1、Unit 4Text AText rganization 1. PartsParagraphsMain IdeasPart OneParas 1-3Introduction to Davos Man and the World Economic ForumPart TwoParas 4-5Debate over the impact of globalization on current society and culturePart Three ppppPTThreeThreeParas 6-8History of globalization and its recent trends an

2、d future prospectsPart FourParas. 9-11Globalization versus nationalism and the challenges it faces2. Main Events1. 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 tha

3、t 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 t

4、heir goods and services.VocabularyI. 1) advantageous2) let alone3) witnessing/vanishing 4) landmark5) entitled 6) displace7) Establishment 8) patriotic/strengthen9) contradictions 10) aspires11) divorced 12) pendulums2.1) come to 2) dozed off3) believed in 4) was set apart5) take in6) sucks in7) cle

5、an up 8) turn away3.1) For me, it makes no/little difference whether we go there by train or by bus.2) Toyata has overtaken General Motors as the worlds 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 o

6、f nanotechnology research. 5) She doesnt even know how to boil potatoes, let alone cook a meal. 5. a) is increasingly/to accelerate/their investmentb) economy/make an earnest/domestic/strike a balance betweenc) a handful of/be endorsed by/on a large scaleII.Word FormationWTOWorld Trade Organization

7、世界貿易組織GDPGross domestic product國內生產總值ATMAutomated teller machine自動出納機VATValue-added tax增值稅CADComputer-aided design計算機輔助設計ITInformation technology信息技術IDDInternational direct dialing國際直撥電話MTVMusic television音樂電視RadarRadio detecting and ranging雷達IOCInternational Olympic Committee國際奧委會VIPVery important

8、person貴賓，大人物LaserLight amplification by stimulated emission of radiation激光CPUCentral processing unit中央處理器III. Usage1. An unusual present, a book on ethics, was given to Henry for his birthday.2. The reason(he gave) that he didnt notice the car till too late was unsatisfactory.3. Football, his only i

9、nterest 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 ExercisesI. Cloze2. networking4. growth6. facilitate8. outlook10. patriotic 12. s

10、trike a balance(A)1. academics 3.a variety of 5. vanish7. endorsing 9. sweeping aside11. erasing(B)1. aided2.effects3.distances4. connected5. invested6. features7. prevailing8. qualitatively9. volume10. DistinguishingII. Translation1.) Due to his pessimistic outlook on the European economy, John has

11、 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 w

12、ith 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

13、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

14、 internet has strengthened the links between Chinese young people and those elsewhere. They follow the latest trend and copy foreign fashions. Some of them dont seem to care for traditional Chinese virtues, let alone carry them forward, which has given rise to worries that the traditional Chinese cu

15、lture might one day vanish.Part III Text BComprehension Check1. c2. a3. b4. b5. c6. dTranslation1. 如果9/11 有什么引人注目的地方，那就是恐怖主義者們來自世界上全球化程度最低、最不開放、融合程度最低的地方：沙特阿拉伯、也門、阿富汗和巴基斯坦西北部。2. “全球化疲勞在歐美仍很顯著，而在中國和印度這樣的地方，你會發現人們急切地想參與到經濟擴張進程中來，”印度國大黨的首席經濟顧問杰倫蘭密施說。3. 印度大多數人是不是還生活在貧窮的鄉村？確實如此。我們是不是需要強迫富裕的西方國家進一步開發市場，好讓貧窮國家銷售它們最擅長的東西；食品和紡織品，以使全球化更公平呢？當然需要。4. 一，全球化有優點也有缺點，但如果參與全球化的國家有恰當的制度