Unit 7I.Listen to a short passage "Shopping for Clothes" carefully and note down what you hear. Try to use some symbols and abbreviations when you are taking notes. Then interpret your notes in the target language.Shopping for ClothesShopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly produces it, and the business of trying it on proceeds at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone's satisfaction. For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he wants.Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on needs. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only "having a look round". She is always open to persuasion; indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what companions tell her. She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Contrary to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the lookout for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro, often retracing her steps before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.II. Phrase InterpretingA1. screen2. diagram3. vertical axis4. column5. in summary6. consequently7. furthermore 8. to run out of time 9. in a word10. in addition1．屏幕 2．图表 3．纵轴4．圆柱 5．总之 6．因此7．此外 8．没时间 9．总而言之10．另外B．1．商品特性 2．顺序 3．订单4．垄断 5．质量监控 6．利润7．制造业 8．服务业 9．运作10．顾客满意度1. commodity features2. sequence3. order4. monopoly5. quality control6. profit7. manufacturing industry 8. service industry9. operation 10. degree of customer satisfactionIII. Sentence InterpretingA.1. Please proceed with your presentation.2. This morning I'm going to describe sales forecasts for the European computer market over the next five years.3. Good afternoon, everyone. This afternoon I'd like to describe briefly the advantages of using the TEC-NET communication service.4. In summary, ladies and gentlemen, as well as providing extensive after-sales service, Minimax will be happy to custom-design our product to meet the needs of your company.5. At the end of the presentation there will be time for any questions you have.1．请开始你的简要汇报。
2．今天上午我将对未来五年欧洲计算机市场的销售情况作一个预测。
3．大家下午好。
今天下午我想简要地介绍一下使用TEC-NET通讯服务的优越性。
4．总之，女士们先生们，我们Minimax公司在提供大量售后服务的同时还竭诚为客户量身定做产品以满足各位的需要。
5．在演讲的最后将给大家留出提问时间。
B．1．我希望能依照以下的顺序提出我们的看法。
2．首先我将简略说明我们商品的特性。
3．如果您感兴趣的话，我可以列表让你参考。
4．顺便提一下，在结束这个问题之前，我希望能再谈一些看法。
5．我的演讲完了，我们公司将很乐意在任何时候接收你们的订单。
1. I would like to present our comments in the following order.2. First of all, I will outline the characteristics of our product.3. If you are interested, I will prepare a list of them.4. By the way, before finishing this subject, I would like to add a few comments.5. To finish my presentation, our company will be very happy to receive your order at any time.Text AThank you for that kind introduction, Mr. Chairman. I'm very pleased to be able to talk to you today about changes in the four sales areas and how your company can benefit from these changes. If you have any questions during my talk, please stop me and ask.The main thing I want to say is that all companies must be ready for continuous change, and prepared to meet those changes.If you look at the screen, you can see the changes in our sales composition over the last ten years. The left side shows the four major sales areas: industrial machinery, robots, computers and, at the bottom home appliances. As you can see on the graph, the percentage of sales in two areas, namely, industrial machinery and home appliances, has decreased since 2003.For example, if you look on the right, you can see industrial machinery sales have decreased from 39 to 29 percent and home appliances have declined from 42 to 28 percent. On the other hand, sales of robots and computers have increased. The rise in robot sales has been especially sharp. Here is 2003:4 percent; 2004:9 percent; 2005:16 percent.谢谢主席先生的热情介绍。