Bussiness and Economics
Goods and services supply what people need or want.
Goods are things such as food and clothing.
Services include things such as health care and police protection.
译文：商品和服务提供人们需要或想要的东西。商品是食物和衣服之类的东西，服务包括卫生保健和治安保护。
A country needs natural and human resources.
Natural resources include fresh water supplies, farmland and energy sources, such as oil and wind.
Human resources include a skilled workforce that can produce goods and services.
译文：一个国家需要自然资源和人力资源。自然资源包括淡水供应、农田和能源，如石油和风能。人力资源包括能够生产商品和服务的熟练劳动力。
Once we have a supply of goods or services, they need to be distributed throughout a country.
Highways and railways are both ways to transport things from one part of a country to another.
Electricity is distributed through a system of transmission lines.
译文：一旦我们有了商品或服务的供应，它们就需要分布到全国各地。高速公路和铁路都是把东西从一个国家的一个地方运输到另一个地方的途径。电力是通过输电线路系统来分配的。
We live in an age of advertising.
Advertising lets people know about goods and services.
It educates people about the product being advertised.
译文：我们生活在一个广告时代。广告让人们了解商品和服务，教授人们关于正在做广告的产品的知识。
Trade allows for the exchange of goods and services between different countries.
Exports are goods and services that are sold to another country.
Imports are goods and services that are bought from another country.
For example, many countries import oil from countries such as Saudi Arabia.
译文：贸易允许不同国家之间货物和服务的交换。出口是出售给另一个国家的商品和服务。进口是从另一个国家购买的商品和服务。例如，许多国家从沙特阿拉伯等国进口石油。
Exercise:
1.— What do you buy when you go shopping?
— Goods are things such as food and clothing.
2.— Well-educated people are example of what?
— Human resources include a skilled workforce that can produce goods and services.
3.— What tries to increase the demand for a product or a brand?
— Advertisers try to increase the demand for a product or service.
4.— What do we need to distribute goods and services?
— Without a system of distribution, goods and services can not be supplied throughout a country.
5.— What allows you to buy goods from another country?
— Trade allows for the exchange of goods and services between different countries.
6. Services include things such as health care and police protection.
7. Advertisers try to increase the demand for a product or service.
8. Imports are goods and services that are bought from another country.
Repeat & Read Sentences:
1. Goods are things such as food and clothing.
2. Education and training are ways to develope a skilled workforce.
3. Advertisers try to increase the demand for a product or service.
4. Human resources include a skilled workforce that can produce goods and services.
5. Highways and railways are both ways to transport things from one part of a country to another.
Career Building
Employees are the people who work for a company.
Some employees do basic work, such as operating a machine or driving a truck.
The people who hire and direct the work of other employees are managers.
译文：员工是为公司工作的人。有些员工做一些基本的工作，如操作机器或驾驶卡车。雇佣和指导其他员工工作的人是经理。
Interviews are one way to find out about a person who applies for a job.
In an interview, a job applicant can ask questions about a company, and the company can find out about a person's skills and experience.
译文：面试是了解求职者的一种方式。在面试中，求职者可以问一些关于公司的问题，公司可以了解一个人的技能和经验。
An entrepreneur [ˌɑntrəprəˈnɝ] is someone who starts a new company.
Entrepreneurs often have new ideas and ways of doing things that can give their company an advantage.
译文：企业家是指创立新公司的人。企业家经常有新思路和不同的做事方法，这可以给他们的公司带来优势。
Salary and benefits are used to attract new employees into a company.
If the salary and benefits are good enough, employees may take the job and stay with the company.
Benefits include vacation time, health insurance and bonuses for employees who do a good job.
译文：工资和福利是用来吸引新员工进入公司的。如果工资和福利足够好，员工可以接受这份工作并留在公司。福利包括休假时间，健康保险和优秀员工奖金。
When applying for a job, it's important to have the skills and experience needed for the job.
Developing and increasing skills and experience is a good way to prepare for a good job.
Each job a person has is an opportunity to learn new things and develop new skills.
译文：当申请一份工作时，拥有这份工作所需要的技能和经验是很重要的。发展技能和增加经验是为一份好工作做准备的好方法。每个人的每项工作都是一个学习新事物和发展新技能的机会。
Exercise:
1.— What kind of people start new companys?
— An entrepreneur is someone who starts a new company.
2.— How do employers find out about a person who wants to work for them?
— Interviews are one way to find out about a person who applies for a job.
3.— Who are the people who work for a company?
— Employees are the people who work for a company.
4.— What do people need to get a good job?
— When applying for a job, it's important to have the skills and experience needed for the job.
5.— What are used to attract new employees into a company?
— Salary and benefits are used to attract new employees into a company.
6. The people who hire and direct the work of other employees are managers.
7. Interviews are one way to find out about a person who applies for a job.
8. Salary and benefits are used to attract new employees into a company.
Repeat & Read Sentences:
1. Employees are the people who work for a company.
2. Salary and benefits are used to attract new employees into a company.
3. The people who hire and direct the work of other employees are managers.
4. When applying for a job, it's important to have the skills and experience needed for the job.
5. A raise in salary is an example of benefits.
6. Advertisers try to increase the demand for a product or service.
