(外教社)全新版大学英语综合教程第二册第四单元课后练习答案unit 4 book 2

Key to Exercises of College EnglishBook 2Unit 4★ Text AVocabularyI.1. 1) conversely 2). but then 3) symptom 4) spitting 5) abusing 6) tone7) took…in 8) editing 9) have arranged 10) in sight 11) stretched 12) data2. 1) The sight of teenagers smoking cigarettes jars on me.2) A lot of American teenagers don’t like street gangs,but they find themselves gettingsucked in.3) Jeffrey’s computer crashed again this morning. The manager has arranged for atechnician from the computer store to check and repair it.4) During the Vietnam War, many young Americans fled their country to avoid militaryservice/fled to other countries to avoid military service.5) The new government is planning an anti-corruption campaign so as to restore people’sconfidence in it.3. 1) the virtual, on line, via 2) nightmare, routine, any appointment, arrange for3) cue, remarks, his tuneII. 1. We came here all the way on foot.2. Private cars are not allowed on campus.3. They are on vocation in Florida.4. Mary has been talking to her friend on the phone for an hour.5. Don’t worry, Lucy is always on time.6. Industrial demand on fuel is on the rise.III. 1. hard 2. difficult 3. impossible 4. tough 5. hard 6. EasyComprehensive ExerciseI.1. 1) internet 2) click 3) virtual 4) routines5) arrange 6) nightmare 7) annoying 8) connection9) crawls 10) take in 11) spit 12) data13) sucked into 14) At times 15) flee 16) on line2. 1) companion 2) deliver 3) access 4) enables 5) customers6) delights 7) provides 8) small 9) remote 10) informationII. Translation1. 1) Research shows that laughter can bring a lot of health benefits.2) A slow Internet connecting speed is really annoying.3) As the law stands, helping someone commit suicide is a crime.4) In her report, Mary tries to interpret the data from a completely different angle.5) Sue is a girl of great talent. Her amazing memory sets her apart from her classmates.2. Perhaps you envy me for being able to work from home on the computer. I agree that theInternet has made my job a lot easier. I can write，submit and edit articles via email, chat with my colleagues on line and discuss work with my boss. With a click of the mouse, I can get all the data I need and keep up with the latest news. But then, communicating through the Net can be frustrating at times. The system may crash. Worse still, without the emotional cues of face-to-face communication, the typed words sometimes seem difficult to interpret.★ Text BComprehension Check:1. c2. a3. a4. b5. d6. cLanguage Practice1．1) d 2) e 3) a 4) c 5) b 6) f 7) g 8) h2．1) vehicle 2) hooked on 3)intense4)worldwide 5)overnight 6)slipped7) on the whole 8) called forth 9) outwards10)Needless to say 11) to my knowledge 12) On top of that。

