Unit 4 Globalization
Detailed Reading
1. Difficult Sentences
Browder now manages $1.6 billion in asts.
What information can you get from the ntence?
2. Translate the ntence into Chine
"National identity makes no difference for me," he says.
Why does Browder say so?
Although Browder and Mandl define their nationality differently, both
e their identity as a matter of personal choice, not an accident of
birth.
1. How do you understand “not an accident of birth”?
2. Translate the ntence into Chine
Whatever their considerable differences, most Davos Men and Womenshare at least one belief: that globalization, the unimpeded flows ofcapital, labor and technology across national borders, is bothwelcome and unstoppable.
1. Underline the main structure of the ntence.
2. Translate the ntence into Chine
This disconnect, he says, creates "a major cultural fault line.
1. What can we infer from the ntence?
2. Paraphra the ntence
"If the issue is how the pie is divided, if you're in the Western world
you could question that."
1. What does “that” refer to?
2. Translate the ntence into Chine
2.Words and Expressions
globalization:n.free flows of capital, labor, technology, and personal contact across national borders
* Some e the spread of English as an international language as just another conquence of globalization.
(=Thanks to globalization, the burger you buy in Moscow is exactly the same as the one you buy in New York.)
sweep aside:clear away or get rid of suddenly or forcefully; refu to pay attention to sth./sb. says
*Anyway, by then she was sure that Julius would simply have swept any
curbs aside.
他们对所有的反对意见不予理睬。
(=They swept all the objections aside.)
Pattern:
sweep away 扫清, 迅速消灭
sweep out 扫掉; 清除
sweep over 眺望, 环视
sweep up 打扫干净, 收拾干净
strengthen: vt.become stronger or make sth. stronger
We must strengthen the weak links.
(=The President's first priority was to strengthen the economy.)
ast:n.
1) (usu. pl) money or property that a person or company owns
*Copyrights, patents, trademarks, brand names, and trade crets are all part of a company’s intangible asts.
目前，他们的资产有623万美元。
(=Currently, they have $6,230,000 in asts.)
2) an advantage or a resource
*The most powerful ast we have is our skilled, dedicated workforce.
(=A n of humor is an important ast for any teacher.)
Collocation:
capital/fixed asts 资本/固定资产
cash asts 现金资产
liquid/ circulating/ current asts 流动资产
net asts 净资产
make no / little difference: have no / little effect (on), be of no / little importance (to)
*That does not mean it makes no difference to social welfare which rules we ttle upon.
明的缺席似乎对休斯顿火箭队没有太大的影响。
(=The abnce of Yao Ming emed to make little difference to the performance of the Houston Rockets.)
identify…as: recognize and correctly name someone or sth.
*His accent identified him as a Frenchman.
(=The policeman identified him as the thief.)
elite:n. a group of people who have a lot of power and influence becau they have money, knowledge, or special skills
*Only a small elite can afford to nd their children to this school.
这些人构成了有决定权的精英集团。
(=The people form an elite who have the power to make decisions. )
Collocation:
political/social/economic elite 政治/社会/经济精英
a handful of: a very small number of people or things:
*That place was of little interest. I only took a handful of pictures.
(=What counts is having a handful of young that are exceptional.)
earnest: adj. marked by or showing deep sincerity or riousness
*Friends described Jackson as an earnest, hard-working young man.
你可以笑，但我绝对是认真的。
(=You may laugh but I’m in deadly earnest. )
Collocation:
in earnest 重地；严肃认真
CF: earnest, rious, vere
这三个形容词均有“严肃的”之意。
earnest指严肃，认真，含诚恳和热情意味。例如:
* I could tell she was speaking in earnest. 我看得出来她的话是当真的。
serious指具有关键、严肃或严重意义的事情。例如:
*We give rious consideration to safety recommendations. 我们认真考虑安全建议。
severe指面孔的严肃，法律的严厉，伤病的严重。着重严厉性，无丝毫温情。
例如:
*Many people feel the punishment should have been more vere. 许多人认为惩罚本应该更加严厉些。
considerable: adj. fairly large, especially large enough to have an effect or be important
