1、This three day get-together featured story-telling, hiking, camping and canoeing, all part of a larger lesson about conservation projects that can be used on both the Yangtze and Mississippi. After the group met at the Crane Foundation preserve, they headed south to canoe a stretch of the Kickapoo R
2、iver that winds its way through southwestern Wisconsin before joining the Mississippi. They paddled along a stretch of the Kickapoo River, where a 20-year preservation venture stopped encroachment by developers and protected the natural setting of the waterway. The students on the River Spirit Excha
3、nge ended their first night with singing and stories around the campfire. Organizers say the success and spirit of this first gathering of students will lead to other trips, including one down the Yangtze.Part2 listening for GistFour out of five of all children who got leukemia* in 1960 died. Now fo
4、ur out of every five survive. The secret of this miraculous change is the rosy periwinkle*, a forest flower which tribal doctors had used for centuries. The United States National Cancer Institute has identified more than 2,000 tropical rainforest plants with ability to fight cancer. In fact, about
5、4,000 of all drugs given out in the United States today owe much of their strength to chemicals from wildlife, largely from the rainforest. Other drugs include quinine, which comes from a South American tree, and sufferers from high blood pressure get relief from the snakeroot* plant from Indian for
6、ests. The armadillo*, of South America is helping us find a cure for leprosy*. Exercise Directions: Listen to the passage and write down the gist and the key words that help you decide. 1) This passage is about some wildlife from forests that can be used in the treatment of certain diseases. 2) The
7、key words are leukemia. survive: change. forest flower: 2.000 tropical rainforest vlants, fight cancer. quinine. a South American tree: high blood pressure. snakeroot: armadillo. leprosy. Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart1 dialogueHow to Succeed Dario: I think the most important thing you must
8、 have to succeed in Italy is er . of course, you have to be ambitious, because if you are not ambitious you cant reach your aim, your target. And you must have also a natural ability*, because you must adapt yourself and your work and er . enjoy your work, of course. And Italian people are used to w
9、orking a lot and to doing hard work. Of course you must also know the right people because if you want a job and you dont know anybody you have to work much harder. Interviewer: So if you were going to choose one factor, Dario, which one do you think would be the most important? Could you choose one
10、? Yes, ambition. interviewer: Thank you. (Dialogue B) Sue: I think that to be successful in Spain you need ambition, because its what makes you want to work and do something different. And I think natural ability is also important. To be a good musician and to succeed I think that you must have some
11、thing special. And I think that knowing the right people is important because it can save you a lot of time. You dont spend so much time trying to get something if you know people that can help you. What would you say is the most important thing? Ambition I think is the most important. (Dialogue C)
12、Taylor: I think the most important things are hard work, and good education, and natural ability. The Japanese have a traditional culture and we think that working industriously is a virtue, so laziness cannot be accepted by society. And a good education - anyone who wants to and who makes the effor
13、t can enter the famous universities, so er . when we estimate someones ability we look at whether hes graduated from university or not. But if someone wants to succeed, of course he needs ambition and natural ability. So for you, which is the most important factor? Oh, in Japan, hard work, definitel
14、y. You are going to listen to three people talking about how they succeeded in different countries. Take notes and complete the following grid. Country Profession Quality required The most important factor A Italy - Ambitious, adaptive, communicativecommunicativecommunicative Ambition B Spain Musici
15、an Ambitious, having natural ability, being able to know the right people C Japan Hard working, well-educated, ambitious, Hard work having natural ability Part 2 passageGlobal Economy of the 21st Century 1) The move toward a global economy has been further strengthened by the widespread adoption of
16、liberal economic policies. 2) Current trends suggest that the world is moving rapidly toward an economic system that is more favorable for the practice of international business. 3) The world may be moving toward a more global economic system, but globalization is not inevitable. 4) It is simply wor
17、th noting that even from a purely economic perspective, globalization is not all good. 5) The opportunities for doing business in a global economy may be significantly enhanced, but the risks associated with global financial contagion are greater. The last quarter of the century has seen rapid chang
18、es in the global economy. Barriers to the free flow of goods, services, and capital have been coming down. The volume of cross-border trade and investment has been growing more rapidly than global output, indicating that national economies are becoming more closely integrated into a single, interdep
19、endent, global economic system. As their economies advance, more nations and areas are joining the ranks of the developed world. A generation ago, South Korea and Singapore were viewed as second-tier developing areas. Now they boast powerful economies, and their firms are major players in many globa
20、l industries from shipbuilding and steel to electronics and chemicals. The move toward a global economy has been further strengthened by the widespread adoption of liberal economic policies by countries that for two generations or more were firmly opposed to them. Thus, following the normative presc
21、riptions of liberal economic ideology, in country after country we are seeing state-owned businesses privatized, widespread deregulation*, markets being opened to more competition, and increased commitment to removing barriers to cross-border trade and investment. This suggests that over the next fe
22、w decades, countries such as the Czech Republic, Poland, Brazil, China, and South Africa may build powerful market-oriented economies. In short, current trends suggest that the world is moving rapidly toward an economic system that is more favorable for the practice of international business. On the
23、 other hand, it is always hazardous to take established trends and use them to predict the future. The world may be moving toward a more global economic system, but globalization is not inevitable. Countries may pull back from the recent commitment to liberal economic ideology if their experiences d
24、o not match their expectations. Clearly, this would be a tougher world for international businesses to compete in. Moreover, greater globalization brings with it risks of its own. This was starkly demonstrated in 1997 and 1998 when a financial crisis in Thailand spread first to other East Asian nati
25、ons and then in 1998 to Russia and Brazil. Ultimately the crisis threatened to plunge the economies of the developed world, including the United States, into a recession. It is simply worth noting that even from a purely economic perspective*, globalization is not all good. The opportunities for doi
26、ng business in a global economy may be significantly enhanced, but as we saw in 1997-1998, the risks associated with global financial contagion* are also greater. Still, there are ways for firms to exploit the opportunities associated with globalization, while at the same time reducing the risks thr
27、ough appropriate hedging* strategies. Exercise A Pre-listening Question The following two factors must be taken into consideration although there are many others which will decide the future of the development. One is that the food and energy situation will become worse and worse with the increasing
28、 world population. The other is that our living environment has now been heavily polluted as a result of the booming of modem industries. People allover the world are now facing the pressures to preserve the environment. For example, rains of bitter taste sometimes mixed with fine grains of sand, bl
29、ack as coal, have been falling upon the roofs, hills and fields, rivers and lakes. Exercise B Sentence Dictation Listen to some sentences and write them down. You will hear each sentence three times. Exercise C Detailed Listening Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences. 1) The rapid changes have taken place in the past 25 years in the global economy because barriers to the free flow of goods, services, and capital have been coming down. 2) The volume of cross-border trade
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