全新版大学英语综合教程4〔第二版〕习题答案Unit 1VocabularyI.1.1) alliance 2) at the cost of3) stroke 4) limp5) minus 6) regions7) declarations 8) siege9) raw 10) bide his time11) have taken their toll 12) in the case of2.1) is faced with 2) get bogged down3) is pressing on / pressed on 4) drag on5) get by 6) dine out7) have cut back 8) get through3.1) lead to the conquest of cancer in the near future2) has been brought to a halt by the delayed arrival of raw materials due to the dock workers’ strike3) will/should never get in the way of her career4) caught the foreign minister off guard5) of the electronic calculator has rendered the slide rule out of date/obsolete4.1) Being faced with … the occupation of …regions2) crucial to … efficient … to reckon with … weaken … be brought to a halt3) a heroic … the decisive … turned the tide … siege … by launchingII.More Synonyms in Context1) During the First World War, battles occurred here and there over vast areas. Some of the most dramatic fighting took place inthe gloomy trenches of France and Belgium.2) Elizabeth made careful preparations for the interview and her efforts / homework paid off.3) I spent hours trying to talk him into accepting the settlement, but he turned a deaf ear to all my words.4) Pneumonia had severely weakened her body, and I wondered how her fragile body could withstand the harsh weather.III. Usage1) fall ill2) lay dead at home for two weeks3) dropped dead from a heart attack4) fell asleep.5) marrying young6) to sit still for longer than a few minutesComprehensive ExercisesI. Cloze1. 1) invasion 2) stand in the way3) Conquest 4) catching... off his guard5) launching 6) declaration7) campaign 8) drag on9) reckon with 10) bringing...to a halt2. 1) allow2) reckoned3) highly 4) forecasts5) rapidly 6) instant7) delivery 8) advantage9) observing 10)powerfulII. Translation1. 1) Mr. Doherty and his family are currently engaged in getting the autumn harvest in on the farm.2) We must not underestimate the enemy. They are equipped with the most sophisticated weapons.3) Having been cut of a job/Not having had a job for 3months, Phil is getting increasingly desperate.4) Sam, as the project manager, is decisive, efficient, and accurate in his judgment.5) Since the chemical plant was identified as the source of solution, the village neighborhood committee decided to close it down at the cost of 100 jobs.2. The offensive had already lasted three days, but we had not gained much ground. The division commander instructed our battalion to get around to the rear of the enemy at night and launch a surprise attack. To do so, however, we had to cross a marshland and many of us were afraid we might get bogged down in the mud. Our battalion commander decided to take agamble. By a stroke of luck, thanks to the severely cold weather which made the marshland freeze over, we arrived at our destination before dawn and began attacking the enemy from the rear. This turned the tide of the battle. The enemy, caught off guard, soon surrendered.Unit 2VocabularyI.1. 1) expansion 2) automated 3) vapor 4) take control of5) hazards 6) satellite 7) vibrated 8) magnetic9) bunched 10) in the air 11) got/was stuckin 12) approximately2. 1) send out 2) stand up for 3) pass for 4) were closing inon5) starting up 6) went through 7) fill out 8) fall into3. 1) incorporates all the latest safety features2) two trees ten feet apart3) awarding lucrative contracts to his construction firm4) the prototype of a new model before they set up a factory to makethe cars5) are correlated in all racial groups4.1) the application… remote… has turned into a reality… are poisedto2) that vibrate… can detect… frequency3) lanes… are mounted in… alert a… hazardII. Word FormationClipped Words Blendskilo kilogram Medicare medical carememo memorandum email electronic mailgym gymnasium comsat communications satellitelib liberation newscast news broadcastdoc doctor skyjack sky hijackvet veterinarian Eurodollar European dollarprep preparatory brunch breakfast and lunchauto automobile telecast television broadcastflu influenza Oxbridge Oxford and CambridgeIII. Usage1. swimming pool2. drawing board3. enriched Middle English4. disturbing change5. fully developed prototype6. Canned foods7. working population 8. puzzling differencesComprehensive ExercisesI. Cloze1. 1) computerized 2) start up 3) be poised to 4) alert5)hazards6) monotonous 7) take control of 8) steer 9) lane 10) decrease11) calculate 12) eliminate 13) getting stuck in 14) mounted15) detect 16) vapor2.1) generates 2) related 3) revolutionized 4) enabled 5) opportunities 6) overall 7) manufacturing 8)dependent9) interact 10) fatalitiesII. Translation1. 1) There was an unusual quietness in the air, except for the sound of artillery in the distance.2) The expansion of urban areas in some African countries has been causing a significant fall in living standards and an increase in social problem.3) The research shows that atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are closely correlated with global temperatures.4) The frequency of the bus service has been improved from 15 to 12 minute recently.5) The diver stood on the edge of the diving board, poised to jump at the signal from the coach.2. Automobiles have, since their invention, revolutionized transportation, changing forever the way people live, travel, and do business. On the other hand, they have brought hazards, especially highway fatalities. However, today the application of computer technology and electronic sensors in designing and manufacturing cars makes it possible to eliminate most of traffic accidents. For example, electronic sensors mounted in your car can detect alcohol vapor in the air and refuse to start up the engine. They can also monitor road conditions by receiving radio signals sent out from orbiting satellites and greatly reduce your chances of getting stuck in traffic jams.Unit 3Language Sense Enhancement1. (1) checked with (2) interview (3) grill (4) clippings (5) be right for (6) follow up (7) indicating(8) hand-delivered (9) prepared (10) prospectiveVocabularyI.1.1) rude 2) physically 3) structure 4) made a difference5) blurted (out) 6) chuckling 7) measurable 8) prospective9) preparations 10) sparkled 11) took a crack at 12) partner2.1) go after 2) look back at/on 3) be put up 4) stood for5) build in 6) follow up 7) be hooked up to 8) closed up3.1) grilled her about where she had been all night2) beyond Cinderella's wildest dreams that she could one day dance in the King’s palace3) will be in readers’ hands soon4) do your homework before going on an interview5) was in the neighborhood of 150 dollars4. 1) applicants…veteran…th e prospective2) From his standpoint…has made every endeavor to go after3) as the saying goes…to have a crack at…barelyII. Words with Multiple Meanings1. behave2. keep (used to avoid repetition)3. clean4. get along5. perform/complete6. perform/complete7. study8. be enough9. be acceptableIII. Usage1. There is so much to say and it is hard to know where to begin. OK, I’ll talk about myself first.2. Thank you very much, John, for your beautiful Christmas card. By the way, I have something here for you.3. The new computer language can be quite easily understood by anyone who can read the daily newspaper. Now, why is this an advantage?4. I’m going to work out the outline and will let you know how it goes. By the way, I will see you in February, as I plan to attend your seminar in Shanghai.5. OK, you got the job. Now, how to maximize your profits with as little effort as possible?6. Chris is back from Australia. Incidentally, those pictures you sent me are wonderful.Comprehensive ExercisesI. Cloze1. 1) prospective 2) As I see it 3) done your homework4) beforehand5) endeavor 6) structure7) partners 8) Respond 9) take a crack10) from the standpoint (11) make a difference 12) follow up 2. 1) encouraging 2) inquiry 3) relevant 4) samples5) references 6) advice 7) preparing 8) seriously9) probably 10) exhibitII. Translation1. 1) Despite the inadequate length of the airstrip in this emergency landing, the veteran pilot managed to stop the plane after taxiing for only a short while.2) Grilled by the reporters, the movie star eventually blurted (out) that she had undergone two plastic surgeries.3) We have the technology and our partner has the capital. Working toget her, we’ll have the future in our hands.4) If I had known beforehand that you would bring so many friends home,I would have made better preparations. You see, I have barely enough food and drinks for a snack.5) People gave generously upon learning that new school rooms with stronger structures were to be built in the earthquake-stricken area.2. Well begun, half done, as the saying goes. It is extremely important for a job applicant to do his homework while seeking employment. From my standpoint, whether or not one has done his homework clearly makes a differences in his chance of success.I have a friend who is earning somewhere in the neighborhood of 100,000 dollars a year in a large computer software company. He told me that from his own experience the decision makers who interview prospective employees like people who are well prepared. Those who make no endeavor to learn as much about his prospective employer as possible don't have much of a chance of success.Unit 4VocabularyI.1. 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) clean up 8) turn away3. 1) makes no/little difference whether we go there by train or by bus2)overtaken General Motors as the world’s biggest car maker3)at odds with his wife over money matters4)been at the forefront of nanotechnology research5)let alone cook a meal4. 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 scaleComprehensive ExercisesI. Cloze1. 1) academics 2) networking3) a variety of 4) growth5) vanish 6) facilitate7) endorsing 8) outlook9) sweeping aside 10) patriotic11) erasing 12) strike a balance2.1. aided2.effects3.distances4. connected5. invested6. features7. prevailing 8. qualitatively9. volume 10. DistinguishingII. Translation1. 1) Due to his pessimistic outlook on the European economy, John has 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 with 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 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 Internet has strengthened the links between Chinese young people and those elsewhere. They follow the latest trend and copy foreign fashions. Some of them don’t seem to care for traditional Chinese virtues,let alone carry them forward, which has given rise to worries that the traditional Chinese culture might one day vanish.Unit 5VocabularyI.1. 1) In a way 2) in accordance with 3) vacancy 4) in good condition5) transparent 6) rub 7) spicy 8) hitherto 9) with (a) bad grace 10) instinct 11) pawned 12) current 2.1) turned up 2) will stick to 3) brought back 4)go about 5) driving at 6) put …away 7) turning …over 8) took …aback3. 