大学外贸英语chapter 12 International Investment and Multinational Enterprises

,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Chapter 12,International Investment and Multinational Enterprises,国际投资与跨国企业,Warm-up Questions,What do you know about international investment?,Can you name some of the multinational companies?,What does the abbreviation,FDI,stands for?,New words,1.multinational n.跨国公司;a.跨国的,2.universal a.普遍的，全世界的,3.identical a.完全相同的,4.representative a.有代表性的;n.代表,5.identifiable a.可识别的,6.mining n.采矿,7.extraction n.开采(如of oil石油开采),8.headquarters n.总部(有时也可用head office),9.to secure vt.获得,10.to service vt.为效劳,11.to bypass vt.绕过,12.channel n.渠道,New words,13.to revive vi.再度流行,14.motive n.动机,15.anticipated a.预期的,16.infrastructure n.根底设施(如：roads，communication systems,etc.),17.to diversify vt.使多样化,18.to ensure vt.保证,19.uninterrupted a.连续的，不停的,20.controversial a.有争议的，能引起争论的,21.alleged a.被说成的,22.overexploitation n.过分开发,23.to nationalize vt.国有化,Economic Terms,1.multinational corporations(MNCs),跨国公司,(,有时英文也用,multinational enterprises(MNEs),或,multinationals),2.stock ownership,股票所有权,3.host country,东道国,4.dividend n.,股息,5.factor movement,要素移动,6.foreign direct investment,对外直接投资,7.debt obligation,债券,8.subsidiary n.,子公司，分公司，附属公司,9.distribution network,经销网,Economic Terms,10.capital goods,资本货物,(an item such as a machine,，,a building,or raw material that is used to manufacture products for sale to consumers),11.inventory n.,库存,12.oligopolistic market,寡头垄断市场,(markets where there are only a few producers of a homogeneous or differentiated product),13.home country,东道国,14.tax revenue,税收收入,15.capital market,资本市场,16.trade investment,贸易投资,Useful Phrases and Idiomatic Expressions,1.to be distant from,远离,(to be far away from),2.to allow for,将因素考虑进去,3.to take advantage of sth.,趁机利用某物,4.to share in the profit,分享利润,(to share in work,分担工作,),5.to complain loudly against sth.,对大声抱怨或抗议,6.to pay little heed to,对不重视,1.in more than one country在一个以上的国家(注意one后的名词不能用复数，类似的例子还有many a country“许多国家),2.to service a debt or a loan为债务或贷款支付利息(service:to pay the interest on a debt or a loan，不能译成为债务、贷款效劳),3.private investor私人投资者(a person who invests his/her own money for personal profit and not that of a corporation；进行投资的外国公司和金融组织等被称之为institutional investors“机构性投资者),Notes,include multinational corporations(MNCs),multinational enterprises (MNEs),multinational firms,multinationals,The Multinational Enterprises,Definition,a corporation that has production operations in more than one country1 for various reasons.,MNCs play an important role in international trade and investment.,The Multinational Enterprises,Identifiable features of MNCs,Stock ownership and management are multinational in character,；,Operating in many host countries,；,Often conducting research and development activities in addition to manufacturing,，,mining,，,and extraction operations,；,With headquarters being far away from where a particular activity occurs,The Multinational Enterprises,Reason for MNCs to Operate Abroad,To secure supplies of raw materials,；,To utilize cheap labor sources,；,To service2 local markets,；,To bypass protectionist,The Multinational Enterprises,Definition,International investment,as part of international factor movements,means investment made in other countries by either individuals or businesses such as MNCs.,International Investment,Types of International Investment,Foreign Indirect Investment,Foreign Direct Investment(FDI),Trade Investment,International Investment,Definition,Comparison between FDI and foreign indirect investment,Motives for FDI,Problems Created by FDI,Foreign Direct Investment(FDI),Questions to be Answered,Can you tell the major differences between FDI and foreign indirect investment?,What are the chief MNCs motives for FDI?,Why do MNCs want to operate abroad?,What are the problems created by MNCs investing directly abroad?,What complaints do host countries have against FDI by MNCs?,This is the end of Chapter 12,