperationsandaddingworkersintheU.S..Hondaishiring2,000inAlabamatobuildsport-utilityvehicles,andNissanwilladdmore
6、2,000inplantexpansionsinTennesseeandMississippi.Toyota,thelargestofthethreewilladd2,700jobswithin2yearsatatruckplantunderconstructioninSanAntonio.Whenitopensin2006,theJapaneseBigThreewillhavecapacitytobuild4.3millionvehiclesinAmerica.Inthepastfiveyears,theJapanese
7、BigThreehaveseentheirshareoftheU.S.marketgrowto24percentfrom19percent.Thegainhascomeattheexpenseofdomesticbrands.WithJapanesemanufacturerspushingforimprovedproductivityatU.S.plants,it’scheaperforthemtobuildcarsherethantoassembletheminAsiaandshipthemtotheU.S.“Youca
8、nnotalwaysbechasingaroundtoareaswithcheaperwages.Eventually,China’swageswillgoup,”saidAtsushiNiimi,presidentandchiefexecutiveofToyotaManufacturingCompan