1) has a very weak constitution --- she may not be able to survive the operation.2) was taken aback by the insurance company’s rejection of my compensation claim3) was something of a surprise when we ran into each other in a place like that.4) needs trimming/ to be trimmed ---it’s getting too long.5) are often deceptive4.1) Oddly en ough …went broke …wrinkled … he had gone all to pieces2) definite … is capable of …her vanity3) too mild … sipping … strokeII. Usage1. Except for2. except that3. except4. except when5. except to6. except what7. except where8. except thatComprehensive exercisesI. Cloze1.1) insane 2)current 3) candid 4) capable 5) was taken aback6) in good condition 7) constitution 8) go all to pieces 9)gone broke 10) vacancy 11) mild 12) deceptive2.1) suspected 2) pleading 3) confirmed 4) stunned 5) lucrative6) jewellery 7) wealthy 8) urge 9) spell 10) arrestedII.Translation1. 1) I have an instinct that Henry will seek to join the expedition, because he is something of an adventurer.2) He is capable of sticking to the task at hand, even if he is exposed to noises.3) The trademark was registered in accordance with the laws hitherto in force.4)Oddly enough, many people volunteered to help organize the meeting, but only a few turned up.5) The teacher’s affectionate words, along with his candid comments, changed the way Mike perceived the society and himself.2. For my own part, I find that appearances are all too often deceptive. For instance, you might be wrong if you judged by appearances only people like Edward Hyde Burton. In appearance, he seemed a man all of a piece. He was a tiny little fellow with white hair and mild blue eyes, gentle and candid. Nevertheless, he turned out to be very cruel. He insulted and fooled Lenny who was down and out and made him commit himself to an insane venture. What was still more surprising was that he was completely indifferent to Lenny’s death. Without doubt, Burton was a man with a heart of stone.Unit 6Vocabulary1. 1) appliances 2) comparative 3) multiply4) distribution5) prosperity 6) decorate7) famine8) large quantities of/ a large quantity of9) streamline10) fax11) pointed the way to 12) bewildered2. 1) eat into 2) cling to3) stand out/ stood out 4) wears away5) set about 6) switch off7) will be turned loose 8) poured in3. 1) is forecast to be below average next year, which at the moment is4 percent.2) to enter the building and find the baby girl proved futile as rescuers were driven out by the heat and flames.3) was urged to divert some of its attention from expanding production and get more involved with issues of market demand.4) can really eat heavily into your profits when you are selling suits at ￡900 and dresses at ￡2,000.5) has toiled endlessly over the exercise machine for the last twenty years in order to keep her body in shape.4. 1) reaction to… discontent… provoked2) C onvention… evading tax… the confines of3) a burden… are always on the go/ seem forever on the go… to copeII. Confusable Words1. 1) nervousness 2) tension 3) stress… stress 4) tension2. 1) honorary 2) Honorable 3) honorable4) honorary 5) honorable 6) HonoraryIII. Usage1) Dealing with the extinction crisis is no simple matter. Is it sensible, we may ask, to spend large sums of money to save some species – be it an elephant or an orchid – in a nation in which a large proportion of the population is living below the poverty line?2) This new technology could be used anywhere large numbers of people need to be quickly screened --- at airports, train stations, bus terminals or border crossings. However, experts suspect, there is also the risk that people will learn to fool the machine the same way they try to fool polygraph readings by controlling their breath or taking drugs to relax themselves.3) With a high percentage of marriages ending in divorce, often due to financial difficulties, you would say that money is a big factor in making a good marriage. But, believe it or not, it isn’t money that ensures youa happy marriage; it is your philosophy of life that does.4) Not all the risks on the Internet are sexual, you know. Sites promoting violence are just a click away, and may include instructions for making bombs and other destructive devices.Comprehensive Exercises1. 1) switch off 2) obliged 3) on the go 4) cope5) shortage 6) large quantity of 7) pouring in 8) by nature9) fraction 10) futile2. 1) advantage 2) wisely 3) faithfully4) waking 5) includes6) schedule7) sticking 8) priorities 9) set10) respectTranslation1. 1) They are exploring the new frontiers of medical science in an attempt to find remedies for incurable diseases/ cures for diseases that are beyond remedy so far.2) Her unique teaching methods apart, Ms Wilson, my math teacher, never tried to cram knowledge into my head.3) The regular weather forecast by the Central TV Station keeps us up with the changes of weather wherever we go on a trip.4) The appalling explosion started a big fire and caused the partial collapse of the building.5) In the modern world, there are more ways than ever to waste away time, and all kinds of distractions are eating into our precious time.2. Today we are under constant pressure to work longer hours, to produce more, and to possess more. Lots of people hold the wrong perception that happiness lies in working hard and earning well/ good money.Many women today feel the same stress to work and get ahead and, at the same time, to nurture their offspring and shoulder the burden of domestic responsibilities.Research shows that workaholism tends to distance us from our immediatefamilies. It forces us to toil longer and longer hours, leaving a minute fraction of our time to be physically and emotionally available to our loved ones. Intimacy among family members is doomed to die in the process.Unit 7Vocabulary:I.1. 1) divined 2) nerves 3) solidarity 4) sacred… mourn 5) coated6) perish 7) hijack 8) grief9) farewell 10) take revenge on 11) revolves 12) denounced 2. 1) drop… off2) applied for 3) went off 4) are gaining on5) bring down 6) blotted out 7) think back on 8) picking at3. 1) brought down the American housing market in 20082) what will happen after his son steps into his shoes?3) not in the mood to go out4) long before the market began to show signs of weakness5) mourn the loss of the tranquil life we had in the countryside 4. 1) in the aftermath of… to blot our… the tragic2) armed… at dust… accomplices… explosives3) in the space of… no illusionII. Collocation:1. a little of2. a few; most of / many of3. much4. few5. many6. many of7. much of8. little9. few of 10. Someage:1. As the boy grew older2. she sings as beautifully as a nightingale / sings like a nightingale3. they don’t see themselves as servants of the people4. As she had left her key in the office5. Just do as you are told6. Areas once regarded as rural7. as they do in China8. As he was brave and loyal as wellComprehensive Exercises:I. Cloze1. 1) mood 2) tragic 3) in the … aftermath of4) chaos 5) toppling 6) solidarity7) take revenge on8) thinking back on9) mourning 10) perished2. 1) crashed 2) horrible 3) harsh 4) protect 5) remove6) utterly 7) truly 8) justify 9) rewarded 10) devastatingII. Translation1. 1) Some high-ranking officers of the armed forces started a coup, toppling the government and throwing the country into chaos.2) The falling market shattered the illusion about getting rich quickly.3) Thinking back on the history of World War II, we can see that the formation of theAllies was the natural product of the development of political and military circumstances then.4) Paul felt stung when Jim called him a religious fanatic. But as he was in no mood for a quarrel/not in a quarreling mood, he simply pretended not to hear it.5) People say that time heals all wounds. But for those who have lost their loved ones in the event, will time fill up the void in their hearts?2. Today, long after the earthquake shook/hit my tometown, I can still recall, in crystal detail, what I saw as I ran out of my home with my parents. The building just across the street toppled right before our eyes, debris flew everywhere and a cloud of choking dust blotted out the sun. Horror-stricken people ran in all directions, crying and screaming. Now, many years after that tragic event, a new town has risen on the wreckage of the old one. In the town square, a memorial has been build to remember those killed in the disaster. It seems the wounds in people’s hearts have healed, but the memory will linger.Unit 8VocabularyI.1. 1) heap 2) was smeared 3) w armed 4) dissolve5) thrash 6) out of the w ay 7) hollows 8) tangled9) get his hands on 10) opaque11) at the edge of …illumined 12) hop2. 1) take…apart2) result from3) run out of 4) feed on5) come forward 6) woke up 7) focused on 8) set tled over3. 1) was dying to see the movie bases on it2) as a rule, the sheer distance mutes all sounds from the ground3) fuss too much over details4) slumped into anarmchair (feeling) completely exhausted5)was reputed to be the wittiest woman of her time4. 1) swarmed to…the spectacular…paddled2) in the heart of…out of the range of …trailing over … gliding in3) Day after day…strip…the heaving…slapII. Confusable Words1. 1) worth 2) worthy 3) wort hwhile4) worth…worth5) worthwhile 6) worthy2. 1) lone 2) alone 3) alon e4) lonely 5) lonely 6) alone…lonelyIII. Usage1. ice-cream2. teas3. wines 4 . cloth 5. soap6. beer7. fuels8. soils9. sugars10. grassComprehensive ExercisesI. Cloze1. 1) are dying to 2) in the heart of 3) tangled4) paddles5) loop 6) out of sight 7) in flocks 8) hopping9) gliding 10) opaque 11) th rashing 12) darting13) swarms 14) spectacular2.1) running 2) fancy 3) incorpo rate 4) exploring5) guide 6) adventure 7) r arely 8) diverse9) survive 10) luckyII. Translation1. 1) Janet was just the kind of girl Mike knew he could trust, so he bared his heart to her on their first date.2) At first the girls played on the fringe of the dark forest, now laughing, now screaming, but before long they were out of sight.3) The moment the football players disembarked from the plane, they sawa fleet of cars waiting for their arrival.4) Carson condemned his opponent for using misleading information to smear his character.5) Alex gave the policeman a wallet stuffed with banknotes. He said he had found it on the curb when he hopped off his school bus.2. Last Wednesday, my classmate Caroline and I visited Zhouzhuang, a well-known town looped all around by streams. When we arrived at the town, Caroline was so excited that she darted towards the first bridge she saw and began singing loudly there. Suddenly her voice hushed when she found that she had startled a flock of ducks not too far from us. Now as Caroline was dying for a boat ride, we decided to tour the town by boat. Now loud, now soft, Caroline talked to all the creatures in the stream and was fussing about everything while I looked at the boats gliding over the water in silence. Though we did not see anything spectacular, we enjoyed every minute in the town that lies out of the range of the heavy traffic and noise of the large city.Zhouzhuang is worth visiting and, time permitting, I’d like to go there again.。

