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UNIT3
Vocabulary
I.
1. rude; 2. physically; 3. structure; 4. made a difference;
5. blurted (out); 6. chuckling; 7. measurable; 8. prospective;
9. preparations; 10. sparkled; 11. took a crack at; 12. partner;
1. go after; 2. look back at/on; 3. be put up; 4. stood for;
5. build in; 6. follow up; 7. be hooked up to; 8. closed up
1. grilled her about where she had been all night
2. beyond Cinderella’s wildest dreams that she could one day dance in the King’s palace
3. will be in readers’ hands soon
4. do your homework before going on an interview
5. was in the neighborhood of 150 dollars
1. applicants; veteran; the prospective;
2. from his standpoint; has made every endeavor to go after;
3. as the saying goes; to have a crack at; barely;
II.
1. behave; 2. keep (used to avoid repetition); 3. clean; 4. get along;
5. perform/complete; 6. perform/complete; 7. study; 8. be enough;
9. be acceptable;
III.
1. There is so much to say and it is hard to know where to begin. Ok, I’ll talk about myself first.
2. Thank you very much, John, for your beautiful Christmas card. By the way, I have something here for you.
3. The new computer language can be quite easily understood by anyone who can read the daily newspaper. Now, why is this an advantage?
4. I’m going to work out the outline and will let you know how it goes. By the way, I will see you in February, as I plan to attend your seminar in Shanghai.
5. OK, you got the job. Now, how to maximize your profits with as little effort as possible?
6. Chris is back from Australia. Incidentally, those pictures you sent me are wonderful.
Comprehensive Exercises
I.
1. prospective; 2. As I see it; 3. done your homework; 4. beforehand;
5. endeavor; 6. structure; 7. partners; 8. Respond;
9. take a crack; 10. from the standpoint; 11. make a difference; 12. follow up
1. encouraging; 2. inquiry; 3. relevant; 4. samples; 5. references;
6. advice; 7. preparing; 8. seriously; 9. probably; 10. exhibit;
II.
1.
1) Despite the inadequate length of the airstrip in this emergency landing, the veteran pilot managed to stop the plane after taxiing for only o short while.
2) Grilled by the reporters, the movie star eventually blurted (out) that she had undergone tow plastic surgeries.
3) We have the technology and our partner has the capital. Working together, we’ll have the future in our hands.
4) If I had known beforehand that you would bring so many friends home, I would have made better preparations. You see, I have barely enough food and drinks for a snack.
5) People gave generously upon learning that new school rooms with stronger structures were to be built in the earthquake-stricken area.
2.
Well begun, half done, as the saying goes. It is extremely important for a job applicant to do his homework while seeking employment. From my standpoint, whether or not one has done his homework clearly makes a difference in his chance of success.
I have a friend who is earning somewhere in the neighborhood of 100,000 dollars a years in a large computer software company. He told me that from his own experience the decision makers who interview prospective employees like people who are well prepared. Those who make no endeavor to learn as much about his prospective employer as possible don’t have much of a chance of success.
Unit 4
Text A
Text rganization 1.
Parts
Paragraphs
Main Ideas
Part One
Paras 1-3
Introduction to Davos Man and the World Economic Forum
Part Two
Paras 4-5
Debate over the impact of globalization on current society and culture
Part Three ppppPTThreeThree
Paras 6-8
History of globalization and its recent trends and future prospects
Part Four
Paras. 9-11
Globalization versus nationalism and the challenges it faces
2.
Main Events
1. Davos man spends a lot of time in places other than his native country.
2. Davos Man sees their identity as a mater of personal choice, not an accident of birth.
3. Davos Man believes that globalization, the unimpeded flows of capital, labor and technology across national borders, is both welcome and unstoppable.
4. Davos Man sees the world increasingly as one vast, interconnected market-place in which corporations search for the most advantageous locations to buy, produce and sell their goods and services.
Vocabulary
I.
1) advantageous 2) let alone
3) witnessing/vanishing 4) landmark
5) entitled 6) displace
7) Establishment 8) patriotic/strengthen
9) contradictions 10) aspires
11) divorced 12) pendulums
2. 1) come to 2) dozed off
3) believed in 4) was set apart
5) take in 6) sucks in
7) clean up 8) turn away
3.
1) For me, it makes no/little difference whether we go there by train or by bus.
2)Toyata has overtaken General Motors as the world’s biggest car maker.
3)Shortly after their marriage, Mr. Chambers was at odds with his wife over money matters.
4)Henry has been at the forefront of nanotechnology research.
5)She doesn’t even know how to boil potatoes, let alone cook a meal.
5. a) is increasingly/to accelerate/their investment
b) economy/make an earnest/domestic/strike a balance between
c) a handful of/be endorsed by/on a large scale
II. Word Formation
WTO
World Trade Organization
世界贸易组织
GDP
Gross domestic product
国内生产总值
ATM
Automated teller machine
自动出纳机
VAT
Value-added tax
增值税
CAD
Computer-aided design
计算机辅助设计
IT
Information technology
信息技术
IDD
International direct dialing
国际直拨电话
MTV
Music television
音乐电视
Radar
Radio detecting and ranging
雷达
IOC
International Olympic Committee
国际奥委会
VIP
Very important person
贵宾,大人物
Laser
Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
激光
CPU
Central processing unit
中央处理器
III. Usage
1. An unusual present, a book on ethics, was given to Henry for his birthday.
2. The reason(he gave) that he didn’t notice the car till too late was unsatisfactory.
3. Football, his only interest in life, has brought him many friends.
4. Cloning had been raised as a possibility decades ago, then dismissed, something that serious scientists thought was simply not going to happen anytime soon.
Comprehensive Exercises
I. Cloze
2. networking
4. growth
6. facilitate
8. outlook
10. patriotic
12. strike a balance
(A)
1. academics
3.a variety of
5. vanish
7. endorsing
9. sweeping aside
11. erasing
(B)
1. aided
2.effects
3.distances
4. connected
5. invested
6. features
7. prevailing
8. qualitatively
9. volume
10. Distinguishing
II. Translation
1.) Due to his pessimistic outlook on the European economy, John has moved his assets from Europe to elsewhere.
2) I like hiring young people. They are earnest learners and committed to work.
3) Unlike her girl friends who center their lives on their children, Mary cares more about her personal growth.
4) Why is it that a considerable number of colleagues are at odds with you?
5) The Chinese government has introduced a variety of policies to strengthen cooperation with developing countries.
2.
Globalization has great implications for young Chinese. For example, young farmers are moving on a large scale to urban areas to look for jobs. And for those young people who aspire to study abroad or work in foreign-invested enterprises, English has become increasingly important. At the same time, a considerable number of overseas Chinese students have returned home in recent years, for they hold an optimistic outlook for the long-term growth of the Chinese economy. The internet has strengthened the links between Chinese young people and those elsewhere. They follow the latest trend and copy foreign fashions. Some of them don’t seem to care for traditional Chinese virtues, let alone carry them forward, which has given rise to worries that the traditional Chinese culture might one day vanish.
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