Friday, October 12, 2007

Improving Your Listening Skills

MAKING SENSE OF A WEAK DOLLAR
Weak or strong. Which is better? If the question is about the American dollar, the answer depends on whom you ask.

The dollar has been weakening against several major currencies. One euro is currently worth about one dollar forty cents. A British pound is worth over two dollars.
Many widely traded products are bought and sold in dollars. These commodities include oil, soybeans and metals like copper. A weak dollar can mean a better deal for foreign buyers. But for oil producers and countries that tie the value of their own money to the dollar, weakness reduces their purchasing power.
A weak dollar, though, may help reduce the American trade deficit because it makes American exports less costly. But in the United States it can raise the cost of imports. An exception is imports from China.
The Chinese government sets the value of the yuan on foreign exchanges. This year the yuan has increased less than four percent against the weakening dollar. This has kept the prices of Chinese imports low.
In other cases, however, a weak dollar hurts American businesses that deal in imported goods. They may have to raise prices or sacrifice profits. Many companies do not want to raise their prices for fear that they may lose market share.
The Federal Reserve has said that inflation remains under control. But the Fed says it is prepared to take action if inflationary pressures increase.
Last month the central bank cut short-term interest rates by half a point. It did so to help keep problems in the housing and credit markets from harming the wider economy and causing a recession.
But some economic worries appeared to ease after the latest jobs report last Friday. The Labor Department said employment increased by one hundred ten thousand jobs in September. Also, new numbers for August showed a gain of close to ninety thousand jobs.
The department had earlier reported that the economy lost four thousand jobs in August, the first report of job losses in four years.
Still, critics warn of dangers from a weaker dollar and lower interest rates, which reduce the returns on dollar-based investments. A New York Times commentary, for example, said dollar weakness is rooted in the borrow-and-spend behavior of the government and the public. It said foreign lenders will be less and less likely to want to invest in dollars, and that will only make things a lot worse.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

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I know that I have no right to ask you this, but can you correct my essay for me before tomorrow?
You can get my essay here , it's easier this way for you to correct.

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Choosing a job
There are many factors to choose a job. Some people think that the most important factor for choosing a job is the money a person makes. In my view, money isn’t the most important factor for choosing a job. I’d rather choose a job which is interesting, convenient
for traveling to work, and comfortable to work.

Firstly, finding an interesting job is a dream of many people. When we have an interesting work, we will have an motivation to do the work well. Besides, doing an interesting job is fun. Every day of working will be a challenging day because we don’t have to do the same work day after day. Thus, we can excellently accomplish our work with all our heart and our soul. It’s great if we choose an interesting and challenging job.

Secondly, there are some advantages of choosing a job in a company which is not far from our house.One of the advatages is that we spend less money for fuel. Moreover, traveling in a crowded streets when we are tired after a long day working is dangerous. In addition, when the company is not far form our house, we may go to work on foot. That is one of a good way to exercise to keep fit. To sum up,it’s very convient to choose a job in a company near our house.

At the same moment, many people think that choosing a job with a high salary is the best because they may have a lot of money to buy what they want. However, jobs with high salary often reqiure us to work under pressure. Therefore, if we keep working in that condition, it is not good for our health. That is better to choose a job which has a comfortable work condition because we do not have to worry when we may get stress.

Conclusively, there are some factors to choose a job. To my way of thinking, I appreciate three below factors. In the future, when it’s time to choose a job, I’ll choose a job in a company which is near my house and which I find interesting and comfortable to work.I wish that I may find a job which is suitable for my criterion.

nguyenhonganhtesol said...

Choosing a job

There are many factors to choose a job. Some people think that the most important factor for choosing a job is the money a person makes. In my view, money is not the most important factor for choosing a job. I’d rather choose a job which is interesting, convenient
for traveling to work, and comfortable to work.

Firstly, finding an interesting job is a dream of many people. When we have an interesting work, we will have motivation to work well. Besides, doing an interesting job is fun. Every day of working will be a challenging day because we do not have to do the same work. Thus, we can excellently accomplish our work with all our heart. It is great if we choose an interesting and challenging job.

Secondly, there are some advantages of choosing a job in a company which is not far from our house.One of the advatages is that we spend less money for fuel. Moreover, traveling in crowded streets when we are tired after a long day working is dangerous. In addition, when the company is not far form our house, we may go to work on foot. That is one of good ways to exercise to keep fit. To sum up,it is very convient to choose a job in a company near our house.

where is the topic sentence?

At the same moment, many people think that choosing a job with a high salary is the best because they may have a lot of money to buy what they want. However, jobs with high salary often reqiure us to work under pressure. Therefore, if we keep working in that condition, it is not good for our health. It is better to choose a job whose working condition is comfortable because we do not have to worry when we may stress.

In Conclusion, there are some factors to choose a job. To my way of thinking, I appreciate three above-mentioned factors. In the future, when it is time to choose a job, I’ll choose a job in a company which is near my house and which I find it interesting and comfortable to work.I hope that I may find a job which is suitable for my criterion.

Anonymous said...

Dear my beloved teacher,
I am not sure if you wanna ask me the topic sentence of the 2nd or the 3rd paragraph? >"<
The topic sentence in the second paragragh is "there are some advantages of choosing a job in a company which is not far from our house."
Or else may I say: " choosing a job in a company which is not far from our house is advantageous". Is it better?
The topic sentence in the third paragraph is "That is better to choose a job which has a comfortable work condition because we do not have to worry when we may get stress."
What's wrong??? T.T You make me confused.

meomatbu87 said...

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nguyenhonganhtesol said...

you should have the topic sentence in the third para. like the first and the second.

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meomatbu87 said...

dear,teacher?How r u today?Yesterday was a tired day,wasn't it?Hope U have a new nice day.See u afternoon.Miss

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Be Con Tinh Nghich said...

It is the same with Y!360. Try again! You can do that.

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nguyenhonganhtesol said...

Sorry. This blog is just for learning English. If you ask me about others, please mail me.

meomatbu87 said...

Anything new,sir?Have a nice day...

meomatbu87 said...

welcometo my blog,sir.Why u don't have any new entry....Busy tomuch?