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1、Unit3WorldNews:EconomicDevelopmentsPartIWarmingupA1.WhohavebeenmeetinginHongKongtodaytodiscusstheoutlookfortheglobaleconomy?CentralBankgovernorsfrommorethanadozencountries.2.WhatdoesUNCTADsayabouttheworldwidetotalofforeigninvestment?Itgrewby40%lastyeartomorethan600billiond

2、ollars.3.Whohasapprovedacutinincometaxrates?TheUnitedStatesHouseofRepresentatives.4.Whohasannouncedjobcutsafterafallindemandforitsproducts?IntelWhatisitsplan?Toreduceitsworkforceby5,000.5.WhatdecisionshavebeenmadebyEU,theU.S.andCanadaafteracaseoffoot-and-mouthdiseasewascon

3、firmedinFrance?EUhasimposedfurtherrestrictionsonthemovementoflivestock.TheU.S.andCanadahaveissuedtemporarybansontheimportofanimalproducefromEU.Tapescripts:1.CentralBankgovernorsfrommorethanadozencountrieshavebeenmeetinginHongKongtoday.Onesubjecttheylikelydiscussedistheoutl

4、ookfortheglobaleconomybecauseoftheU.S.slowdownandJapan'sstrugglingrecovery.AnothertopictheymayhavediscussedishowtostrengthenfinancialmarketsinemergingeconomiesinAsiaandelsewhere.2.AUnitedNations'reportsaystheworldwidetotalofforeigninvestmentgrewbynearly40%lastyeartomoretha

5、n600billiondollars.ThereportbytheUNConferenceonTradeandDevelopment,UNCTADsaysmostofittookplacebetweendevelopedcountriesasbigcompaniestookoneanotherover.3.TheUnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeshasapprovedacutinincometaxrates,thefirstpartofapackageoftaxcuttingmeasuresputforwa

6、rdbyPresidentBush.Theincometaxreductionswillamounttonearly1trilliondollarsovertenyears.4.Theworld'slargestmakerofcomputerchips,Intel,hasannouncedjobcutsafterafallindemandforitsproducts.Intelsaiditexpecteditsrevenueinthefirstquarterofthisyeartofallbyaquarterthanthesameperio

7、dlastyear.TheCalifornia-basedcompanyplanstoreduceits85,000-strongworkforceby5,000.5.TheEuropeanUnionhasimposedfurtherrestrictionsonthemovementoflive-stockafteracaseoffoot-and-mouthdiseasewasconfirmedinFrance.TheUnitedStatesandCanadahaveissuedtemporarybansontheimportofallan

8、imalproducefromEUcountries.BForeignexchangerates:1dollar=1.733Germanmarks=126.9Japaneseye