Unit 4 Imagination and CreativityText A Was Einstein a Space Alien?VocabularyI.1.1) accordingly 2) loose 3) concentration 4)stimulating 5) fabric 6)if anything 7)reality 8) intuition9) trifle 10) at the turn of the century 11) mess12) undermine2. 1) approve of 2) slow down 3) taken in 4) sucked into5) set apart 6) dozed off 7)call forth 8)stretch into9) keep up with 10)believe in3. 1)...provided inspiration for many artists and musicians over the decades.2)...is credited to his powers of imagination3)...on the foundations of an agricultural revolution4)...not to make any complaints in the presence of the nurse.5)...the outbreak of the Second World War.4. 1) flaw/came to the conclusion/would get nowhere2) in a row/dozed off/a mess of3) outbreak of/ has undermined / has strainedII. 1)With Christmas only a week away2) With his physical condition improving day by day3) With our GDP growing steadily4) With all the shops closed5) with her eyes closed6) With the fog lifting during the nightIII. 1) like/as 2) as 3) like 4) like/as5) as/like 6) as 7)like 8) asComprehensive Exercises1. Cloze1. 1) caution 2) came to the conclusion that 3)never get anywhere4)undermining 5) not give/care a fig 6) flaw7) beyond any doubt 8)foundation 9)remarkable/impressive10) imagination2. 1) extent 2)inventions 3)bet 4)manages 5)vision6)eventually 7)achievement 8)poverty 9) utilized 10)breakthroughII. Translation1.1) The volunteers sent/assigned by the Red Cross disinfected, with great caution, the drinking water inthe village so as to avoid an outbreak of plague.2)Einstein spent many years trying to unify the theories of electromagnetism and gravity but failed.3)Professor Wang received/won the Presidential Award for his excellence in stimulating students'creative imagination.4) As there were some major design flaws, the board of directors didn't approve of the economic stimuluspackage.5) Having realized that nobody could help him, Jordan finally came to the conclusion that he had to facereality and take up/meet the challenge by himself.2. What was remarkable about 2005 was perhaps that the UN declared it "The World Year of Physics". It was the 100th anniversary of Einstein's theory of relativity and the 50th anniversary of his death. In 1905 Einstein published five highly important essays in the history of science, thus revolutionizing physics. His great achievements can be credited to his impressive powers of imagination, constant questioning, and not giving a fig for authority. It is beyond doubt that Einstein was the greatest scientist in the 20th century.。

