商务英语阅读自考大纲

商务英语阅读自考大纲 上海市高等教育自学考试商务英语专业(独立本科段)(B050218) 商务英语阅读(05439) 自学考试大纲 上海对外贸易学院自学考试办公室编 上海市高等教育自学考试委员会组编 2009 年版 ?、课程性质及其设置的目的和要求一、 本课程的性质与设置的目的 “商务英语阅读”是高等教育自学考试商务英语专业(独立本科段)的选 考课，占 6 学分。 本课程的目的在于培养考生的商务英语阅读能力和提高学生的阅读速度， 培养学生细致观察商务英语的能力以及假设、分析归纳、推理检验等逻辑思维能 力，扩大学生的商务英语词汇量和经贸知识，向学生提供广泛、原汁原味的 商务英语文章，以扩大学生的知识面，增强学生的商务英语语感和培养学生阅读 未经删节或简写的权威外刊的兴趣与能力，使他们了解商务英语在词汇、语法和 篇章等方面的特点，并增长和积累经贸知识，从而打好语言和专业两方面的基础。二、 本课程的基本要求 本课程的基本要求是:掌握西方商务报刊英语文章的常用词汇、常用句型， 熟悉各种主要商务英语文章类型，掌握阅读和理解商务英语文章的基本技能，提 高阅读商务文章，获取商务信息的基本能力，并进一步提高商务英语读、写、译 的能力，学会商务报刊文章中最常用的达方法的实际运用。三、 与相关课程的联系 “商务英语阅读”课程的先修课程是英语专业专科基础英语课程。其他专 业课程，如“进出口英语函电”、“外贸英语会话”、“外经贸应用文”等与本 课程密切相关。 1 ?、课程内容与考核目标 第一单元 教育一(学习目的和要求 (一)介绍西方报刊杂志中关于教育方面的报道和论述，使学生学习并了解这类文章的文体、语言和内容特点。 (二)使学生掌握有关词语、句子结构和篇章表达的语言知识。二、 考核和考核要求 (一)词汇基础 (1) 掌握课文中出现的普通词汇含义及其用法: 1( disembark v. 下船，下飞机 2( chuckle v. 咯咯地笑 3( inequality n. 不平等 4( meritocracy n. 精英管理的社会 5( marvel v. 觉得惊奇 6( relish v. 从……得到乐趣，喜爱 7( dopey adj. 笨的，迟钝的 8( intuition n. 直觉 9( eclipse n. (日、月)蚀 10( frenzy n. 疯狂 11( celebrity n. 名人 12( briefing n. 简报，(新闻)发布会 13( eternity n. 永久 14( train depot n. 火车站 15( cadre n. 核心班子，骨干队伍 16( friction n. 摩擦 17( meddle v. 管闲事 18( journalism n. 新闻学 19( rebuff v. 回绝 20( accost v. 打招呼，搭话 21( quantify v. 量化 22( avalanche n. 雪崩，大量的 23( hierarchy n. 等级 24( notorious adj. 声名狼藉的 25( drop out v. 中途退学 26( wayward adj. 任性的 27( permanent adj. 永久的 28?rational adj. 理性的，明智的 29( recruit v. 招收 30( affinity n. 亲和力 2 31( credential n. 证书，证明 32( reminisce v. 回忆 33( phobia n. 恐惧症 34( perimeter n. 周界，周长 35( commercialised adj. 商业化的 36( shrink v. 萎缩 37( enrolment n. 注册 38( vigorous adj. 活跃的 39( momentum n. 发展势头 40( squeeze v. 挤堵 41( intrigue v. 吸引，激起兴趣 42( dilemma n. 困境 43( elite n. 精英 44( lavish adj. 丰富的 45( gleefully adv. 愉快地 46( renunciation n. 摒弃(2)掌握课文中的专业术语，能够准确进行中英文互译: 1. the Federal Reserve Board (美国)联邦储备委员会 2. stockbroker 股票经纪人 3. financial consulting company 财政咨询公司 4. the Council of Economic Advisers 总统经济顾问委员会 5. mathematical economics 数理经济学 6. business forecaster 商情预测员 7. econometrician 计量经济学家 8. profit margin 利润率 9. revenue 财政收入(二)掌握课文中的句式 (1)能够准确理解课文中有关商务英 语的常用句子结构和意义; (2)能够准确翻译与这些句式相关的句子。 1(The magnetic needle behaved as if influenced by a hidden force field rather than through a mechanical method of touch or contact. 2. He liked the fact that America despite its inequalities of wealth and racial injustices was more of a meritocracy than Europe 3. He gave in to her nagging that he smoked too much and on Thanksgiving bet her that he would be able to abstain from his pipe until the New Year. 4. So it is not much of a stretch to see him as instinctively fearful of Greenspan. 5. What made this exercise memorable was the magazine’s huge investment in economics and statistics which generated an avalanche of data that went far beyond what the Commerce Department was then publishing. 6. Some time after Sandy’s death I found myself reminiscing about all this with Hedley Donovan and mentioned his decision to resist hiring Alan 3 Greenspan. 7. So there’s a good chance that if he had been offered the magazine job he would have declined it which implies in turn that Fortune’s failure to make that job offer had no lasting impact on the American economy. 8. Perhaps management education would beat off its critics more effectively if it went back to its beginnings and got more corporate managers to teach. 