What was low temperature in Flagstaff on this day?A.26°.B.-2°.C.3°.D.31°.
What was low temperature in Flagstaff on this day?
A.26°.
B.-2°.
C.3°.
D.31°.
What was low temperature in Flagstaff on this day?
A.26°.
B.-2°.
C.3°.
D.31°.
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-- Yes, I am.
A. What's your name
B. }low old are you
C. Are you married
What properties allow plastics compete strongly with optical glasses?
A) Better wear & abrasion resistance
B) Better toughness
C) Low cost
D) Low density
What does the author mean by "marginal candidates"?
A.Those applicants whose score is low for admission.
B.Those applicants whose score is high for admission.
C.Those applicants whose score cannot ensure their admission.
D.Those applicants whose score can ensure their admission.
What makes a wine drinker healthier than beer drinker is mainly due to______.
A.the food they eat that goes with wine
B.the amount they drink every time
C.the less alcohol contained in wine
D.the low fat contained in wine
如果德国是低通货膨胀而意大利是高通货膨胀,德国马克和意大利里拉之间的汇率会发生什么变动?
If Germany has low inflation and Italy has high inflation, what will happen to the exchange rate between the German mark and the Italian lira?
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A.for
B.by
C.with
D.in
被比尔·克林顿任命为联邦储备副主席的经济学家艾伦·布林德(Alan Blinder)曾经写过下面一段话:“达到美国和其他工业国家所经历的低而温和的通货膨胀率的成本看来应该是非常适度的——更像重感冒而不是社会的癌症……作为理性的个人,我们不愿意为了治疗头痛而作开颅手术。但是,作为一个集体,我们通常是用经济上等同的开颅手术(高失业)来治疗通货膨胀这种感冒。”你认为布林德这段话的意思是什么?布林德所提出的观点的政策含义是什么?你同意吗?为什么同意或不同意?
Economist Alan Blinder, whom Bill Clinton appointed to be Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve, once wrote the following:“The costs that attend the low and moderate inflation rates experienced in the United States and in other industrial countries appear to be quite modest-more like a bad cold than a cancer on society……As rational individuals, we do not volunteer for a lobotomy to cure a head cold. Yet, as a collectivity, we routinely prescribe the economic equivalent of lobotomy (high unemployment) as a cure for the inflationary cold.” What do you think Blinder meant by this? What are the policy implications of the viewpoint Blinder is advocating? Do you agree? Why or why not?
A: Hello, Mr.Kubat.I am glad to meet you here at the fair.
B: Likewise.Take a seat, please.How about a cup of tea?
A: Sure.Thank you.It seems your business is prosperous.There are many customers here.
B: Yes, it's not too bad.Our sales are going up year after year.And we still have a large potential production capacity.
A: Well, what do you think of choosing a commission representative or agent abroad to promote your sales?
B: That's a good idea.So far, we have several agents abroad.
A: We are willing to be your agent in Thailand for hand-held tools.What do you think?
B: That sounds good.
A : Then , what's your usual commission rate for your agents?
B: Usually, we give a commission of 3% to our agents.
A: 3% is too low, I think.You see, we have a lot of work to do in sales promotion such as advertising on radio or TV, printing booklets, leaflets, catalogues and so on.It all costs money.3% is not enough.
B: Don't worry.We'll allow you a higher commission rate if your sales score a substantial increase.
A: You mean to say.--
B: Now, if you sell US $2 million worth of hand-held tools annually, we can only allow 3% commission.If the annual turnover exceeds US $5 million, you can get 5% commission.What do you think of that?
A: It sounds OK.Then how do you pay the commission?
B: We may deduct the commission from the invoice value directly or remit it to you after payment.
A: All right.If it's okay, we would like to sign an agency agreement with you immediately.
B : Think it over.We hope to keep a good business relationship with you.
A: Thank you for your help.
Short Answers
1 Auctions are public sales of goods conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He
asks the crowd assembled in the auction-room to make offers, or "bids", for the various
items on sale. He encourages buyers to b 记 higher figures, and finally names the highest
bidder as the buyer of the good. Practically all goods whose (lualities vary are sold by
auction. Among these are coffee, skins, wool, tea, furs, species, fruit and vegetables and
wines. Auction sales are also useful for land and property, antique furniture, pictures, rare
kooks, old china and works of art
2 An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be
sold; and where and when they can be viewed by prospective buyers. TI the advertisement
cannot give full details, catalogues are printed, and each group of goods to be sold together,
called a "lot", is usually given a number. The auctioneer need not begin with Lot 1 and
continue in numerical order; he may wait until he registers the fact that certain dealers are in
the rocm and then produces the lots they are likely to be interested in. The auctioneer's
services are paid for in the form. of a percentage of the price the goods
are sold for. The
auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible
3 The auctioneer must know fairly accurately the current market values of the goods
he is selling, and he should be acquainted with regular buyers of such goods. Fe will not
waste time by starting the bidding too low. He will also play on the rival among his buyers
and succeed in getting a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against
each other. It is largely in his advice that a seller will fix a "reserved" price, that is, a price
below which the goods cannot be sold. Even the best auctioneers, however, find it difficult
to stop a 'knock-out", whereby dealers illegally arranged themselves as the only bidder, in
the hope of buying goods at extremely low prices. If such a "knock-out" comes off, the real
auction sale takes place privately afterwards among the dealers
Questions31-35:
31. What are auctinns?
32. What are the goods which can be sold by auction? (Name at least three)
33. Mhat is a "lot"?
34. How are the auctloneer, s services pa 记 for?
35. What wifl happen if a "knock-out" is achieved?