美国梦对不同的人有着不同的含义。

但对许多人，尤其是对移民而言，它意味着改善自己生活的机会。

对于他们，美国梦的含义就是才能与勤劳能让你从小木屋走向白宫。

托尼·特里韦索诺并没有爬那么高，但他成功地使自己的梦想成真。

托尼·特里韦索诺的美国梦弗雷德里克·C·克罗弗德他来自意大利罗马以南某地的一个遍地是石头的农庄。

他什么时候以及怎么到美国的，我不清楚。

不过，有天晚上，我看到他站在我家车库后面的车道上。

他身高五英尺七、八左右，人很瘦。

“我割你的草坪，”他说。

他那结结巴巴的英语很难听懂。

我问他叫什么名字。

“托尼·特里韦索诺，”他回答说。

“我割你的草坪。

”我对托尼讲，本人雇不起园丁。

“我割你的草坪，”他又说道，随后便走开了。

我走进屋子，心里有点不快。

没错，眼下这大萧条的日子是不好过，可我怎么能把一个上门求助的人就这么打发走呢？等我第二天晚上下班回到家，草坪已修整过了，花园除了草，人行道也清扫过了。

我便问太太是怎么回事。

“有个人把割草机从车库里推出来就在院子里忙活起来，”她回答说。

“我还以为是你雇他来的。

”我就把前晚的事跟她说了。

我俩都觉得奇怪，他怎么没提出要工钱。

接下来的两天挺忙，我把托尼的事给忘了。

我们在尽力重整业务，要让一部分工人回厂里来。

但在星期五，回家略微早了些，我又在车库后面看到了托尼。

我对他干的活夸奖了几句。

“我割你的草坪，”他说。

我设法凑了一小笔微薄的周薪，就这样托尼每天轻扫院子，有什么零活，他都干了。

我太太说，但凡有重物要搬或有什么要修理的，他挺派得上用场。

夏去秋来，凉风阵阵。

“克罗先生，块下雪了，”有天晚上托尼跟我说。

“等冬天到了，你让我在厂里干扫雪的活。

”啊，对这种执着与期盼，你又能怎样呢？自然，托尼得到了厂里的那份活儿。

几个月过去了。

我让人事部门送上一份报告。

他们说托尼干得挺棒。

一天我在车库后面我们以前见面的地方看到了托尼。

“我想当学徒，”他说。

Unit 4 GlobalizationBefore Reading1. An English Song—Imagine2. About the SubjectWatch and discussThink and construct3. Background InformationThe World Economic Forum (WEF)Samuel P. Huntington (1927-2008)Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)Global Reading1. Part Division of the Text2. Match the ideas3. Further UnderstandingFor Part 1&2 True or FalseFor Part 3&4 Questions and AnswersDetailed ReadingAfter Reading1. Useful Expressions2. Sentence Translation3. Dictation4. Writing Practice5. Picture Talking6. Proverbs and Quotations7. Supplementary ReadingSupplementary Reading1. Culture Notes2. Reading3. Comprehension TaskBefore Reading1 An English Song—Imagine(Directions:) Listen to the song and fill in the blanks with what you hear.ImagineImagine there’s no heaven.It’s easy if____ (=try).No hell below us, above us only sky.Imagine all the people____ for today, ah (=living).Imagine there’s no country. It isn’t hard to do.Nothing to kill or die for, and no _____ too (=religion).Imagine all the people living life in ____ (=peace).You may say I’m a _____, but I’m not the only one (=dreamer).I ____someday you’ll join us, and the _____ will be as one (=hope, = world).Imagine no _______. I wonder if you can (=possessions).No need for greed or _____(=hunger).A brotherhood of man.Imagine all the people ______all the world (=sharing).You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.I hope someday yo u’ll join us, and the world will live as one.2. About the SubjectWatch and discuss(Directions:) Watch the video clip “No Logo: brands globalization resistance”and discuss within your group questions given.1. What information can you get from the video?2. What is picked out as an example of showing globalization? Tell it inyour own words.Think and construct(Directions:) In the following, there are some words and expressions.Think and construct new expressions related toglobalization. Chang its part of speech if necessary.economy, international, growth, trade, loans, global, workers, foreign, investment, marketplace, political, phenomenon, world, level(=Tips: Economic Phenomenon, Political Globalization, Foreign Markets, International Organizations, Foreign Investments, Trade Globalization, Foreign Loans, World Economy, Economic Growth, Global Economy, International Marketplace, International Trade, Foreign Workers, Economic Level)3.Background InformationThe World Economic Forum (WEF)The World Economic Forum: an independent, international organization incorporated as a Swiss not-for-profit foundation whose motto is “entrepreneurship in the global public interest”. It believes that economic progress without social development is not sustainable, while social development without economic progress is not feasible.（插入图片WEF2010）Themes：Arts and Culture, Business and Management, Economy, Environment, Global Issue, Humanities, Science, Medicine and TechnologyIndustries:Automobile, Aerospace & Defence, Technology, Banking, Business Services, Chemicals, Energy, Engineering and Construction, Financial Services, Healthcare, Information Technologies, Institutionals, Media, Communication and Entertainment, Multi-industries, Retail and Consumer Goods, Transport Services, Travel and TourismChina and the World Economic ForumChinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang attended the 2010 World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting opened in Davos, Switzerland. The links between China and the WEF started in 1979, when a Chinese delegation was invited to the forum for the first time. Since then, China has played a much greater role within the WEF, including hosting the summer session three times.Samuel Phillips Huntington (1927–2008) ---An American Political Scientist His C hronologyMassachusettsNationality AmericanFields Political scienceInstitutions Harvard UniversityAlma mater Stuyvesant High SchoolHarvard University University of ChicagoYale UniversityKnown for Clash of CivilizationsInfluenced Fukuyama, ZakariaOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)Filipinos who migrate to other nations to find employment or support their families in the Philippines.Each year, more than a million Filipinos leave to work abroad through overseas employment agencies and other programs, including government sponsored ones. Overseas Filipinos often work as doctors,physical therapists, nurses, accountants, IT professionals, engineers, architects, entertainers, technicians, teachers, military servicemen, students, caregivers, domestic helpers and household maids ,Money sent by OFWs back to the Philippines is a major factor in the country's economy, amounting to more than US$10 billion in 2005. This makes the country the fourth largest recipient of foreign remittances behind India, China, and Mexico. The amount represents 13.5% of the Philippines' GDP , the largest in proportion to the domestic economy among the four countries mentioned. Overseas Filipinos sent $15.9 billion worth of remittances to the Philippines in 2008,Global Reading1. Part Division of the Text2. Match the ideas(Directions:) In the text, there are many names and ideas mentioned. Scan and match the idea presented in Column B with the person in Column A. There are more names listed.Column A Column BBrowder believes that national identity makes no difference for him. (T)Alex Mandl is also a fervent believer in globalization. He never viewshimself as an American. (F)(=He sees himself as American without hesitation.)Davos man refer to the members of the international business élite who trek each year to the Swiss Alpine town for the annual meeting of the WorldEconomic Forum. (T)At the World Economic Forum, the issues discussed include everything frompost-election Iraq and HIV in Africa to the global supply of oil and theimplications of nanotechnology. (T)Professor Samuel Huntington describes Davos Man as an emerging global superspecies and a threat. (T)Questions and AnswersDid global trade exist in the past? What did people doing global trade think of it then? (=Yes, global trade has been around for centuries. In the past, the corporations and countries that benefited from global trade were largely content to treat vast parts of the world as places to mine natural resources or sell finished products.)What is Goldman Sachs’ prediction about the world economy in the future?(=It predicted that four economies — Russia, Brazil, India and China — will become a much larger force in the world economy than widely expected, based on projections of demographic and economic growth, with China potentially overtaking Germany this decade. By 2050, these four newcomers will likely have displaced all but the U.S. and Japan from the top six economies in the world. )Who does Manila Woman refer to?(=It refers to low-paid migrant workers from Asia and elsewhere who are increasingly providing key services around the world.)What is the major difference between Davos Man and Manila Woman?(=Unlike Davos Man, Manila Woman is strongly patriotic.)What does the author think Davos Man need to figure out?(=Davos Man needs to figure out how to strike a balance on a global scale between being international and being national at the same time.)Detailed ReadingText AGlobalization is sweeping aside national borders and changing relations between nations. What impact does this have on national identities and loyalties? Are they strengthened or weakened? The author investigates.In Search of Davos Man1Peter Gumbel1 William Browder was born in Princeton, New Jersey, grew up in Chicago, and studied at Stanford University in California. But don't call him an American. For the past 16 of his 40 years he has lived outside the U.S., first in London and then, from 1996, in Moscow,1This text is adapted from the January 31, 2005 issue of Time.where he runs his own investment firm. Browder now manages $1.6 billion in assets.2In 1998 he gave up his American passport to become a British citizen, since his life is now centered in Europe. "National identity makes no difference for me," he says. "I feel completely international. If you have four good friends and you like what you are doing, it doesn't matter where you are. That's globalization."2 Alex Mandl is also a fervent believer in globalization, but he views himself very differently. A former president of AT&T, Mandl, 61, was born in Austria and now runs a French technology company, which is doing more and more business in China. He reckons he spends about 90% of his time traveling on business. But despite all that globetrotting, Mandl who has been a U.S. citizen for 45 years still identifies himself as an American. "I see myself as American without any hesitation. The fact that I spend a lot of time in other places doesn't change that," he says.3 Although Browder and Mandl define their nationality differently, both see their identity as a matter of personal choice, not an accident of birth3. And not incidentally, both are Davos Men, members of the international business élite who trek each year to the Swiss Alpine town for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, founded in 1971. This week, Browder and Mandl will join more than 2,200 executives, politicians, academics, journalists, writers and a handful of Hollywood stars for five days of networking, parties and endless earnest discussions about everything from post-election Iraq and HIV in Africa to the global supply of oil and the implications of nanotechnology. Yet this year, perhaps more than ever, a hot topic at Davos is Davos itself. Whatever their considerable differences, most Davos Men and Women share at least one belief: that globalization, the unimpeded flows of capital, labor and technology across national borders, is both welcome and unstoppable. They see the world increasingly as one vast, interconnected marketplace in which corporations search for the most advantageous locations to buy, produce and sell their goods and services.4 As borders and national identities become less important, some find that threatening and even dangerous. In an essay entitled "Dead Souls: The Denationalization of the American Elite," Harvard Professor Samuel Huntington describes Davos Man (a phrase that first got widespread attention in the 1990s) as an emerging global superspecies and a threat. The members of this class, he writes, are people who "have little need for national loyalty, view national boundaries as obstacles that thankfully are vanishing4, and see national governments as residues from the past whose only useful function is to facilitate the élite's global operations." Huntington argues that Davos Man's global-citizen self-image is starkly at odds with the values of most Americans, who remain deeply committed to their nation. This disconnect, he says, creates "a major cultural fault line5. In a variety of ways, the American establishment, governmental and private, has become increasingly divorced from the American people."2Browder now manages $1.6 billion in assets.: Right now there are $1.6 billion worth of assets under Browder’s management at his investment firm.3both see their identity as a matter of personal choice, not an accident of birth: both believe it is themselves, not the place of their birth, that decides their identity4view national boundaries as obstacles that thankfully are vanishing: regard national boundaries as obstacles that are disappearing, which is a piece of good news for them5a major cultural fault line: an important line dividing a culture into two camps, which is likely to cause problems5 Naturally, many Davos Men don't accept Huntington's terms. Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, argues that endorsing a global outlook does not mean erasing national identity. "Globalization can never provide us with cultural identity, which needs to be local and national in nature."6 Global trade has been around for centuries; the corporations and countries that benefited from it were largely content to treat vast parts of the world as places to mine natural resources or sell finished products. Even as the globalization of capital accelerated in the 1980s, most foreign investment was between relatively wealthy countries, not from wealthy countries into poorer ones. U.S. technology, companies and money were often at the forefront of this movement.7 However the past two decades have witnessed the rise of other significant players. The developed world is beating a path to China's and India's door — and Chinese and Indian companies, in turn, have started to look overseas for some of their future growth. Beijing has even started what it calls a "Going Out" policy that encourages Chinese firms to buy assets overseas. Asian nations are creating "a remarkable environment of innovation," says John Chambers, chief executive of Cisco Systems. "China and India are graduating currently more than five times the number of engineers that we are here in the U.S." That means that U.S. and European companies are now facing high-quality, low-cost competition from overseas. No wonder so many Western workers worry about losing their jobs. "If the issue is the size of the total pie, globalization has proved a good thing6," says Orit Gadiesh, chairman of consultants Bain & Co. "If the issue is how the pie is divided, if you're in the Western world you could question that.7"8 The biggest shift may just be starting. A landmark 2003 study by Goldman Sachs predicted that four economies — Russia, Brazil, India and China — will become a much larger force in the world economy than widely expected, based on projections of demographic and economic growth, with China potentially overtaking Germany this decade. By 2050, Goldman Sachs suggested, these four newcomers will likely have displaced all but the U.S. and Japan from the top six economies in the world.9 It's also entirely possible that the near future may see the pendulum of capital swing away from Davos Man-style globalization. One counterpoint is Manila Woman — low-paid migrant workers from Asia and elsewhere who are increasingly providing key services around the world. Valerie Gooding, the chief executive of British health care company BUPA, says the British and U.S. health care system would break down without immigrant nurses from the Philippines, India, Nigeria and elsewhere. Unlike Davos Man, she says, they're not ambivalent about being strongly patriotic.10 Not all Davos Men seek global markets, either. Patrick Sayer runs a private equity firm in France called Eurazeo, and complains there are still too many barriers to cross-border business in Europe, let alone the world. So he's focused Eurazeo on its domestic market. "I profit from being French in France. It's easier for me to do deals," Sayer says. "It's the same elsewhere. If you're not Italian in Italy, you won't succeed."6If the issue is the size of the total pie, globalization has proved a good thing: Globalization is good in that it helps make the pie bigger.7If the issue is how the pie is divided, if you're in the Western world you could question that.: When it comes to the question of how the pie is divided, Westerners could worry that non-Westerners might begin to take away a bigger share of the pie.11 That may sound like a narrow nationalism, yet it contains a hidden wisdom. Recall that Italy itself was, until 1861, not a unified nation but an aggregation of city-states. Despite tension between its north and south, there's no contradiction between maintaining a regional identity and a national one. Marco Tronchetti Provera, chairman of Telecom Italia, for example, can feel both Milanese and Italian at once, even as he runs a company that is aspiring to become a bigger international presence. The question is whether it will take another 140 years for Davos Man to figure out how to strike the same balance on a global scale.1. Difficult SentencesBrowder now manages $1.6 billion in assets.What information can you get from the sentence?(=Browder is quite a rich businessman and right now there are $1.6 billionworth of assets under at his investment firm.)2. Translate the sentence into Chinese(=布劳德如今掌管着价值16亿美元的资产。

