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世纪商务英语
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Topic Introduction
Reading Skills Practice
Comprehensive
Reading
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Topic Introduction
Financial management involves the solution of three major decisions: investment decision, financing decision, and dividend decision. Together, they determine the value of a company to its shareholders. The investment decision is the most important of the three decisions when it comes to the creation of value. Financing decision is the second major decision of a firm and dividend decision is the third important decision of a firm. The main thing is that the financial manager relates each decision to its effect on the valuation of the firm.
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Task 1: Previewing the Unit Topic
Look at the pictures and discuss the following questions.
1. What do you think the man is doing?
2. Can you say something about the relationship between financial risk and financial management?
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Task 2: Previewing Professional Terms
In this unit, you may meet some particular terms commonly used when people talk about financial management. Now, check the following words and expressions and match them with their meanings. Use a dictionary for help if necessary.
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Reading Skills Practice
In this part, you will meet different types of fragmented reading materials such as a quotation, an extract, a selection, a piece of news, a passage, etc., which may show you further information about financial management and help you practice your reading skills.
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Task 3: Locating Keywords
Locating keywords is a great way to improve your reading. Read the above passage quickly and try to locate the keywords. Scan the QR code on the right to get the strategies if you fail to figure out the relevant reading skills.
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Task 4: Getting Meanings from the Context
This exercise will help you with the vocabulary that you don’t know. Read the
following two sentences. Figure out the meanings of the u