新世纪英语-高职高专版综合教程1--Unit3

Unit3CulturalDifferencesNewCenturyVocationalEnglishContentsPartOneDiscussionPassageAThinkingGloballyReadingComprehensionExercisesVocabularyandStructureExercisesTranslationPartTwoPartThreeDiscussion1.Whatdoyouthinkofglobalization?Whatareitsadvangtagesanddisadvantages?2.WhydosomanypeoplelearnEnglish?3.Whatskillsarenecessaryforcommunicatingwithpeoplefromdifferentcountries?ThinkingGloballyFortyyearsagotheCanadianwriterMarshallMcLuhanintroducedthetermglobalvillagetoexpresstheideathattheworldseemstobegettingsmaller.TheEarthisnotshrinking,buttimeandspaceare.ThinkingGloballyTrains,planes,telephones,televisions,theInternet,andotherformsofmoderntransportationandcommunicationreducethetimeanddistancethatoncekeptthepeoplesoftheworldapart.Evenpeoplewhodonottravelfarfromhomeliveintheglobalvillage.ThinkingGloballyPeoplewholiveinsmalltownswatchtelevisionreportsofwarsanddisastershalfaworldawayandworkinfactoriesmakinggoodsforexporttodistantmarket.NowaChineseleadercanmeetwithAmericanstudentsandjournalistsinamodernversionofthevillagemeeting,andtherestoftheworldwilllisteninbymeansofatelevisionsignalcarriedbysatelliteorbitingtheearth.ThinkingGloballyHowever,noteveryonewelcomesthisimageoftheglobalvillage.TosomeitseemslikeanimageofdominanceoftheworldbytheWest.Theyprefertoseetheworldintermsoftheirownfamily,theirownnation.Theymaysay,Wedonotwanttoliveinavillagethatsomeoneelsemakesforusandcontrols.ThinkingGloballyTheyworrythattheglobaleconomywillforceeveryonetobecomelikethefamiliesoftheworldthathavethemosteconomicandpoliticalpower.Theydonotwanttobesecondclasscitizensinthevillage,andtheydonotwanttogiveuptheirowntreasuredwaysoflife.ThinkingGloballyWhateveranxietypeoplehaveabouttheglobalvillage,theycanseethatcontactamongpeoplesoftheworldisincreasing.Livinginaglobalvillage,peopleneedtoknowtheirneighbors.Theyneedtoknowhowtogetalongwiththemandhowtosolveproblemsthatarise.Todothisitisnecessarytolearnhowtocommunicateacrosscultures.ThinkingGloballyThismeansresidentsoftheglobalvillageneedtolearntothink,feelandbehaveinnewways.Therealityoftheglobalvillagechallengesallitsresidentstodevelopabroaderworldview,amoreglobalpsychology,andtheculturalskillsnecessaryforbuildingrelationshipsandsolvingproblemsacrosscultures.ReadingComprehensionExercisesⅠ.TFFTFTⅡ.1.TheInternetandotherformsofmoderntransportationandcommunication.2.Byatelevisionsignalcarriedbysatelliteorbitingtheearth.3.Intermsoftheirownfamilyandtheirownnation.4.Theirowntreasuredwaysoflife.5.Tolearnhowtocommunicateacrosscultures.6.Todevelopabroaderworldviewandamoreglobalpsychology.VocabularyandStructureExercisesⅠ.MultipleChoiceACBDABCBCAⅡ.BlankFilling1.signal2.contact3.expressed4.cultures5.reality6.solve7.whatever8.Global9.distance10.increaseШ.Structure1.hasstopped/stops2.amnotwearing3.havebeensetup4.finish/havefinished5.willhavebeen6.opens7.isworking8.hadleft9.waswatching10.haveseenTanslation1.Ittakeslove,patienceandwisdomtoraisechildren.2.Ipreferwalkingtocycling.3.Peopleexpresstheirideasbymeansoflanguage.4.Whathesaysistrue.5.Theycameoutoftheclassroom,talkingandlaughing.6.Thisbookisworthreading.globaladj.全球的；总体的；球形的Therewillbeonlyoneglobalcurrency.globalvillage地球村;世界村;全球村globaleconomy全球经济globalwarming全球变暖globalclimate全球气候globev.(使)成球状n.地球；地球仪；球体globalizev.使全球化globalizationn.全球化Para.1expressn.快车，快递vt.表达；快递Herfaceexpressedsorrow.Jackcanexpresshimselfeloquently.expresstrain特别快车;快车Expressway快速路;高速公路;[公路]快车道adj.expressive表现的；有表现力的；表达…的n.expression表达；表情；表现力expressionless无表情的expressionism表现主义expressiveness善于表现；表情丰富expressage快递业务；速递费Para.1shrinkn.收缩vi.收缩；畏缩;使缩小[过去式shrank/shrunk过去分词shrunk/shrunken现在分词shrinking]Thiskindofclothshrinkseasily.这种布爱缩水。There'sacatshrinkingonthesofa.有只猫蜷缩在沙发上。Idonotshrinkfromthisresponsibility--Iwelcomeit.shrinkfrom退避；在…前面畏缩shrinkintooneself缩成一团；变得沉默adj.shrinking畏缩的；犹豫不决的shrunken缩小的，缩拢的n.shrinkage收缩；减低Para.1formn.形式，形状；形态，外形；方式；表格vt.构成，组成；排列，组织；产生，塑造vi.形成，构成；排列Westandoutthebreakupinanyform.Particlesofwetflourcoheredtoformapaste.intheformof以…的形式inform在形式上applicationform申请表，申请书adj.former从前的，前者的；前任的formal正式的；拘谨的；有条理的Para.2transportationn.运输；运输系统；运输工具；流放Apowerfailurecreatedanemergencyintrafficandtransportation.transportationbusiness运输业urbantransportation城市交通railwaytransportation铁路运输roadtransportation公路运输airtransportation空运；航空运输watertransportation水路运输landtransportation陆路运输transportn.运输；运输机；狂喜；流放犯vt.运输；流放；使狂喜Para.2communicationn.通讯，[通信]通信；交流Everythingyoudoisbasedonsometypeofcommunication.v.communicate通讯，传达；交流adj.communicative交际的；爱说话的，健谈的communicational通信的；通讯的；交往的n.communicativeness交流；健谈；通信联络Para.2reducevt.减少；降低；使处于；把…分解vi.减少；缩小；归纳为reduceby减少了Theyhavetoreduceexpensesthisyear.Shetriedtoreduceherweight.她设法降低她的体重。Wecanreducehisspeechtothreesentences.Webattledtoreduceourtaxes.Para.2distancen.distance距离；远方；疏远；间隔Distanceisyourenemy.distanceeducation远程教育;遥距教育;远程教学inthedistance在远处longdistance长途电话局，长途通迅distanceoneselffrom使远离；使疏远distantadj.遥远的；冷漠的；远隔的Thismayallseemlikeadistantdream.Onewhowasdistantcameneartomeinthemorning.Para.2keepapartkeepin隐瞒，隐藏；抑制；继续燃烧keepon继续；穿着…不脱keepup保持；继续；不低落；不落后keepupwit