Unit 11. 多尔蒂先生和他的家人目前正在农场忙于秋收：Mr. Doherty and his family are currently engaged in getting the autumn harvest in on the farm.2.我们不能低估敌人，他们装备了最先进的武器：We must not underestimate the enemy. They are equipped with the most sophisticated weapons.3. 菲尔已三个月没有找到工作了，正变得越来越绝望：Having been cut of a job/Not having had a job for 3months, Phil is getting increasingly desperate.4.作为项目经理，山姆办事果断，工作效率高，且判断准确：Sam, as the project manager, is decisive, efficient, and accurate in his judgment.5. 既然已证实这家化工厂是污染源，村委会决定将其关闭，为此损失了一百个工作岗位：Since the chemical plant was identified as the source of solution, the village neighborhood committee decided to close it down at the cost of 100 jobs.攻势已经持续了三天，但是我们并没有取得多少进展。

我们在前线与敌人交战的部队遇到了强力的抵抗。

师长（DIVISION COMMANDER）命令我们营（BATTALION）绕到敌人后方发起突然袭击。

然而，要绕到敌人后方，我们必须越过一片沼泽地（MARSHLAND）。

我们很多人担心会陷入泥潭之中。

我们营长决定冒一下险。

(外教社)全新版大学英语综合教程第二册第四单元课后练习答案unit-4-book-2Unit4 The Virtual WorldPart II Reading TaskComprehensionContent QuestionPair Work1.She used to be a television producer, but now she is a writer.2.She writes and edits articles online, submits them via email, and communicates with colleagues via the Internet, too.3.She could stay computer-assisted at home for weeks, going out only t get mail, newspapers and groceries.4.They feel as if they had become one with the computer, and life seems to be unreal.5.That people who grew used to a virtual life would feel an aversion to outside forms of socializing.6.She gets overexcited, speaks too much, and interrupts others.7.She is bad-tempered, easily angered, and attacks everyone in sight, all because she has8.9.111.122.The first paragraph describes the consequences of living a virtual life and the last tells of the author’s escape back into it. Together, they bring out the dilemma people at present are in: Because of modern technology, we have a choice between a virtual life and real life, but find both unsatisfactory.Language Sense Enhancement1.(1)routin e(2)for company (3)unemp loyment (4)externally(5)drugabuse(6)restore(7)fled(8)gym(9)setapart(10)appointmentsVocabulary I1.1)conversel y2)but then3)symptom4)spitting5)abusing 6)tone7)took; in8)editing9)havearranged10)insight11)stretched12)data2.1)smoking cigarettes jars on me.2)find themselves getting sucked in.3)has arranged for a technician from thecomputer store to check and repair it.4)fled their country to avoid militaryservice/fled to other countries to avoid military service.5)restore people’s confidence in it.3.1)the virtual; on line; via2)nightmare; routine; any appointment;arrange for3)cue; remarks; his tuneI.Collocation1.We came here all the way on foot.2.Private cars are not allowed on campus.3.They are on vacation in Florida.4.Mary has been talking to her friend on the phone for an hour.5.Don’t worry, Lucy is always on time.6.Industrial demand on fuel is on the rise.II.U sage1.hard2.difficult3.impossible4.tough5.hard6.easyprehensive Exercises IV.cloze1.(1)Intern et(2)click(3)virtual(4)routin es(5)arrang e (6)nightmare(7)annoying(8)connection(9)crawls(10)take in(11)spit(12)data(13)suckedinto(14)Attimes(15)flee(16)on line2.(1)compa nion (2)deliver(3)access(4)enable s(5)custom ers (6)delight s(7)provid es(8)small(9)remote(10)inform ationV.T ranslation1.1)Research shows that laughter can bring alot of health benefits.2)A show Internet connection speed is reallyannoying.3)As the law stands, helping someone commitsuicide is a crime.4)In her report, Mary tries to interpret thedata from a completely different angle.5)Sue is a girl of great talent. Her amazingmemory sets her apart from her classmates. 2.Perhaps you envy me for being able to work from home on the computer. I agree that the Internet has made my job a lot easier. I can write, submit and edit articles via email, chat with my colleagues on line and discuss work with my boss. With a click of the mouse, I can get all the data I need and keep up with the latest news. But then, communicating through the Net can be frustrating at times. The systemmay crash. Worse still, without the emotional cues of face-to-face communication, the typed words sometimes seem difficult to interpret.。

