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8 having an extremely close relationship (intimate)
9 to be an expert in a particular part of a subject or profession (specialize)
10 money that you have saved in a bank or invested so that you can use it later (savings)
6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in Activity 5. 1 Ken Hu is now an executive in a company which specializes in giving advice to private investors. 2 Although the programme was compatible with my computer, the instructions were written in code, so I was unable to understand anything.
3 It is obviously an asset to a marriage if each spouse has a sensible attitude towards money. 4 Let‘s try to create a more prosperous future by planning ahead and agreeing on mutual goals. 5 We are intimate friends, but I don‘t know how many savings they have in the bank.
7 Answer the questions about the words. 1 If something is of cardinal importance, (a) is it vital, or (b) can you forget about it? 2 If you weather a bad period, do you (a) survive it, or (b) fail to survive it?
3 Would you expect someone who is supportive to (a) help you, or (b) leave you in a moment of crisis?
4 When you experience a downturn in your personal situation, do things get (a) better, or (b) worse? 5 Is a mediator someone who (a) tries to end a quarrel between two people by discussion, or (b) keeps them apart?
6 If you have divergent views about something, do you (a) agree, or (b) disagree with each other? 7 Is buddy an informal word for (a) a friend, or (b) a colleague?
8 Which is a better way to enliven the evening: (a) to go out to the theatre, or (b) to go to bed early?
8 Answer the questions about the phrases. 1 If you scrape by on your present salary, are you (a) living comfortably, or (b) having a hard time? 2 If a decision about something boils down to money, is this money (a) an important factor in the decision, or (b) the last thing to be considered?
3 If your ideas are in sync with someone else‘s, do you think (a) alike, or (b) differently?
4 If you do one thing in lieu of another, do you do it (a) after, or (b) instead of the other thing?
5 Is your bottom line (a) the greatest change you are prepared to accept, or (b) a situation you are not really interested in?
6 Will a cash cushion (a) protect you, or (b) let you down in times of financial crisis? 7 If a firm goes bust, does it (a) make a lot of money, or (b) lose it all?
8 If you pare back your expenses, do you (a) increase them, or (b) cut them?
Language in use
word formation: noun é verb 1 Write the verbs which mean: 1 to take people somewhere by bus (bus) 2 to write a text message to someone (text)
3 to go to parties and have fun eating, drinking, dancing etc (party) 4 to convert a cheque into cash (cash)
5 to pass something into someone‘s hands (hand)
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6 to give someone something as a gift (gift) 7 to put money into the bank (bank)
2 Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs you formed in Activity 1. 1 I‘m afraid I can‘t cash this for you, it hasn‘t been signed.
2 Did you expect them to gift you the computer instead of getting you to pay for it? 3 After the match they bussed us all home. 4 I will text you as soon as I get to the station.
5 She handed me a copy of the report before the start of the meeting. 6 I advise you to bank all that money lying on your desk.
7 I‘m exhausted. I‘ve spent the whole of this week partying and having a good time.
prone / liable / subject + to
3 Rewrite the sentences using prone / liable / subject + to .
More than one choice is possible here, depending on how you understand a likely context. After all, they are similar in use and meaning but different choices are highly likely in certain contexts. 1 The train is often delayed on Sunday evenings.
The train is liable to delays on Sunday evenings. (There are staffing problems at weekends, especially on Sunday evenings.) The train is subject to delays on Sunday evenings. (There are particular regulations about Sunday travel.)
2 Zak is a child who often has accidents.
Zak is a child who is prone to accidents. (They are not his fault, he just seems accident-prone.) Zak is liable to have accidents. (He is careless and just doesn‘t listen to advice about safety.) 3 She frequently gets headaches.
She is prone to headaches. (She will see a doctor to see if there is a medical reason but we don‘t know the cause yet.) She is liable to get headaches. (Because those young children next door make so much noise.)
4 The loan requires a check on your financial situation.
The loan is subject to a check on your financial situation. (This is a legal requirement or a company regulation.)
5 Joe is a person who often arrives late.
Joe is liable to arrive late. (That‘s Joe for you; you know him – never even tries to arrive on time!) Joe is prone to arrive late. (He lives near the river and the road is often flooded during this season so he may have to go by another route which takes much longer.) 6 She may well break the rules in order to get what she wants.
She is liable to break the rules to get what she wants. (She doesn‘t care about rules and she is rather selfish and ambitious.)
where
4 Rewrite the sentences using where . 1 We may get to a situation in which rising taxes make it hard to be profitable. We may get to a situation where rising taxes make it hard to be profitable. 2 This is the point with which I disagree.
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This is a point where I disagree.
3 My internship was an interesting experience during which I learnt how to deal with customers. My internship was an interesting experience where I learnt how to deal with customers. 4 This is the point in the year at which they usually give everyone a bonus. This is a point in the year where they usually give everyone a bonus.
5 Many people are now in a situation in which they cannot pay their debts. Many people are now in a situation where they cannot pay their debts. 6 I work in an office in which everyone feels at home. I work in an office where everyone feels at home.
collocations
5 Complete the sentences with suitable expressions from the collocation box. Sometimes more than one collocation is possible. 1 We were pushed out of the market by the tough competition.
2 All he really wants is a steady job to provide him with a regular income. 3 You made a smart decision when you left that company.
