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Unit6aReportingresults报告结果I.Measuringperformance1.Warm-upSomewordsabouttheperformanceofacompanyintheannualreportcompanyperformance公司绩效performanceevaluation绩效评估annualreport年度报告pre-taxprofits税前利润breakeven无亏损(的),盈亏相抵(的)volatile可变的,不稳定的disposal出售,出让balancesheet资产负债表,平衡表exceptionalitem非常项目operationalmargins经营利润cost-cuttingmeasures降低成本的措施resourceefficiencyprogramme资源增效计划salesvolume销售额tradingvolume贸易额,交易额turnover营业额restructure结构重组streamline使…有效率,精简cashsurplus现金盈余transformationprogramme改革,改组计划earningspershare每股收益dividendpershare每股分红assets资产2.ListeningListentoatelevisionreportabouttheperformanceoftheUKsupermarketchainBudgensandanswerthequestionsonp83.Listentothesecondhalfofthereportagainandcompletethegraphonp84representingBudgens'sshare-pricefromFebruary98-99.TapescriptSo,let’shavealookathowthemarketsaredoingwithJenny.Thanks,Tony.Well,we’llbeginwithBudgens,thesupermarketchain.They’vereportedtheirresultstoday.Forthesixmonths,pre-taxprofitsrosesharplyby9.8%,whichbroughtthefinalfigurefortheyeartojustover6.3m.That’supfromjust5.8mlastyear.Thedividendisup.Ifyou’reoneoftheirshareholders,youcanexpecthalfapennypershare.Bugdgenshasgot163storesandthreenowactuallysellpetrol,sotheydoseemtobeexpanding.They’vealsojustspenthalfamillionpoundsonbuyingsomethingcalledTeleshopservices,whichspecializesindevelopingcomputer-basedhomeshopping.However,thebusinessisonlyoperatingatbreak-evenandisn’texpectedtodomuchmorethisyear,ithastobesaid.Now,let’stakealook,shallwe,athowbudgens’sharepricehasdoneoverthelast12months.Asyoucansee,it’sbeenprettyvolatile.Aftersteadyprogressthroughoutthefirsthalfoftheyear,itreallyshotupattheendofthesummer,wheneveryonethoughtthere’dbeatakeover.Attheheightoftherumours,inSeptember,youcanseethatsharespeakedatjustover80pence.Thetakeoverdidn’thappen.though,andthepricecollapsed.Bymid-Octoberithadfallenasfarasthe55pencemark.Thesharesrecoveredslowlyto65pencebyNovember,butthentheywentintosteadydeclineagainforthenexttwomonths,downonceagaintothe55pencemark.However,newsofgoodtradingresultshasmeantthatshareshaveimprovedagainthisyear.Andithastobesaid,thesharepriceismarginallyuponlastFebruary.Soshareholdersareinprofitoverthe12-monthperiod.Andifwelookatthebudgenssharestoday,they’reupslightlyby1.3penceat67andahalf.3.Vocabulary:verbs/nounsaswellasadverbsdescribingchange股票涨跌:shootup猛涨sharespeakat股价达到最高点thepricecollapses股票蹦盘thepricefalls/goesdown股价下跌sharesrecover/rally股价回升gointosteadydecline稳步下跌sharepriceismarginallyup股价微升sharesareupslightlyby…股价微升常用的概括图表信息的词组和表达方式A．上升趋势Verbs/nounstoincrease/anincreasetogouptogrow/agrowthtojump/ajumptoleap/aleaptopeak/apeaktoreachapeak/apeaktosoar/asoartorise/arisetoupsurge/anupsurgetoupswing/anupswingtoimprove/improvementtoshootuptorockettorecover/arecoveryB.下降趋势tocollapse/acollapsetodecline/adeclinetodrop/adroptodecrease/adecreasetofall/afalltogodowntoreachalowpoint/alowpointtoreduce/areductiontoslump/slumpc.程度a.升降程度较大agreatdeal/big/alotapparent/apparentlyclear/dearlyconsiderable/considerablyimportant/importantlydramatic/dramaticallygreat/greatlydrastic/drasticallymarked/markedlymuchobvious/obviouslyfastquick/quicklyrapid/rapidlyremarkable/remarkablysharp,/sharplysignificant/significantlystrong/stronglysudden/suddenlyb.升降程度较小abitalittlefractional/fractionallygentle/gentlygradual/graduallyhardlylittleslight/slightlyslow/slowlysmallsteady/steadilyc.平稳状态tobehardlychangedtohavelittlechangetokeepsteadytolevelofftoremainconstanttoremainunchangedAdverbsslightly/moderately/steadilysharply/considerably/greatly/significantly/dramatically/drasticallyquickly/rapidly/slowlyAslightincrease,asuddencollapse,adramatic/sharp/strongrise,asteadydecline,agradualrise,ajump,remainstable/steady,stay/leveloff总结:猛升：Skyrocket,Soar,jump猛降：plunge,dive,collapse下降：fall,drop,decline,上升：increase,grow,rise,升幅：growthrate,scaleofincrease/decline平稳：stable,steady,same,leveloff,stay，remain例句Interprete曲线图（linechart），柱状图（barchart），饼状图（piechart），和表格（table）TrucksalesrosesteadilyfromOctobertoDecember.AsteadyfallinsalesduringNovemberandDecemberfollowedthesharpincreaseinOctober.TrucksalesdroppedduringNovemberbutincreasedagaininDecembertoexceedOctobersales.Trucksaleshardlychangedthroughouttheperiod,exceptforaslightincreaseinNovember.AslowbutsteadyincreasewasfollowedbyasharpfallandanincreasetowardstheEnd.TrucksalesdroppeddowninOctober,butremainedunchangedfortherestoftheperiod.4.SpeakingSsworkinpairstodescribethegraph/bar-charttoeachotherfortheirpartnertodraw.II.AnnualreportsAboutthetopicofannualreportsAnannualreportiswrittenforshareholderstoinformthemofthefinancialsituationofthecompany.Itisusuallyaglossypublicationwhichaimstopromoteapositiveimageofthecompany.Itincludesinformationoncompanyactivitiesandmajordevelopmentsovertheyearaswellasfinancialinformationaboutthecompany,suchasbalancesheetsandprofitandlossaccounts.Readtheextractonp85andmatcheachsentencewithoneoftheextracts.Examfocus:ReadingTestPartOneCandidatesreadfourtopic-relatedtexts(A-D)andmatcheachofthesevenstatementswiththerelevanttext.Thistestsabilitytoreadforgistandspecificinformation.Cand