全新版⼤学英语第⼆册第四册unit4 Unit 4 GlobalizationBefore Reading1. An English Song—Imagine2. About the SubjectWatch and discussThink and construct3. Background InformationThe World Economic Forum (WEF)Samuel P. Huntington (1927-2008)Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)Global Reading1. Part Division of the Text2. Match the ideas3. Further UnderstandingFor Part 1&2 True or FalseFor Part 3&4 Questions and AnswersDetailed ReadingAfter Reading1. Useful Expressions2. Sentence Translation3. Dictation4. Writing Practice5. Picture Talking6. Proverbs and Quotations7. Supplementary ReadingSupplementary Reading1. Culture Notes2. Reading3. Comprehension TaskBefore Reading1 An English Song—Imagine(Directions:) Listen to the song and fill in the blanks with what you hear. ImagineImagine there’s no heaven.It’s easy if____ (=try).No hell below us, above us only sky.Imagine all the people____ for today, ah (=living).Imagine there’s no country. It isn’t hard to do.Nothing to kill or die for, and no _____ too (=religion).Imagine all the people living life in ____ (=peace).You may say I’m a _____, but I’m not the only one (=dreamer).I ____someday you’ll join us, and the _____ will be as one (=hope, = world).Imagine no _______. I wonder if you can (=possessions).No need for greed or _____(=hunger).A brotherhood of man.Imagine all the people ______all the world (=sharing).You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.I hope someday yo u’ll join us, and the world will live as one.2. About the SubjectWatch and discuss(Directions:) Watch the video clip “No Logo: brands globalization resistance”and discuss within your group questions given.1. What information can you get from the video?2. What is picked out as an example of showing globalization? Tell it inyour own words.Think and construct(Directions:) In the following, there are some words and expressions.Think and construct new expressions related toglobalization. Chang its part of speech if necessary.economy, international, growth, trade, loans, global, workers, foreign, investment, marketplace, political, phenomenon, world, level(=Tips: Economic Phenomenon, Political Globalization, Foreign Markets, International Organizations, Foreign Investments, Trade Globalization, Foreign Loans, World Economy, Economic Growth, Global Economy, International Marketplace, International Trade, Foreign Workers, Economic Level)3.Background InformationThe World Economic Forum (WEF)The World Economic Forum: an independent, international organization incorporated as a Swiss not-for-profit foundation whose motto is “entrepreneurship in the global public interest”. It believes that economic progress without social development is not sustainable, while social development without economic progress is not feasible.（插⼊图⽚WEF2010）Themes：Arts and Culture, Business and Management, Economy, Environment, Global Issue, Humanities, Science, Medicine and TechnologyIndustries:Automobile, Aerospace & Defence, Technology, Banking, Business Services, Chemicals, Energy, Engineering and Construction, Financial Services, Healthcare, Information Technologies, Institutionals, Media, Communication and Entertainment, Multi-industries, Retail and Consumer Goods, Transport Services, Travel and TourismChina and the World Economic ForumChinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang attended the 2010 World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting opened in Davos, Switzerland. The links between China and the WEF started in 1979, when a Chinese delegation was invited to the forum for the first time. Since then, China has played a much greater role within the WEF, including hosting the summer session three times.Samuel Phillips Huntington (1927–2008) ---An American Political Scientist His C hronologyMassachusettsNationality AmericanFields Political scienceInstitutions Harvard UniversityAlma mater Stuyvesant High SchoolHarvard University University of ChicagoYale UniversityKnown for Clash of CivilizationsInfluenced Fukuyama, ZakariaOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)Filipinos who migrate to other nations to find employment or support their families inthe Philippines.Each year, more than a million Filipinos leave to work abroad through overseasemployment agencies and other programs, including government sponsored ones.Overseas Filipinos often work as doctors,physical therapists, nurses, accountants, ITprofessionals, engineers, architects, entertainers, technicians, teachers, militaryservicemen, students, caregivers, domestic helpers and household maids ,Money sent by OFWs back to the Philippines is a major factor in the country'seconomy, amounting to more than US$10 billion in 2005. This makes the country thefourth largest recipient of foreign remittances behind India, China, and Mexico. Theamount represents 13.5% of the Philippines' GDP , the largest in proportion to thedomestic economy among the four countries mentioned. Overseas Filipinos sent $15.9billion worth of remittances to the Philippines in 2008,Global Reading1. Part Division of the Text2. Match the ideas(Directions:) In the text, there are many names and ideas mentioned. Scan and match the idea presented in Column B with the person in Column A. There are more names listed.Column A Column BBrowder believes that national identity makes no difference for him. (T)Alex Mandl is also a fervent believer in globalization. He never viewshimself as an American. (F)(=He sees himself as American without hesitation.)Davos man refer to the members of the international business élite who trek each year to the Swiss Alpine town for the annual meeting of the WorldEconomic Forum. (T)At the World Economic Forum, the issues discussed include everything frompost-election Iraq and HIV in Africa to the global supply of oil and theimplications of nanotechnology. (T)Professor Samuel Huntington describes Davos Man as an emerging global superspecies and a threat. (T)Questions and AnswersDid global trade exist in the past? What did people doing global trade think of it then? (=Yes, global trade has been around for centuries. In the past, the corporations and countries that benefited from global trade were largely content to treat vast parts of the world as places to mine natural resources or sell finished products.)What is Goldman Sachs’ prediction about the world economy in the future?(=It predicted that four economies — Russia, Brazil, India and China — will become a much larger force in the world economy than widely expected, based on projections of demographic and economic growth, with China potentially overtaking Germany this decade. By 2050, these four newcomers will likely have displaced all but the U.S. and Japan from the top six economies in the world. )Who does Manila Woman refer to?(=It refers to low-paid migrant workers from Asia and elsewhere who are increasingly providing key services around the world.)What is the major difference between Davos Man and Manila Woman?(=Unlike Davos Man, Manila Woman is strongly patriotic.)What does the author think Davos Man need to figure out?(=Davos Man needs to figure out how to strike a balance on a global scale between being international and being national at the same time.)Detailed ReadingText AGlobalization is sweeping aside national borders and changing relations between nations. What impact does this have on national identities and loyalties? Are they strengthened or weakened? The author investigates.In Search of Davos Man1Peter Gumbel1 William Browder was born in Princeton, New Jersey, grew up in Chicago, and studied at Stanford University in California. But don't call him an American. For the past 16 of his 40 years he has lived outside the U.S., first in London and then, from 1996, in Moscow,1This text is adapted from the January 31, 2005 issue of Time.where he runs his own investment firm. Browder now manages $1.6 billion in assets.2In 1998 he gave up his American passport to become a British citizen, since his life is now centered in Europe. "National identity makes no difference for me," he says. "I feel completely international. If you have four good friends and you like what you are doing, it doesn't matter where you are. That's globalization."2 Alex Mandl is also a fervent believer in globalization, but he views himself very differently. A former president of AT&T, Mandl, 61, was born in Austria and now runs a French technology company, which is doing more and more business in China. He reckons he spends about 90% of his time traveling on business. But despite all that globetrotting, Mandl who has been a U.S. citizen for 45 years still identifies himself as an American. "I see myself as American without any hesitation. The fact that I spend a lot of time in other places doesn't change that," he says.3 Although Browder and Mandl define their nationality differently, both see their identity as a matter of personal choice, not an accident of birth3. And not incidentally, both are Davos Men, members of the international business élite who trek each year to the Swiss Alpine town for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, founded in 1971. This week, Browder and Mandl will join more than 2,200 executives, politicians, academics, journalists, writers and a handful of Hollywood stars forfive days of networking, parties and endless earnest discussions about everything from post-election Iraq and HIV in Africa to the global supply of oil and the implications of nanotechnology. Yet this year, perhaps more than ever, a hot topic at Davos is Davos itself. Whatever their considerable differences, most Davos Men and Women share at least one belief: that globalization, the unimpeded flows of capital, labor and technology across national borders, is both welcome and unstoppable. They see the world increasingly as one vast, interconnected marketplace in which corporations search for the most advantageous locations to buy, produce and sell their goods and services.4 As borders and national identities become less important, some find that threatening and even dangerous. In an essay entitled "Dead Souls: The Denationalization of the American Elite," Harvard Professor Samuel Huntington describes Davos Man (a phrase that first got widespread attention in the 1990s) as an emerging global superspecies and a threat. The members of this class, he writes, are people who "have little need for national loyalty, view national boundaries as obstacles that thankfully are vanishing4, and see national governments as residues from the past whose only useful function is to facilitate the élite's global operations." Huntington argues that Davos Man's global-citizen self-image is starkly at odds with the values of most Americans, who remain deeply committed to their nation. This disconnect, he says, creates "a major cultural fault line5. In a variety of ways, the American establishment, governmental and private, has become increasingly divorced from the American people."2Browder now manages $1.6 billion in assets.: Right now there are $1.6 billion worth of assets under Browder’s management at his investment firm.3both see their identity as a matter of personal choice, not an accident of birth: both believe it is themselves, not the place of their birth, that decides their identity4view national boundaries as obstacles that thankfully are vanishing: regard national boundaries as obstacles that are disappearing, which is a piece of good news for them5a major cultural fault line: an important line dividing a culture into two camps, which is likely to cause problems5 Naturally, many Davos Men don't accept Huntington's terms. Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, argues that endorsing a global outlook does not mean erasing national identity. "Globalization can never provide us with cultural identity, which needs to be local and national in nature."6 Global trade has been around for centuries; the corporations and countries that benefited from it were largely content to treat vast parts of the world as places to mine natural resources or sell finished products. Even as the globalization of capital accelerated in the 1980s, most foreign investment was between relatively wealthy countries, not from wealthy countries into poorer ones. U.S. technology, companies and money were often at the forefront of this movement.7 However the past two decades have witnessed the rise of other significant players. The developed world is beating a path to China's and India's door — and Chinese and Indian companies, in turn, have started to look overseas for some of their future growth. Beijing has even started what it calls a "Going Out" policy that encourages Chinese firms to buy assets overseas. Asian nations are creating "a remarkable environment of innovation," says John Chambers, chief executive of Cisco Systems. "China and India are graduating currently more than five times the number of engineers that we are here in the U.S." That means that U.S. and European companies are now facing high-quality, low-cost competition from overseas. No wonder so many Western workers worry about losing their jobs. "If the issue is the size of the total pie, globalization has proved a good thing6," says Orit Gadiesh, chairman of consultants Bain & Co. "If the issue is how the pie is divided, if you're in the Western world you could question that.7"8 The biggest shift may just be starting. A landmark 2003 study by Goldman Sachs predicted that four economies — Russia, Brazil, India and China — will become a much larger force in the world economy than widely expected, based on projections of demographic and economic growth, with China potentially overtaking Germany this decade. By 2050, Goldman Sachs suggested, these four newcomers will likely have displaced all but the U.S. and Japan from the top six economies in the world.9 It's also entirely possible that the near future may see the pendulum of capital swing away from Davos Man-style globalization. One counterpoint is Manila Woman — low-paid migrant workers from Asia and elsewhere who are increasingly providing key services around the world. Valerie Gooding, the chief executive of British health care company BUPA, says the British and U.S. health care system would break down without immigrant nurses from the Philippines, India, Nigeria and elsewhere. Unlike Davos Man, she says, they're not ambivalent about being strongly patriotic.10 Not all Davos Men seek global markets, either. Patrick Sayer runs a private equity firm in France called Eurazeo, and complains there are still too many barriers to cross-border business in Europe, let alone the world. So he's focused Eurazeo on its domestic market. "I profit from being French in France. It's easier for me to do deals," Sayer says. "It's the same elsewhere. If you're not Italian in Italy, you won't succeed."6If the issue is the size of the total pie, globalization has proved a good thing: Globalization is good in that it helps make thepie bigger.7If the issue is how the pie is divided, if you're in the Western world you could question that.: When it comes to the question of how the pie is divided, Westerners could worry that non-Westerners might begin to take away a bigger share of the pie.11 That may sound like a narrow nationalism, yet it contains a hidden wisdom. Recall that Italy itself was, until 1861, not a unified nation but an aggregation of city-states. Despite tension between its north and south, there's no contradiction between maintaining a regional identity and a national one. Marco Tronchetti Provera, chairman of Telecom Italia, for example, can feel both Milanese and Italian at once, even as he runs a company that is aspiring to become a bigger international presence. The question is whether it will take another 140 years for Davos Man to figure out how to strike the same balance on a global scale.1. Difficult SentencesBrowder now manages $1.6 billion in assets.What information can you get from the sentence?(=Browder is quite a rich businessman and right now there are $1.6 billionworth of assets under at his investment firm.)2. Translate the sentence into Chinese(=布劳德如今掌管着价值16亿美元的资产。

