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Unit4Globalizationdetailedreading2

Unit-4--Globalization-detailed-reading-2

Unit4Globalization

DetailedReading

1.DifficultSentences

Browdernowmanages$1.6billioninassets.

Whatinformationcanyougetfromthesentence?

2.TranslatethesentenceintoChinese

"Nationalidentitymakesnodifferenceforme,"hesays.

WhydoesBrowdersayso?

AlthoughBrowderandMandldefinetheirnationalitydifferently,both

seetheiridentityasamatterofpersonalchoice,notanaccidentof

birth.

1.Howdoyouunderstand“notanaccidentofbirth”?

2.TranslatethesentenceintoChinese

Whatevertheirconsiderabledifferences,mostDavosMenandWomenshareatleastonebelief:

thatglobalization,theunimpededflowsofcapital,laborandtechnologyacrossnationalborders,isbothwelcomeandunstoppable.

1.Underlinethemainstructureofthesentence.

2.TranslatethesentenceintoChinese

Thisdisconnect,hesays,creates"amajorculturalfaultline.

1.Whatcanweinferfromthesentence?

2.Paraphrasethesentence

"Iftheissueishowthepieisdivided,ifyou'reintheWesternworld

youcouldquestionthat."

1.Whatdoes“that”referto?

2.TranslatethesentenceintoChinese

2.WordsandExpressions

globalization:

n.freeflowsofcapital,labor,technology,andpersonalcontactacrossnationalborders

*SomeseethespreadofEnglishasaninternationallanguageasjustanotherconsequenceofglobalization.

（=Thankstoglobalization,theburgeryoubuyinMoscowisexactlythesameastheoneyoubuyinNewYork.）

sweepaside:

clearawayorgetridofsuddenlyorforcefully;refusetopayattentiontosth./sb.says

*Anyway,bythenshewassurethatJuliuswouldsimplyhavesweptany

curbsaside.

他们对所有的反对意见不予理睬。

（=Theysweptalltheobjectionsaside.）

Pattern:

sweepaway扫清,迅速消灭

sweepout扫掉;清除

sweepover眺望,环视

sweepup打扫干净,收拾干净

strengthen:

vt.becomestrongerormakesth.stronger

Wemuststrengthentheweaklinks.

（=ThePresident'sfirstprioritywastostrengthentheeconomy.）

asset:

n.

1）（usu.pl）moneyorpropertythatapersonorcompanyowns

*Copyrights,patents,trademarks,brandnames,andtradesecretsareallpartofacompany’sintangibleassets.

目前，他们的资产有623万美元。

（=Currently,theyhave$6,230,000inassets.）

2）anadvantageoraresource

*Themostpowerfulassetwehaveisourskilled,dedicatedworkforce.

（=Asenseofhumorisanimportantassetforanyteacher.）

Collocation:

capital/fixedassets资本/固定资产

cashassets现金资产

liquid/circulating/currentassets流动资产

netassets净资产

makeno/littledifference:

haveno/littleeffect（on）,beofno/littleimportance（to）

*Thatdoesnotmeanitmakesnodifferencetosocialwelfarewhichruleswesettleupon.

姚明的缺席似乎对休斯顿火箭队没有太大的影响。

（=TheabsenceofYaoMingseemedtomakelittledifferencetotheperformanceoftheHoustonRockets.）

identify…as:

recognizeandcorrectlynamesomeoneorsth.

*HisaccentidentifiedhimasaFrenchman.

（=Thepolicemanidentifiedhimasthethief.）

elite:

n.agroupofpeoplewhohavealotofpowerandinfluencebecausetheyhavemoney,knowledge,orspecialskills

*Onlyasmallelitecanaffordtosendtheirchildrentothisschool.

这些人构成了有决定权的精英集团。

（=Thesepeopleformanelitewhohavethepowertomakedecisions.）

Collocation:

political/social/economicelite政治/社会/经济精英

ahandfulof:

averysmallnumberofpeopleorthings:

*Thatplacewasoflittleinterest.Ionlytookahandfulofpictures.

（=Whatcountsishavingahandfulofyoungthatareexceptional.）

earnest:

adj.markedbyorshowingdeepsincerityorseriousness

*FriendsdescribedJacksonasanearnest,hard-workingyoungman.

你可以笑，但我绝对是认真的。

（=YoumaylaughbutI’mindeadlyearnest.）

Collocation:

inearnest郑重地；严肃认真

CF:

earnest,serious,severe

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:

*Icouldtellshewasspeakinginearnest.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:

*Wegiveseriousconsiderationtosafetyrecommendations.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:

*Manypeoplefeelthepunishmentshouldhavebeenmoresevere.许多人认为惩罚本应该更加严厉些。

considerable:

adj.fairlylarge,especiallylargeenoughtohaveaneffectorbeimportant

*Attractingtouriststotheareaisgoingtotakeconsiderableeffort.

（=Aconsiderableamountofresearchwasdoneherebyoursciencedepartment.）

interconnect:

vi.connecttoorwitheachother

*Ouroperatingsystemcannowinterconnectwithothernetworks.

人们的生活是如何互相联系在一起的,真是不可思议。

（=It’sstrangehowpeople’slivesinterconnect.）

advantageous:

adj.helpfulandlikelytomakeyousuccessful

*Manybuscompaniesprovideadvantageousfareticketsespeciallyfortourists.

你会发现等几周再作答复是很有好处的。

（=Youmayfinditadvantageoustowaitafewweeksbeforereplying.）

NB:

“advantageous”的名词形式为“advantage”。

与其搭配常用的短语是：