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1、商务英语BEC中级考试阅读资料最新 为了让大家更好的准备商务英语BEC考试,给大家整理商务英语中级考试阅读,下面就和大家分享,来欣赏一下吧。商务英语BEC中级考试阅读资料一贝尔斯登(Bear Stearns)与中国券商中信证券(Citic Securities)正在就去年达成的股份互换协议重新展开谈判,以更好地反映协议达成后双方股价的下跌。Bear Stearns and Citic Securities, Chinas largest securities firm, are renegotiating the share swap agreement they reached last y
2、ear to better reflect a subsequent fall in their stock prices.一位知情人士称,两家公司的高管正在讨论一项“对等调整”,这将增加双方终持有的对方股份。Senior executives from both firms are discussing a “reciprocal adjustment” that would increase the amount they eventually hold in each other, according to a person familiar with the matter.根据去年10
3、月达成的交易条款,中信证券同意支付10亿美元购入终将转换为贝尔斯登约6%股份的证券,而美国投行贝尔斯登终将支付同等金额,购得中信证券约2%股份。Under the terms of the deal struck last October, Citic agreed to pay $1bn for securities that would convert to about 6 per cent of Bear Stearns and the US investment bank would eventually pay the same amount for about 2 per cent
4、 of Citic.这宗交易仍需获得中国监管机构批准,若交易成功,作为中国国务院控制的中国中信集团(Citic Group)旗下证券交易子公司的中信证券将成为贝尔斯登的单一股东。The deal still needs regulatory approval in China, but if successful, Citic Securities, the brokerage arm of China Citic Group, which is controlled by Chinas cabinet, would BECome the biggest single shareholder
5、of the US investment bank.由外国投资者持有一家美国银行如此大规模的股份,可能会在美国引发批评。美国某些议员已对亚洲和中东主权财富基金的直接投资感到不安。Such a large stake by a foreign investor in a US bank could attract criticism in the US, where some lawmakers have been unnerved by direct investments by sovereign wealth funds from Asia and the Middle East.美国联合
6、经济委员会(Joint Economic Committee)主席、参议员查尔斯?舒默(Charles Schumer)本周暗示,可能会推动对此类投资实行更严格的监管。Senator Charles Schumer, chairman of the joint economic committee, this week signalled a possible push for greater regulation of such investments.根据中国官方新华社的报道,中信证券在贝尔斯登的持股比例可能增至9.9%,而贝尔斯登所持中信证券的股份终可能增至7.5%。Citics sta
7、ke is likely to be increased to 9.9 per cent of Bear Stearns. The US investment banks stake in Citic could eventually be lifted to as much as 7.5 per cent, according to a report from Chinas official Xinhua news agency.10亿美元的投资规模将保持不变,只是仍需得到中国监管机构的批准。The $1bn investment scale will remain the same, su
8、bject to approval from Chinese regulators.自去年10月达成交易以来,贝尔斯登的股价已从当时的大约120美元跌至约80美元。中信证券的股价已下滑40%,至大约71元人民币。Bears shares have fallen from about $120 when the deal was signed in October to about $80 now. Citics shares have dropped 40 per cent to about Rmb71.据知情人士介绍,去年11月,在贝尔斯登股价出现骤跌后,中信证券首先提出重新讨论它将在这家美
9、国投行持有的股份。Citic first broached the subject of renegotiating the stake it would take in Bear last November following a precipitous drop in the US banks shares, according to people familiar with the matter.中信一位发言人表示,他不知道有任何谈判正在进行。记者无法联系上贝尔斯登驻日本的一位发言人置评。A Citic spokesman said he had no knowledge of any
10、ongoing negotiations and a Bear spokeswoman in Japan could not be reached for comment.一名了解谈判情况的人士称,双方增持对方股份是“合理的”,反映了双方股价的下跌。 For the two sides to take larger shares in each other was “reasonable” and reflected their lower share prices, according to one person close to the negotiations.另一位知情人士则持更为怀疑
11、的态度。他表示:“这些都是猜测,是我们的竞争引起监管机构担忧造成的。双方的股价都下跌了,但这并不意味着需要重新谈判,除非这么做符合双方股东的利益。”Another source familiar with the matter was more sceptical, saying: “It is all speculation driven by our competition which is causing the regulators to become concerned. The prices on both sides have come down but that doesnt
12、mean that the deal will be renegotiated unless it is in the interest of shareholders on both sides.”商务英语BEC中级考试阅读资料二Read the following text.? Choose the best sentence from the list on page 52 to fill each of the gaps.? For each gap 8 12 mark one letter A I on your Answer Sheet.? Do not mark any lett
13、er twice.The Cash-free SocietyImagine a society in which cash no longer exists, Instead, “ cash ” is electronic, as in bank-card Systems. Currency and coin are abandoned._ example _ . Theft of cash would BECome impossible. Bank robberies and cash-register robberies would simply cease to occur _ ( 8
14、) _ . Purse snatchings would become a thing of the past. Urban streets would become safer _ ( 9 ) _ . Security costs and insurance rates would fall. Property values would rise. Neighbourhoods would improve.Drug traffickers and their clients, burglars and receives of stolen property, arsonists for hi
15、re, and bribe-takers would no longer have the advantage of using untraceable currency. _ ( 10 ) _ These prosecutions, in turn, would inhibit further crimes.In a society devoid of physical money, a change from cash to recorded electronic money would be accompanied by a flow of previously unpaid incom
16、e-tax revenues running in the tens of billions of dollars. _ (11) _Cash has been the root of much social and economic evil. _ (12)_ Eighty percent of Americans regularly use credit cards. The development of a federal system to handle the countrys 300 billion annual cash transactions in the United St
17、ates electronically is within reach.Example: H.A. A national electronic-money system would operate as a debit-card system.B. Retail shops in once dangerous areas could operate in safety.C. As a result, income tax rates could be lowered or the national debt reduced.D. The use of cash has diminished s
18、ubstantially since World War II.E. Attacks on shopkeepers, taxi drivers, and cashiers would all end.F. The emergence of electronic funds-transfer technology makes it possible to change the nature of money and to divorce it from evil.G. Almost every present-day cash transaction can be duplicated elec
19、tronically.H. The immediate benefits would be profound and fundamental.I. Electronic “money” would leave incriminating trails of data, resulting in more arrests and convictions.答案:Questions 8 12: E, B, I, C, F商务英语BEC中级考试阅读资料三Owning a cat can reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes by more than
20、a third, researchers have found.Scientists said that having a cat helped to relieve stress and anxiety, which is known to help protect against heart disease by lowering blood pressure and reducing the heart rate.The 10-year study looked at 4,435 adults aged between 30 and 75, about half of whom owne
21、d a cat.The findings, presented at a stroke conference in America, showed that 3.4 per cent of the cat owners died from a heart attack over 10 years. Among the group who had never owned a cat the rate was 5.8 per cent.Cat owners still had a much reduced chance of developing strokes or heart attacks
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