Unit 8 Trading standardsUnit 8 Trading standards

• T: Listen to the passage (or read it silently) and answer this question:

• What makes the trading between rich countries difficult?

• Are chickens slaughtered in the United States fit to grace European tables?

• According to whom? • Do the Americans say their fowl are fine? • What do they do in a different way? • What is it that affects the wheels of trade

between rich countries these days? • Are farmers complaining?

• But is it just farmers who are complaining? • What must be approved by American

testers before it can be sold in the United States?

• What does an American-made dialysis machine need before it is sold in Europe?

• Will a razor that is safe in Europe electrocute Americans?

• Is there any good reason why we have two lots of tests where one would do?

• Do American and EU politicians agree in principle? • What kind of a deal have they been trying to reach? • When is the trade summit between America and the

EU? • How do the negotiators feel about the summit? • But will they be hard-pressed to get a deal at all? • What would the Americans happily reach one accord

on? • Then what would they hammer out different pacts on? • What does the EU want agreement on first?

slaughter1.To kill animals for food

• eg: Sheep taken for ～• the cruel killing of large numbers

of people at once, esp. the war• eg ； the wholesale ～ of

innocent people.• to defeat sb. / sth. by a large

number of points in a sports game, competition, etc.

• eg: We are ～ ed 10-1 by the home team.

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1.Be fit to do sth 适合做某事1).Zhuhai is fit for people to live.2). He has recovered from illness

quite recently; he is therefore, not fit to take a long walk.

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grace

grace (to make sth. more attractive)

• eg: The table had once ～ d the king’s bedroom.

• Disgrace/ graceful/graceless/gracious

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2. Put sand in the wheel of 阻碍 / 挠1) It is differences in national

regulations that put sand in the wheel of trade between rich countries.

2) They don’t want to put sand in the wheel of their husbands’ courses.

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Approve-to think sb./sth. is good, acceptable or suitable.

– eg: Her father will never approve of her marriage you.

– approve for sth. / from sb. – [u] If goods are on approval ,you

can use them for a time without paying, until you decide if you want to buy it or not. 商品试用，包退包换

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electrocute:

to injure or kill sb. by passing electricity through their body.

• eg: The girl was ～ d when she wandered onto a railway tack.

• He was sentenced to death by electrocution.

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in principle-there is every reason that the thing

mentioned should be done. 原则上，理论上• eg: ～ , there is noting that human

can do that a machine might not be able to do one day.

-in general but not in detail• eg: They have agreed to the proposal

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1.reach a deal 达成一致1 ） the two sides have reached a

deal in principle on the time and place of negotiation.双方原则上对谈判的时间地点达成了一致。最后

In the end the workers reached a deal with the boss on wages.

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eliminate:remove or get rid of sth./sb.eg: Credit cards ～ the need to carry a

lot of cash.• to defeat sb.

• eg: She was ～ d from the tournament in the first round.

• (written) to kill sb. esp. enemy or opponent. n. elimination

• eg: the ～ of disease / poverty / crime

• There were three ～ s in the first round of the competition.

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in time (for sth. to do sth.) :

– not late; with enough time to be able to do sth.

• eg: Will we be in time for 4 o’clock plane?

• The ambulance got there just in time (to save her life).

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accord• Treaty, agreement(between

countries; with a country)• 条约； 协定• 协调， 符合• His behavior does not accord with

his principles. His behavior and his principles do not

accord (well together.)反： discord

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accord• Of one’s own accord 自愿地自动地• In/out of (with) 与…一致 / 不一致• With one accord 全体一致• the summit of his career

Hammer on/onto 钉牢 / 敲紧next

summitan official meeting or series of meetings

between the leaders of two or more countries discussing important matters.

• a summit in Peking / a summit conference

• the highest point, esp. the top of the mountain.

• the summit of his careerHammer on/onto 钉牢 / 敲紧

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Hammer out 通过不断的或艰苦的努力形成、达成或解决Eg. They have hammered out an

agreement acceptable to both sides.他们总算达成了一项双方都能接受的协议。We at last hammered out the differences between us.我们最终解决了我们之间的分歧。最终他想出了一个计划去克服困难。

At last, he hammered out a plan to overcome the difficulties. back

Hammer at 敲打， 致力于Hammer away 苦心研究Hammer away at 不断地致力于，埋头于Hammer in /into 敲进， 钉入Hammer down 用锤子钉上

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Exercises

tariffs slaughter because of negotiation with

accord in a different way. be in time for reach hammer out continental put sand in the wheel of

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1.American farmers can’t export chicken to Europe ____ differences in national regulations.

2.The entire population _____in one of the most appalling crimes of the war.

3.Placing high____ on imported good is a frequently employed method of protecting domestic industries.

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4. China is situated on the eastern part of the Eurasian _____.

5.The representatives of the Parliament went to Holland to ____ the Dutch King.

6. We simply clean them ___.7. Since my grandpa died a year ago,

there have been ___ in the family about the division of the estate.

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8. Will we _____the meeting?9.It is differences in national

regulations that _____trade between rich countries.

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10.In the end the workers____a deal with the boss on wages.

11.At last, he _____a plan to overcome the difficulties.

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