全新版大学英语综合教程 第四册 Unit4课后练习答案

Unit 4

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Parts Part One Part Two Paragraphs Paras 1-3 Paras 4-5 Main Ideas Introduction to Davos Man and the World Economic Forum Debate over the impact of globalization on current society and culture Part Three Paras 6-8 History of globalization and its recent trends ppppPTThreand future prospects Part Four Paras. 9-11 Globalization versus nationalism and the challenges it faces 2.

Main Events 1. 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 an accident 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, interconnected market-place in which corporations search for the most advantageous locations to buy, produce and sell their goods and services. Vocabulary

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1) advantageous

2) let alone

3) witnessing/vanishing 4) landmark 5) entitled 6) displace

7) Establishment 8) patriotic/strengthen 9) contradictions 10) aspires 11) divorced 12) pendulums

2. 1) come to 2) dozed off

3) believed in 4) was set apart 5) take in 6) sucks in 7) clean up 8) turn away 3. 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 car maker.

3) Shortly after their marriage, Mr. Chambers was at odds with his wife 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 investment

b) economy/make an earnest/domestic/strike a balance between c) a handful of/be endorsed by/on a large scale II. Word Formation WTO World Trade Organization GDP Gross domestic product ATM Automated teller machine VAT Value-added tax CAD Computer-aided design IT Information technology IDD International direct dialing MTV Music television Radar Radio detecting and ranging IOC International Olympic Committee VIP Very important person Laser Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation CPU Central processing unit 世界贸易组织 国内生产总值 自动出纳机 增值税 计算机辅助设计 信息技术 国际直拨电话 音乐电视 雷达 国际奥委会 贵宾，大人物 激光 中央处理器 III. Usage 1. 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 was unsatisfactory.

3. Football, his only interest in life, has brought him many friends.

4. Cloning had been raised as a possibility decades ago, then dismissed, something that serious scientists thought was simply not going to happen anytime soon.

Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze (A)

1. academics variety of 5. vanish 7. endorsing

9. sweeping aside 11. erasing (B)

1. aided

5. invested 7. prevailing 9. volume II. Translation 2. networking 4. growth

6. facilitate 8. outlook

10. patriotic 12. strike a

4. connected 6. features

8. qualitatively 10. Distinguishing

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 5) The Chinese government has introduced a colleagues are at odds with you? 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