4 He‘s been having a rather tough time lately, since he lost his job.
5 We use smart technology throughout the building. Everything is controlled by a central computer. 6 You‘ve made a really valuable contribution to our organization, and we will miss you. 7 She gave me the most valuable advice about investments that I have ever had.
8 There is a dress code in most banks, and you will be expected to wear smart clothes. 9 Theirs is a very steady relationship. I expect they‘ll get married quite soon.
6 Translate the paragraphs into Chinese. Today, while most of us marry for romantic reasons, marriage at its core is still a financial union. So much of what we want – or don‘t want – out of life boils down to dollars and cents, whether it‘s how hard we choose to work, how much we consume or how much we save. For some people, it‘s working 80-hour weeks to finance a third home and country club membership; for others, it means cutting back on office hours to spend more time with the family.
―A lot of the debates people have about money are code for how we want to live our lives,‖ said Betsey Stevenson, assistant professor of business and public policy at the University of
Pennsylvania‘s Wharton School, who researches the economics of marriage and divorce. ―A lot of the choices we make in how we want to live our lives involve how we spend our money.‖
Making those choices as a team is one of the most important ways to preserve your marital assets, and your union, experts say. But it‘s that much easier when you already share similar outlooks on money matters – or when you can, at the very least, find some middle ground.（注意灵活翻译某些名词，如romantic reasons, dollars and cents, code, union, as a team等。适当调整原文某些句子的语序以使译文更通顺。）
如今，尽管我们大多数人是因相爱而结婚，婚姻从根本上讲仍然是金钱上的结合。不管是选择工作的努力程度，还是决定消费多少或储蓄多少，我们生活中想要得到的——或不想得到的——许多东西归根结底都跟钱有关。对一些人来说，就是一周工作80小时来支付第三套房的房款和乡村俱乐部的会员费；对另一些人来说，意味着缩短上班时间，花更多的时间陪伴家人。
―有关钱的许多争论都事关生活方式的原则问题，而生活方式的许多选择则与如何花钱密切相关。‖宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿商学院的商业及公共政策助理教授贝齐·史蒂文森如是说，他研究
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婚姻和离婚经济学。
专家们说，夫妻一起共同做出这些选择是维护婚姻资产及婚姻关系的最重要的方法之一。当然，如果夫妻双方一开始就在钱的问题上看法相似，或者至少能够在钱的问题上相互妥协，那么事情就好办多了。
7 Translate the paragraphs into English. 谈及目前经济萧条所带来的影响，学生活动的减少就是一个很好的例证。为了活跃校园生活，大学愿意划拨一部分资金来资助学生社团活动，但由于今年学校的预算大幅减少，对社团的资助也相应缩减了不少。显然，学生社团要恢复以前的活力就必须想办法克服自身的经济困难。有人主张招募更多会员，因为会员费的增加可以帮助他们度过难关。
当然，如果有更多的会员交年费，而且缩减一些日常开支，我们还是能省下一些钱来组织活动的。但是，问题的关键在于社团活动的费用与参加活动的人数是成正比的，因此这种方法恐怕不太可行。要推进社团活动，同时又不使经费超支，我们必须群策群力，拿出别的筹钱方法，而不是仅仅依赖学校拨款和会员费。(when it comes to; carve out; pare down; cut back on; bottom line; go into the red; pool; in lieu of)
When it comes to the effects of the current economic downturn, the decrease of student activities is a good case in point. To enliven campus life, the university is always willing to carve out money for activities organized by student clubs and societies, but such sponsorships have been pared down this year because of huge budget cut. Apparently, student organizations need to weather their own
financial crisis if they want to recover from their current state of inactiveness. Some suggest enrolling more club members, on the ground that the consequent increase of membership fees may help them get out of the difficulty.
No doubt, if we have more members paying the annual fee, and if we cut back on our daily
expenses, we can spare some money for organizing activities. But the bottom line is that the expenses of these activities are in proportion to the number of participants. I‘m afraid this won‘t be of much help. To boost student activities and to avoid going into the red, we still need to pool our ideas and come up with some other ways of raising money, in lieu of relying only on university grants and membership fees.
Translation of the passages Active reading (1)
信用卡陷阱
有一件事我得坦白。几年前，我排队为家人取戏票时，我的朋友也在为她的家人取票。我拿到了戏票，用信用卡付了帐，对这种非现金交易的便利感到很满意。然后就轮到她付款了，整个交易进行得和我的一样顺利，但我的高兴劲儿很快就变成了莫大的羞耻：我的信用卡太寒酸了，是不显示身份地位的黑蓝色，而她的信用卡则是高级的金卡。
她是怎样弄到金卡的？怎么会这样呢？我知道我挣的比她多，我的车比她的车新，我的家比她的家漂亮，她怎么看起来显得比我光鲜呢？
我有一份跟那时候任何工作相比还算安定的工作——即不太安定的工作，不过我也没什么可抱怨的。我是通过按揭贷款买的房子，可那会儿谁买房不贷款呢？我每个月底都付清信用卡欠款。所以，虽然从技术上讲我欠过信用卡公司的钱，但只是欠几个星期而已。所以我认为我的信用等级应该很高。
你可以说我肤浅，我也不感到自豪。但就在当时当地我突然非常嫉妒那位朋友，我决定不
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