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优异精品课件文档资料优异精品课件文档资料第1页Globalizations Dual PowerGlobalization is a double-edged sword.It is much like fire.Fire itself is neither good nor bad.Used properly,it can cook food,heat our homes.Used carelessly,fire can destroy lives,towns and forests in an instant.第2页New productsNew servicesNew investment and marketsNew technologies and management skillsHigher living standardsMore debtMore instabilityA greater gap between rich and poorWorse environmental degradationLoss of identity 第3页Globalization:a trendy word for an old processnthe trade around the Mediterranean,trade across the Atlantic after the discovery of America,nIn the 1980s and 90s,especially after the Cold War,with the help of GATT(today the WTO),the World Bank,and with easy transportation and communication facilitated by technological advances global economic integration第4页Current Economic GlobalizationnNew products and services,new investment and markets,new technologies and management skills,higher living standardsnMore debt,instability,far worse environmental degradation,loss of national and cultural identitynDo the merits of current globalization outweigh its demerits?第5页nA powerful vehiclenA trendy wordnCapital flowsnBond financingnEquity investmentnCross-border mergers and acquisitionsnCurrent-account deficitn(favorable)Balance of paymentsnCrony capitalismnComponent manufacturingnA scary prospectnA plausible presumptionnGenetically modified foodnTo lack a common agendanTo erode the local culturenSeek membershipnMaximize their presencenSpread technology第6页n双刃剑n国家主权n可怕难题n贸易协商n经济一体化n日益下降成本n海底电缆n一个经济实体n多边机构n随之而来金融危机n扣除涨价原因n全球资金突然大量流入（出）n国际金融研究所n全方面经济下滑n不平衡贸易n繁荣衰退周期n管理技能n产品设计n无法预计后果n高成本工业n经济合作与发展组织第7页Double-edged swordSomething that is both positive and negativeEg:She paid me a double-edged compliment,saying that my work was excellent for a beginner.第8页Consist in/of/withThe beauty of the plan consists in its simplicity.Theory should consist with practice.第9页The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.第10页LargelyHe left his job largely because he was homesick.There divorce is largely a matter of conjecture.第11页-tionGlobalization,integration,maximization liberalization,Americanization Americanization means taking new immigrants and turning them into Americans.whether they want to give up their traditional ways or not.第12页antidoteHumor can be an effective antidote to hostility.第13页To go on a binge 9(infml)to do too much of sth,such as eating,drinking,shopping第14页Cross-Cross-borderCross-culturecrossroadcrossword第15页Be prone to sthBe liable to sth,be likely or inclined to do sth.Eg.Children of poor health are very prone to colds in winter.第16页Only if/if onlyUsed to say sth will not happen if sth else does not happenEg:They will be back to the negotiating table only if their conditions are fulfilled.If only a few countries do,their actions will not matter much.第17页Adverb+verb=nounDownturn,upturn,output,input,outlook,outcome 第18页To relieve 27To alleviate or to reduce(fear,pain,suffering)The good news relieved me of my anxiety.第19页Surge 28A sudden and great increase,or a sudden and great movement forward.There has been a surge in stock prices recently.第20页-tionGlobalization,maximization,integration,optimization,commercialization,democratization第21页Discriminate against sb 32To act on the basis of prejudice against sb.She felt she had been discriminated against because of her age.ageism第22页Prospect 34Sth to be expected,possibility第23页Cut both ways 34To have merits as well as demerits第24页Prevail 34To triumph,to succeed,to win out第25页第26页CommenceFreckledGlimmerImminenceShrewdTriangularSoremating第27页SubjugateStreakYawnThrobSpadeRevelPrimevaloverpower第28页