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Unit4Globalization

BeforeReading

1.AnEnglishSong—Imagine

2.AbouttheSubject

Watchanddiscuss

Thinkandconstruct

3.BackgroundInformation

TheWorldEconomicForum（WEF）

SamuelP.Huntington（1927-2008）

OverseasFilipinoWorkers（OFWs）

GlobalReading

1.PartDivisionoftheText

2.Matchtheideas

3.FurtherUnderstanding

ForPart1&2TrueorFalse

ForPart3&4QuestionsandAnswers

DetailedReading

AfterReading

1.UsefulExpressions

2.SentenceTranslation

3.Dictation

4.WritingPractice

5.PictureTalking

6.ProverbsandQuotations

7.SupplementaryReading

SupplementaryReading

1.CultureNotes

2.Reading

3.ComprehensionTask

BeforeReading

1AnEnglishSong—Imagine

（Directions:

）Listentothesongandfillintheblankswithwhatyouhear.

Imagine

Imaginethere’snoheaven.

It’seasyif____（=try）.

Nohellbelowus,aboveusonlysky.

Imagineallthepeople____fortoday,ah（=living）.

Imaginethere’snocountry.Itisn’thardtodo.

Nothingtokillordiefor,andno_____too（=religion）.

Imagineallthepeoplelivinglifein____（=peace）.

YoumaysayI’ma_____,butI’mnottheonlyone（=dreamer）.

I____somedayyou’lljoinus,andthe_____willbeasone（=hope,=world）.

Imagineno_______.Iwonderifyoucan（=possessions）.

Noneedforgreedor_____（=hunger）.

Abrotherhoodofman.

Imagineallthepeople______alltheworld（=sharing）.

YoumaysayI’madreamer,butI’mnottheonlyone.

Ihopesomedayyou’lljoinus,andtheworldwillliveasone.

2.AbouttheSubject

Watchanddiscuss

（Directions:

）Watchthevideoclip“NoLogo:

brandsglobalizationresistance”anddiscusswithinyourgroupquestionsgiven.

1.Whatinformationcanyougetfromthevideo?

2.Whatispickedoutasanexampleofshowingglobalization?

Tellitin

yourownwords.

Thinkandconstruct

（Directions:

）Inthefollowing,therearesomewordsandexpressions.

Thinkandconstructnewexpressionsrelatedto

globalization.Changitspartofspeechifnecessary.

economy,international,growth,trade,loans,global,workers,foreign,investment,marketplace,political,phenomenon,world,level

（=Tips:

EconomicPhenomenon,PoliticalGlobalization,ForeignMarkets,InternationalOrganizations,ForeignInvestments,TradeGlobalization,ForeignLoans,WorldEconomy,EconomicGrowth,GlobalEconomy,InternationalMarketplace,InternationalTrade,ForeignWorkers,EconomicLevel）

3.BackgroundInformation

TheWorldEconomicForum（WEF）

TheWorldEconomicForum:

anindependent,internationalorganizationincorporatedasaSwissnot-for-profitfoundationwhosemottois“entrepreneurshipintheglobalpublicinterest”.Itbelievesthateconomicprogresswithoutsocialdevelopmentisnotsustainable,whilesocialdevelopmentwithouteconomicprogressisnotfeasible.（插入图片WEF2010）

Themes：

ArtsandCulture,BusinessandManagement,Economy,Environment,GlobalIssue,Humanities,Science,MedicineandTechnology

Industries:

Automobile,Aerospace&Defence,Technology,Banking,BusinessServices,Chemicals,Energy,EngineeringandConstruction,FinancialServices,Healthcare,InformationTechnologies,Institutionals,Media,CommunicationandEntertainment,Multi-industries,RetailandConsumerGoods,TransportServices,TravelandTourism

ChinaandtheWorldEconomicForum

ChineseVicePremierLiKeqiangattendedthe2010WorldEconomicForum（WEF）AnnualMeetingopenedinDavos,Switzerland.ThelinksbetweenChinaandtheWEFstartedin1979,whenaChinesedelegationwasinvitedtotheforumforthefirsttime.Sincethen,ChinahasplayedamuchgreaterrolewithintheWEF,includinghostingthesummersessionthreetimes.

SamuelPhillipsHuntington（1927–2008）---AnAmericanPolitical

ScientistHisChronology

Born

April18,1927（1927-04-18）

NewYorkCity,UnitedStates

Died

December24,2008（aged 81）

Martha'sVineyardMassachusetts

Nationality

American

Fields

Politicalscience

Institutions

HarvardUniversity

Almamater

StuyvesantHighSchool

HarvardUniversity

UniversityofChicago

YaleUniversity

Known for

ClashofCivilizations

Influenced

Fukuyama,Zakaria

OverseasFilipinoWorkers（OFWs）

FilipinoswhomigratetoothernationstofindemploymentorsupporttheirfamiliesinthePhilippines.

