Contents 1
Lecture 1 1
Listening Practice：金融全球化 1
Language Functions：Giving Opinions；Agreeing；Disagreeing 13
Lecture 2 17
Listening Practice：金融体系 17
Language Functions：Expressing Likes and Dislikes；Enquiring about Likes and Dislikes；Stating Preferences 30
Lecture 3 33
Listening Practice：电子支付 33
Language Functions：Showing Enthusiasm，Surprise and Anger；Calming Angry People Down；Showing Depression or Sadness；Cheering Depressed People Up；Showing Disappointment；Taking Disappointments Calmly 45
Lecture 4 49
Listening Practice：欧元诞生 49
Language Functions：Expressing Anxiety，Fear and Worry；Expressing Desire and Interest；Expressing Indifference；Trying to Stimulate Interest；Showing Determination 61
Lecture 5 65
Listening Practice：外汇市场 65
Language Functions：Preventing Interruptions；Interrupting Politely；Inviting Other People to Talk；Enquiring about Intentions；Stating Intentions；Responding to“Are you going to…？”；“Do you think it will&？” 77
Lecture 6 81
Listening Practice：股票交易 81
Language Functions：Asking Questions Politely；Delaying Answers；Hesitating；Making a Request；Positive and Negative Responses 93
Lecture 7 97
Listening Practice：共同基金 97
Language Functions：Offering Help；Accepting and Refusing Help；Asking Per-mission；Expressing Happiness and Unhappiness 109
Lecture 8 113
Listening Practice：中央银行 113
Language Functions：Promising；Exemplifying；Remembering 125
Lecture 9 129
Listening Practice：首次公开发行 129
Language Functions：Showing Possibility and Impossibility；Showing Certainty and Uncertainty；Instructing People How to Do Things；Checking Understanding 143
Lecture 10 147
Listening Practice：J.P.Morgan：摩根平生 147
Language Functions：Congratulations；Thanks；Expressing Apology and Re-gret；Making a Complaint 161
Lecture 11 165
Listening Practice：国际收支 165
Language Functions：Expressing Average，Estimation and Approximation 179
Lecture 12 181
Listening Practice：离岸金融中心 181
Language Functions：Expressing“Parts”and“Whole”；Expressing Percent-age and Fraction；Expressing Ratio and Proportion 195
Lecture 13 198
Listening Practice：洗钱 198
Language Functions：Giving Advice and Making Suggestions；Persuading；Discussing；Asking for Explanation；Rephrasing Your Statements 212
Lecture 14 215
Listening Practice：亚洲金融危机 215
Language Functions：Making Comparisons and Contrasts；Making Conclu-sions；Expressing Cause and Effect 229
Lecture 15 232
Listening Practice：国际货币基金组织的作用 232
Language Functions：Expressing Real Conditions；Expressing Unreal Condi-tions；Considering“What if…”；Responses to“What if&” 246
Appendix 1 词汇表 249
Appendix 2 参考书目 265