经科版BEC中级课文辅导unit5

1 to think about a problem or situation until you find the answer or understand what has happened 思考并找到答案
figure out how/what/why etc
Can you figure out how to do it? 你找到解决它的做法了吗?
If I have a map, I can figure it out. 如果我有地图，我就能找到。
Don't worry, we'll figure something out (=find a way to solve the problem). 别着急。我们会找到解决办法的。
2 to understand why someone behaves in the way they do 理解
Women. I just can't figure them out. 女人。我不能理解她们。

margin noun [countable]
1 the empty space at the side of a page 边
Use double spacing and wide margins to leave room for comments. 请大家在行与行之间留一行，并且在两边留出足够的边，让老师可以写评语。
2 the difference between what it costs a business to buy or produce something and what they sell it for 利润
Margins are low and many companies are struggling. 由于利润很低，所以许多公司都在苦苦挣扎着。
Within 10 years they had a gross profit margin of 50%. 不到10年的时间，他们的利润总额就高达50%。

* four and a half thousand =4500
* forty-five hundred

work out phrasal verb
▶CALCULATE◀
work something ↔ out
to calculate an answer, amount, price etc 计算出
See if you can work this bill out. 看看你能不能把这个帐单算出结果来。
work out how much/how many etc
We'll have to work out how much food we'll need for the party. 我们应该估算一下这次聚会我们需要准备多少食物。
▶COST◀
if a cost or amount works out at a particular figure, it is found to be that much when you calculate it 算出…. 结果
work out at/to £10/$500 etc
The bill works out at £15 each. 这个帐单的总额为15英镑。
work out expensive/cheap etc (=be expensive or cheap) 计算后昂贵/便宜
If we go by taxi, it's going to work out very expensive. 如果我们打车去，那么我们会花很多钱的。

4.
1.      over-trading
2.      about half
3.      their margins are already small; they can’t afford to offer discounts.
4.      $25,000
5.      financing costs
6.      $500
7.      they would have an extra $16,000 a month.
8.      they decide to offer a 1% early settlement discount

5.
If + present simple, will/going to/ might + infinitive
Ø        to describe actions / situations we expect to happen
e.g. if we offer 2%, three quarters of our customers will…

if + past simple, would / could/might + infinitive
Ø        to describe actions/situations we do not expect to happen
e.g. if we offered 1% discount, about half our customers would pay in ten days.

Ø        To describe hypothetical actions and situations
e.g. if I were you Steve, I’d really think ….

Ø        To respond to suggestions we do not agree with
e.g. if we gave 2% discount, we’d lose thousands of dollars…

Ø        To make indirect suggestions
e.g. What if you offered 1% and half your customers used it?

6. Speaking
cash on delivery 货到付款

penalty noun[countable]
plural penalties
1 a punishment for breaking a law, rule, or legal agreement 惩罚
No littering. Penalty $500. 不许随地吐痰，违者罚款500元。
Withdrawing the money early will result in a 10% penalty. 提前取款将会被罚10%的罚金。
Drug dealers face severe penalties. 毒品交易者会受到严重处罚。
If he is convicted, he could receive the death penalty (=be killed as a punishment). 如果他有罪，他将被判死刑。
2 something bad that happens to you because of something you have done or because of the situation you are in 不好、不良的事情
penalty of (doing) something
One of the penalties of being famous is the loss of privacy. 成为名人不好的事情就是没有了隐私。
3 a disadvantage in sports given to a player or team for breaking a rule 体育比赛中受到惩罚
4 a chance to kick the ball or hit the puck into the goal in a game of football, rugby, or ice hockey, given because the other team has broken a rule 罚点球