Unit 1（课件）- 《世纪商务英语阅读教程专业篇II》同步教学（大连理工·2021）

CENTURY　BUSINESS　ENGLISH 世纪商务英语 阅读教程　专业篇　II 1 In this unit, you will • read materials about international economic organizations, learn as much as possible about the major economic institutions and the significance of Chinese in top positions at world institutions, which marks a break with political tradition; • increase your understanding of the roles played by several international economic organizations in a globalized business world; • practice reading skills like identifying the main idea, distinguishing facts from opinions, using topic sentences to preview a passage, note-taking in reading, summarizing, connecting with the topic, scanning and skimming, etc.; • be required to finish 14 tasks so as to achieve the objectives. Unit 1 International Economic Organizations 2 Topic Introduction Reading Skills Practice Comprehensive Reading Contents 目录 3 4 Topic Introduction 　　International economic organizations are established for the achievement of common economic goals. Their members can be governmental or non-governmental, regional or global. Each organization has its own unique missions to fulfill and serves needs in particular economic fields. 　　In this unit, you’ll read some selected materials about the World Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, G20, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which are famous international economic organizations. Also you will learn about the organizational structure of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) through reading a given organizational chart. Since the topic of this unit is International Economic Organizations, it will come as no surprise that you find a lot of names of organizations or institutions in it. 5 Task 1: Previewing the Unit Topic Look at the pictures or logos and discuss the following questions. 1. What kinds of functions or services may be provided by each of them? 2. Can you name some other major international organizations? 3. How can you get the history and relat