【学习笔记】懂你英语 核心课 Level 5 Unit 1 Part 1（IV）词汇 Types of Information

Public information is available to anyone who wants to know it.

If a store is opened to the public, it means anyone can come in.

【填空】A public company makes its shares available for purchase by any investor.

【填空】【跟读】Many people make money by investing in public companies.

Private information is not open to everyone, but is only available to trusted friends or family.

Information about one's secret hopes and dreams is usually private.

【填空】Most people keep their personal information private.

Confidential information is secret information.

Confidential information is not supposed to be shared with others. 【填空】

【填空】The details of a secret design or how a company makes decisions are often confidential.

【填空】Revealing confidential information may be illegal.

【填空】The password to your bank account is private information.

Gossip is information that is often exchanged because it's exciting or fun, even though it may not be true.【填空】

Office gossip is often entertaining, but it can also be damaging.

【填空】【跟读】Gossip may hurt or embarrass the person being gossiped about.

【填空】When people gossip, they may hurt someone by spreading false or embarassing information.

Opinions are what people think or feel about something, as opposed to factual information.

Factual information is based on facts or evidence, but opinions are what people think or feel.

【填空】Opinions often differ, and when they do people may argue.

Most people keep their personal information private.

The password to your bank account is a private information.

【填空】Opinions ofter differ, and when they do people may argue.

【选择】-What kind of information should not be shared with others?    -confidential

【选择】-What a person thinks or feels about an issue is about...  -opinions

【选择】-Highly personal information is what kind of information?     -private

【选择】The gossip about someone often means... to spread rumors about them

【跟读】Someon's opinion is what they think or feel about something.