现代大学英语第四册第八课教案

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Lesson Eight Globalization’s Dual Power

Part one Warm-up

1. Please compare the society nowadays with the one ten years ago. What have remained unchanged and what have been changed? 2. What is behind the changes around you?

3. In general, could you list some examples which show the positive aspecs of globalization?

4. Please list some examples which show the negative effects of globalization?

Part Two. Text Analysis I Theme of the Text

Globalization is a double-edged sword: a promise to help everyone and a peril to hurt everyone.

II Structure

Part I (1-2): The author puts forward the topic---globalization and points out

that it is a double-edged sword.

Part II (3-17): The process of globalization and the positive effects of it. Part III (18-31): The negative effects of globalization.

Part IV (32-34): Generalization about the role of globalization.

III Text Appreciation

Paragraph 1:

At the edge of a new century, globalization is a double-edged sword: a powerful vehicle that raises economic growth, spreads new technology and raises living standards in rich and poor countries alike, but also an immensely controversial process that assaults national sovereignty; erodes local culture and tradition and threatens economic and social instability. This is a typical introducing sentence, highly condensed yet conveys a huge amount of information: both positive and negative effects of globalization have been summarized by the author deliberately and comprehensively. Try to follow this pattern and give introducing sentences for the following topics.

总分式写法 （结论解释型） 1. Marketization 市场化

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2. Liberalization 自由化 3. Democratization 民主化 4. Nationalization 国有化 5. Privatization 私有化

e.g. XXX is nowadays a more and more trendy phrase for Chinese, actually XXX is a double-edged sword: …

at the edge of: it means be very close to

vehicle: here means sth used to achieve sth. 工具，手段 e.g. Art may be used as a vehicle for propaganda. The play is an ideal vehicle for her talents. alike

(1) adj. very similar. (not before n.)

e.g. My mother and I are ~ in many ways.

(2) adv. In a similar way./equally e.g. The twins are dressed ~.

I benefit a lot from books and practice ~.

assault national sovereignty: threaten national sovereignty 危害国家主权

assault: to attack

erode: to destroy gradually n. erosion a. erosive

e.g. Waverly’s confidence has been slowly eroded by repeated failures.

P: As the new century approaches, globalization means two different things. It can have both positive and negative effects. One the one hand, it can greatly increase economic production, spread new technology and improve the living standards in both rich and poor countries; on the other hand, it is highly

controversial because it threatens national sovereignty, destroys local culture and traditions, and is likely to cause economic and social instability.

Paragraph 3:

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in some respects: here respect means a particular aspect or detail of sth. 事物的方面

e.g. in all/many/some respects

In this respect we are very fortunate.

Other phrases:

in respect of sth. (fml.) 关于；就…而言

e.g. money received in respect of overtime worked

trendy: (infml.) fashionable; of the latest fad or fashion

P: To some extent, globalization is not new. It has always been in the process of market expansion. What is new is the term “globalization”, which became fashionable only recently.

retard: v. to make the development or progress less slower

n. (AmE) (slang) a person who is stupid or who has not developed normally 弱智

Para 4.

Cold war--- a state of extreme hostility between countries with opposite political systems existing after WWII.

“socialist group” “free world” (Warsaw Treaty Organization) NATO

(headed by the Soviet Union) (headed by U.S)

They fight each other not through shooting wars, but through fierce

economic competition, as well as through political pressure and threats. During the Cold War, the U.S. fought for trade liberation partly in order to combat communism.

champion: to fight for; to support or defend a principle, movement or person e.g. He has always championed the cause of gay rights.

combat: to fight against

e.g. combat crime/terrorism/inflation/disease/drug abuse

a succession of: a number of things or people following each other in time or order; a series of

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e.g. Last week we had a succession of visitors. The poor man had a succession of misfortunes.

in succession 接连地

e.g. Victory followed victory in rapid succession. His words came out in quick succession.

in succession (to) 继承

e.g. The eldest son is the first in succession to his father’s property.

Paragraph 5: antidote

n. a chemical, esp. a drug, which limits the effects of a position (fig.) a way of preventing or acting against sth bad. e.g. an antidote for snakebite 毒蛇咬伤的解毒药 an antidote to boredom 解除厌倦的方法 an antidote against inflation 反通货膨胀的手段

Do you know?

It was nationalism that caused the two world wars.

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