第二单元 创造财富一、学习目的和要求 (一)介绍西方报刊杂 志中关于创造财富方面的报道和论述，使学生学习并了解这类文章的文体、语言和 内容特点。 (二)使学生掌握有关词语、句子结构和篇章表达的语言知识。二、考 核知识点和考核要求(一)词汇基础(1) 掌握课文中出现的普通词汇含义及其用 法: 1. buck n. 美元 2. drop off v. 减少 3. full-timer n. 专职工作人员 4. transcription n. 抄写，誊写 5. scrapbooking n. 剪贴 6. perk n. 额外津贴 7. anonymous adj. 匿名的 demographic adj. 与人口统计有关的 8. 9. archive n. 存档文 件 10. proof n. 样张 11. showcase v. 突出展示 12. knack n. 诀窍 13. offbeat adj. 不 同寻常的 14. entertainer n. 演艺者 15. county n. 郡，县 16. reptile n. 爬行动物 17. hook v. 使(人)上当 18. cough up v. 不情愿的给(某物) 19. surcharge n. 附加费 20. sucker n. 易受骗的人 21. revolt v. 反抗 22. bold adj. 大胆的 23. waive v. 取消， 放弃 24. levy v. 征收，征税 4 25. lobby v. 游说 26. discretion n. 判断力，决定力 27. savvy n. 智慧，见识 28. stump v. 惑，难倒 29. lousy adj. 糟糕的，差劲的 30. up-front adj. 预付的 31. whopping adj. 巨大的，庞大的 32. insane adj. 疯狂的，过度的 33. issuer n. 发行者 34. alacrity n. 敏捷，欣然 35. scorecard n. 记分卡 36. paltry adj. 微 不足道的 37. stash v. 藏，隐藏 38. sneaky adj. 鬼鬼祟祟的，卑鄙的 39. subsidize v. 资助 40. stick in sb’s craw v. 使某人生气 41. saturated adj. 饱和的 42. clutter n. 混 乱 43. venue n. 集合地，发生地点 44. motif n. 主题 45. replica n. 复制品 46. monument n. 纪念碑 47. terrazzo n. 磨石子地 48. tranquil adj. 安静的 49. collaborative adj. 合作的 50. proposition n. 建议，主张 51. unleash v. 释放 52. molecule n. 分子(2)掌握课文中的专业术语，能够准确进行中英文互译: 1. network 网络沟通 2. promote 通过广告或做宣传活动促销 3. word processing 文字处理 4. bookkeeping 簿记，记帐 5. virtual assistant 虚拟助理 6. administrative support 行政 支助 7. online forum 网上论坛 8. direct sales 直销 9. subsidiary. 子公司 10. sign up 签约参加工作，签约雇用 11. site 站点 12. line 系列商品 13. unbundled 对……分 别计价 14. bounce 开具(支票)遭银行拒付而被退回 15. overdraft n. 透支，透支 额 5(二)掌握课文中的句式 (1)能够准确理解课文中有关商务英语的常用句子 结构和意义; (2)能够准确翻译与这些句式相关的句子。 1. Assistants set their own rates which can vary from 5 percent for selling a vehicle to as much as 50 percent for selling low-priced merchandise like housewares. 2. That may not sound like a lot but there are some good perks to be had. 3. On its website United Airlines says its international flights including trips to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands can incur fuel surcharges of “up to 150 per direction of travel and which are subject to change at United’s discretion without notice.” 4. At the rental-car counter skip the up-front gas fee that allows you to return the vehicle empty. Youll only end up paying for gas you dont use. 5. It also pays to ask: Sometimes banks will waive monthly service charges or penalties if youre a good customer. 6. Youre better off with a free or cheap non-interest checking account and stashing the extra cash in a money market fund. 7. Taxes that would never pass muster with voters are instead fobbed off as “fees” on powerless visitors. 8. As a result many stores and shopping centers are adopting new technologies designed to get shoppers through their doors by appealing to one or more of their senses. 9. But no matter what type of display-screen technology such installations utilize they all face this common challenge: keeping the screens filled with fresh interesting content. 10. Scent Air’s systems provide a way for retailers selling such items as flowers baked goods and beauty products to unleash smells that correspond to their merchandise. 