Unit 4 Everyday economics

Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas

基础训练

单词拼写 根据首字母或汉语提示，用本部分所学单词的正确形式填空。

1.John looked b and said he had no idea what I was talking about.

2.She likes comparing prices before she makes a p .

3.Mary g us across the busy road to the museum yesterday.

4.A b is an extra amount of money that is added to someone’s pay， usually because he or she has worked very hard.

5.I felt （头晕目眩的） when I looked down from the top of the television tower.

6.Believe in your （潜力） and study hard， and you will surely achieve your dream.

7.He bent forward and laid a kiss softly upon her （额头）.

8.Luckily his disease was discovered in an early （阶段）.

选择填空 用方框中所给短语填空。

a world away from as to end up row upon row start out

1. She offered no explanation why she had left so suddenly.

2. Nearer in sight are grey housetops and farther on stand of buildings.

3. His new luxury house was the tiny house where he was born.

4. If you try to remember everything， you will remembering nothing.

5. Most successful business owners do not as successes. They also make progress step by step.

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Surrounded by roses as she was growing up， Zhang Yue 1 （pay） them little attention. It was only after graduating from university overseas and returning 2 （visit） her parents that Zhang realized the potential.

Zhang therefore decided to return to her home town and grow roses， 3 surprised many people. She is not the only young person who 4 （bite） by the start-up bug. All over the world， an increasing number of enterprising young people are thinking of starting their own businesses， as the growing economy creates more 5 （opportunity）. A few， like Zhang Yue， find themselves lucky enough to get investment and the all-important input and support 6 more experienced business people.

As someone who grew up in the country， Zhang already knew about growing plants. However， like any 7 （entrepreneurial） who was just starting out， she still had a lot to learn. She has overcome 8    number of obstacles in nursing her business to the success it is today.

9 （see） her peers who also dream of success and independence， Zhang has mixed feelings. Though she welcomes the new entrepreneurial spirit， she advises that people be realistic and seek 10 （guide） from expert consultants before rushing into things.

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Maijlis Jonsson is a 73-year-old living in the centre of Sweden’s capital Stockholm. She leads an active life with her friends， traveling around the city and meeting in coffee shops. However， one issue causes her stress.

Sweden has been steadily moving towards a completely cashless society for a number of years. Cash is now used in less than one in five of all cash transactions （交易） in stores—half the number as five years ago. The law says shops can refuse to accept cash. Life can be hard for those unwilling or unable to adapt to the changes. Not everyone hates cash. Maijlis Jonsson is one such person. She must go to a bank in order to pay her friend back for a train ticket bought digitally. “I just don’t know how to do it.”

Niklas Arvidsson， Sweden’s leading expert on the payment system， acknowledges that some people are in danger of being left behind， like the elderly. “We’ve also got a problem with smaller businessmen in rural areas where perhaps the telecommunication systems are not working，” he says.

Is Sweden benefiting from all this？ According to Arvidsson， it is. “Electronic transactions are quicker and cost less in general and make the payment system more efficient.” He also points out that “it is a little bit more difficult in general for the people to get away with not paying taxes or making small thefts without cash.”

Of course， with an increase in digital transactions， the question of data security comes into play. As we freefall through an increasingly virtual world—and payments over the cloud instead of payments with paper—who has access to our information？ It is a global problem with no easy solution.

But Arvidsson remains largely positive about cashless transactions. “It’s like a virtual infrastructure （基础设施） is being built... if a highway or a railroad has the capacity to bring people in business closer and increase output， the same thing will happen with technology. I really do believe that once the technology genie is out of the bottle， how do you put it back？”

1. What upsets Maijlis Jonsson？

A. Paying without using cash.          B. Owing her friend some money.

C. Meeting someone in a coffee shop.  D. Knowing little about the mobile phone.

2. What is the advantage of digital transactions according to Arvidsson？

A. It reduces some illegal acts.          B. It allows people pay less taxes.