Eachyear,morethanamillionFilipinosleavetoworkabroadthroughoverseasemploymentagenciesandotherprograms,includinggovernmentsponsoredones.OverseasFilipinosoftenworkasdoctors,physicaltherapists,nurses,accountants,ITprofessionals,engineers,architects,entertainers,technicians,teachers,militaryservicemen,students,caregivers,domestichelpersandhouseholdmaids,

MoneysentbyOFWsbacktothePhilippinesisamajorfactorinthecountry'seconomy,amountingtomorethanUS$10billionin2005.ThismakesthecountrythefourthlargestrecipientofforeignremittancesbehindIndia,China,andMexico.Theamountrepresents13.5%ofthePhilippines'GDP,thelargestinproportiontothedomesticeconomyamongthefourcountriesmentioned.OverseasFilipinossent$15.9billionworthofremittancestothePhilippinesin2008,

GlobalReading

1.PartDivisionoftheText

Parts

Para（s）

MainIdeas

1

1~3

IntroductiontoDavosManandtheWorldEconomicForum

2

4~5

Debateovertheimpactofglobalizationoncurrentsocietyandculture

3

6~8

Historyofglobalizationanditsrecenttrendsandfutureprospects

4

9~11

Globalizationversusnationalismandthechallengesitfaces

2.Matchtheideas

（Directions:

）Inthetext,therearemanynamesandideasmentioned.ScanandmatchtheideapresentedinColumnBwiththepersoninColumnA.Therearemorenameslisted.

ColumnAColumnB

A.Therearestilltoomanybarrierstocross-borderbusinessinEurope,letalonetheworld.

B.ManilaWomanarestronglypatriotic.

C.Culturalidentityshouldbelocalandnationalinnature.

D.U.S.andEuropeancompaniesarenowfacinghigh-quality,low-costcompetitionfromoverseas.

E.IseemyselfasAmericanwithoutanyhesitation.

1.JohnChambers

2.MarcoTronchettiProvera

3.AlexMandl

4.PatrickSayer

5.KlausSchwab

6.WilliamBrowder

7.ValerieGooding

Key:

1D,3E,4A,5C,7B

3.FurtherUnderstanding

TrueorFalse

PeoplecallWilliamBrowderanAmerican,becausehewasborninPrinceton,NewJersey,grewupinChicago,andstudiedatStanfordUniversityinCalifornia.（F）

（=WilliamBrowderwasborninPrinceton,NewJersey,grewupinChicago,

andstudiedatStanfordUniversityinCalifornia.Butdon'tcallhiman

American.）

Browderbelievesthatnationalidentitymakesnodifferenceforhim.（T）

AlexMandlisalsoaferventbelieveringlobalization.Heneverviews

himselfasanAmerican.（F）

（=HeseeshimselfasAmericanwithouthesitation.）

Davosmanrefertothemembersoftheinternationalbusinessélitewhotrek

eachyeartotheSwissAlpinetownfortheannualmeetingoftheWorld

EconomicForum.（T）

AttheWorldEconomicForum,theissuesdiscussedincludeeverythingfrom

post-electionIraqandHIVinAfricatotheglobalsupplyofoilandthe

implicationsofnanotechnology.（T）

ProfessorSamuelHuntingtondescribesDavosManasanemergingglobal

superspeciesandathreat.（T）

QuestionsandAnswers

Didglobaltradeexistinthepast?

Whatdidpeopledoingglobaltradethinkofitthen?

（=Yes,globaltradehasbeenaroundforcenturies.Inthepast,thecorporationsandcountriesthatbenefitedfromglobaltradewerelargelycontenttotreatvastpartsoftheworldasplacestominenaturalresourcesorsellfinishedproducts.）

WhatisGoldmanSachs’predictionabouttheworldeconomyinthefuture?

（=Itpredictedthatfoureconomies—Russia,Brazil,IndiaandChina—willbecomeamuchlargerforceintheworldeconomythanwidelyexpected,basedonprojectionsofdemographicandeconomicgrowth,withChinapotentiallyovertakingGermanythisdecade.By2050,thesefournewcomerswilllikelyhavedisplacedallbuttheU.S.andJapanfromthetopsixeconomiesintheworld.）

WhodoesManilaWomanreferto?

（=Itreferstolow-paidmigrantworkersfromAsiaandelsewherewhoareincreasinglyprovidingkeyservicesaroundtheworld.）

WhatisthemajordifferencebetweenDavosManandManilaWoman?

（=UnlikeDavosMan,ManilaWomanisstronglypatriotic.）

WhatdoestheauthorthinkDavosManneedtofigureout?

（=DavosManneedstofigureouthowtostrikeabalanceonaglobalscalebetweenbeinginternationalandbeingnationalatthesametime.）

DetailedReading

TextA

Globalizationissweepingasidenationalbordersandchangingrelationsbetweennations.Whatimpactdoesthishaveonnationalidentitiesandloyalties?

Aretheystrengthenedorweakened?

Theauthorinvestigates.

InSearchofDavosMan

PeterGumbel

1WilliamBrowderwasborninPrinceton,NewJersey,grewupinChicago,andstudiedatStanfordUniversityinCalifornia.Butdon'tcallhimanAmerican.Forthepast16ofhis40yearshehaslivedoutsidetheU.S.,firstinLondonandthen,from1996,inMoscow,whereherunshisowninvestmentfirm.Browdernowmanages$1.6billioninassets.In1998hegaveuphisAmericanpassporttobecomeaBritishcitizen,sincehislifeisnowcenteredinEurope."Nationalidentitymakesnodifferenceforme,"hesays."Ifeelcompletelyinternational.Ifyouhavefourgoodfriendsandyoulikewhatyouaredoing,itdoesn'tmatterwhereyouare.That'sglobalization."

2AlexMandlisalsoaferventbelieveringlobalization,butheviewshimselfverydifferently.AformerpresidentofAT&T,Mandl,61,wasborninAustriaandnowrunsaFrenchtechnologycompany,whichisdoingmoreand