名师点睛：BEC商务英语词汇Part6

　　在中国，在“考证热”的影响下，BEC的考生60%为在校学生，其目的是为了获取证书，作为求职就业的敲门砖。

　　白领学习商务英语，其难点主要在于英语能力本身和商务词汇的缺乏方面，而大学生英语能力和基础相对较强，但遇到的困难也并不容小视。

　 　缺乏商务词汇的积累：日常使用的英语与商务情景使用的英语有较大的差异，这种差异尤其体现在词汇的含义方面。例如：“Prospect”一词在日常英语 中表达的是“前景”“前途”的意思，我们可以说“Weface the grim prospect of still higherunemployment。(我们面对失业率进一步增高前景堪虑)”，而在商务环境中，它的词义发生了很大的变化。如：You need to learnhowto convertprospects to clients。(你需要学会如何把潜在客户转化成普通客户)。这里“prospects”显然是“潜在客户”或“有望成为客户的意思”，相当于 potential clientsorprospective clients。

　　为此上海新东方BEC考试名师特别根据自己多年的授课经验，为广大BEC考生精心总结了BEC词汇表，供广大BEC考生参考学习。

　　active money (n.) money that is being used by the public as opposed to money left in bank accounts.流通货币（相对于银行帐户中的货币）

　　[例] The inflation increases active money .

　　activity (n.) type of business业务

　　[例] Our main activity is export /import trade.

　　[同义词] business

　 　act of God (n.) an unexpected or unavoidable event such as a storm , a flood , and earthquake ,etc mentioned in some insurance contracts as a cause of loss or damage 不可抗力

　　[例] We will include the term of act of God in this insurance policy to against some uncertain factors.

　　[同义词] force majeure

　　actual (adj.) real实际的

　　[例] Our actual results were better than forecast.

　　actual loss (n.) the real cost of something as opposed to a sum of money stated on paper实际损失（相对于帐面损失）

　　[例] In the recession, for the latest fiscal year, our actual loss is much greater than the paper loss.

　　[相关词汇] paper loss