11. Several retailers selling merchandise that doesn’t have either a strong or specific scent component use ScentAir’s systems to disperse “thematic” fragrance designed to pull passersby in by their noses. 第三单元 职场人生一、学习目的和要求 (一)介绍西方报刊杂志中关 于职场人际关系方面的报道和论述，使学生学习并了解这类文章的文体、语言和内 容特点。 (二) 使学生掌握有关词语、句子结构和篇章表达的语言知识。二、考 核知识点和考核要求(一)词汇基础(1) 掌握课文中出现的普通词汇含义及其用 法: 61. dissuade v. 劝阻2. fine-tune v. 调整3. blindfold n. 眼罩4. earplug n. 耳塞5. faux pas n. 有失检点的话(或行为)6. discernment n. 洞察力7. brag v. 吹牛8. tribune n. 论坛9. velocity n. 迅疾，速度10. lull n. 停滞11. a hunk of n. 一大块的12. subtlety n. 精明13. enigma n. 谜，不可思议的东西14. inexplicable adj. 无法说明的15. equivocate v. 说话摸棱两可16. condescend v. 俯就，屈尊17. synopsis n. 大意，要略18. hurrah n. 欢呼声19. detrimental adj. 有害的20. ordeal n. 折磨21. pad n. 住处，房间22. foulmouthed adj.口出粗俗的23. buddy n. 密友，伙伴24. illegible adj. 难辨认的，字迹 模糊的25. inadvertently adv. 不注意地，疏忽地26. dejected adj. 沮丧的27. troupe n. 剧团28. audition v. 试音29. formidable adj. 可怕的，令人生畏的30. impart v. 传授31. copywriter n. 广告词撰稿人32. turbulent adj. 动荡的，骚乱的33. pension n. 养老金， 退休金34. buyout n. 买断35. correspondent n. (新闻)通讯记者36. ruse n. 策略， 谋略37. lobster n. 龙虾38. omen n. 预兆，征兆39. hawk v. 沿街叫卖，兜售40. humiliation n. 羞辱，蒙耻41. indemnify v. 保障，保护42. contingency n. 偶然事故， 可能43. impresario n. (剧院、乐团等的)经理人44. rationale n. 解释，根本原因 7 45. trespasse v. 违反伦理，侵犯 46. quid pro quo n. 补偿物，交换条件 47. spawn v. 造 成 48. ambivalence n. 矛盾心理 49. perpetrator n. 作恶者 50. nepotism n. 裙带关系 51. extenuating adj. 情有可原的(2)掌握课文中的专业术语，能够准确进行中英文 互译: 1. circulation . 销售量，发行额 2. shorthand . 速记 3. outsource 外包 4. tort 侵权行为(二)掌握课文中的句式 (1)能够准确理解课文中有关商务英语的常用 句子结构和意义; (2)能够准确翻译与这些句式相关的句子。 1. I told him that although he might be brilliant his timing on certain things needed work——and that maybe he ought to pay more attention to what was going on around him. 2. Fortunately I don’t have to try too hard at this one because I’ve been known to be on the blunt and fast side which is good. 3. Riding in the car with him became an ordeal because being in an enclosed space seemed to warm him up even more. 4. As a former lefty turned righty thanks to an overzealous teacher I had distinctly illegible handwriting——so bad that after taking dictation I couldnt translate it. 5. but the Barbee case clearly illuminates the problems that employers face when they use dating policy to exclude Cupid from the cubicle. 6. They wish to assure other employees that the workplace is a meritocracy not a patronage trough. 7. While a soured affair may dampen one’s ardor for reporting to the same place of employment as one’s ex dating someone who shares the same profession turns out to be an excellent bet for lasting love. 第四单元 创业一、学习目的和要求 (一)介绍西方报刊杂志中关于创业方面的报道和论述，使学生学习并了解这类文 章的文体、语言和内容特点。 (二)使学生掌握有关词语、句子结构和篇章表达的 语言知识。二、考核知识点和考核要求(一)词汇基础(1) 掌握课文中出现的普 通词汇含义及其用法: 81. illustrate v. 举例说明2. venture n. 冒险，投机3. gamble v. 赌博4. humanity n. 人类，人性5. Christian n. 基督徒6. fare n. 交通费用7. principle n. 原则，原理8. wherein adv. 在其中9. inhabitant n. 居民10. frame n. 结构11. complexion n. 面色，肤色12. bawl v. 大喊大叫13. foresee v. 预见14. prospective adj. 未来的，预期的15. mourner n. 哀悼者，丧家16. a swarm of n. 一大群17. deplete v. 耗 尽，使……空竭18. max out v. 最大限度地发挥19. cumulative adj. 累积的20. stake n. 股份21. renovation n. 修复22. tiptoe v. 踮着脚走23. moonlighting n. 兼职24. sack v. 解雇25. plug v. (在此指)极力宣传26. accommodate v. 调节27. passionate adj. 热情 的28. staffer n. 编辑，采访记者29. confront v. 面对，遭遇30. entrepreneur n. 创业者 31. rein v. 控制，操控32. jeopardy n. .