全新版⼤学英语（第⼆版）综合教程第四册Unit4课后练习答案Unit 4Text AText rganization1.2.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 anaccident of birth.3.Davos Man believes that 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, interconnectedmarket-place in which corporations search for the most advantageous locations to buy, produce and sell their goods and services.VocabularyI.1) advantageous 2) 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 in 6) sucks in7) clean 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 world’s biggest carmaker.3)Shortly after their marriage, Mr. Chambers was at odds with hiswife over money matters.4)Henry has been at the forefront of nanotechnology research.5)She doesn’t 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 scaleIII. Usage1. An unusual present, a book on ethics, was given to Henry for his birthday.2. The reason(he gave) that he didn ’t notice the car till too late wasunsatisfactory.3. Football, his only interest in life, has brought him many friends.4. C loning 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. Cloze(A) 1. academics 3.a variety of 5. vanish 7. endorsing 9. sweeping aside 11. erasing(B)1. aided2.effects3.distances4. connected5. invested6. features7. prevailing8. qualitatively 9. volume 10. Distinguishing2. networking 4. growth 6. facilitate 8. outlook 10. patriotic 12. strike a balance2) 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 with 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 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 internet has strengthened the links betweenChinese young people and those elsewhere. They follow the latest trend and copy foreign fashions. Some of them don’t seem to care for traditional Chinese virtues, let alone carry them forward, which has given rise to worries that the traditional Chinese culture 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，那就是恐怖主义者们来⾃世界上全球化程度最低、最不开放、融合程度最低的地⽅：沙特阿拉伯、也门、阿富汗和巴基斯坦西北部。