英语国家社会与文化入门上册课件BI-U5.ppt

《英语国家社会与文化入门》

（上册）TheSocietyandCultureofMajorEnglish-SpeakingCountriesAnIntroduction(BookI)

TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandUnit5TheUKEconomy

GivetheEnglishandabriefexplanationforthefollowing:第三产业国内生产总值世界贸易组织伦敦证卷交易所北大西洋公约组织Quiz

FocalPointsAnoverviewoftheUKeconomyTherecenthistoryoftheUKeconomy-causesfortherelativedecline-abadperiodinthe1970s-anextensiveprogrammeofprivatizationinthe1980sThemainsectorsoftheUKeconomy-primaryindustries-secondindustries-tertiaryindustriesCasestudy:theaerospaceindustry

TheUnitIsDividedintoFourSectionsI.AnOverviewoftheUKEconomyII.TheRecentHistoryoftheUKEconomyIII.TheMainSectorsoftheUKEconomyIV.CaseStudy:theAerospaceIndustry

I.AnOverviewoftheUKEconomyThesixthlargesteconomyintheworldwithGDPof$2645billion(2010);MemberofG7,G8,G20majoreconomies;MemberoftheWorldTradeOrganization;Leadingglobaltradenation;The4thlargestexporterintheworldandthe4thlargestimporterin2013;The10thlargestexporterand6thsixthlargestimporterofmerchandise(2007)

II.TheRecentHistoryoftheUKEconomyAbsolutedeclineoftheUKeconomy:BritainusedtobesecondonlytotheUnitedStatesintheinternationaleconomyanddroppedtothesixth,whichindicatessomesortofabsolutedecline.RelativedeclineoftheUKeconomy:from1945untilthepresent,Britainisusuallythoughtofasoneofrelativedecline.Infact,ithasbeenaperiodofsteadyeconomicgrowthandrapidlyincreasinglivingstandards.ItremainsoneoftheGroupofSevenlargeindustrialeconomies.Itbecamemorewealthierandmoreproductivethanitwasin1945,butothercountriesdevelopedmorerapidly.

II.TheRecentHistoryoftheUKEconomyCausesfortherelativedecline:-heavydebttofinancethewa