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Unit4Globalization王昊、王革名、王伟豪Wordandphrasestodrillacademic学术的accelerate使……加快advantageous有利的aspire渴望asset资产center中心considerable相当大的contradiction矛盾displace取代divorce离婚domestic国内的earnest认真的economy经济elsewhere在别处endorse认可entitle定名为erase抹去establishment确立facilitate促进forefront最前线growth增长increasingly渐增地investment投资landmark地标network网络outlook观点overtake赶上patriotic爱国的pendulum钟摆strengthen加强unlike和…不同vanish消失witness证人ahandof少数的avarietyof种种atoddswith与不一致becommittedto承诺letalone更不用说makeno\littledifference无影响strikeabalance求得平衡sweepaside不理会Vocabulary1)Thegeneralorderedhistroopstomovequicklytowardsa(n)advantageousposition.2)Peoplewouldthinktheseven-year-oldcouldn’tevenreachthepedals,letalonedrivethecar.Nevertheless,hemadeit.3)Inasense,wearewitnessingthevanishingofnationalboardersinmanyareasofeconomicactivityintheworldtoday.4)Thetowerbuiltattheturnofthecenturybecamealandmarkofthecity.5)InthebookentitledAShortHistoryofNearlyEverything,BillBrysontriestoignite(激起)apassionforknowledgeinyoungreaders.6)Itseemsneuroscience(神经系统科学)isthreateningtodisplacephysicsasthequeenofthesciences.7)ItisonlynaturalforthepeopletochallengetheEstablished,especiallywhentheeconomicoutlookisgloomy.8)Ifanything,thismovieappealstothepatrioticfeelingsofthepeopleandhelpstostrengthennationalunity.9)JuliusCaesar(凯撒)inthisplayisamanfullofcontradictions,atthetimesstrongandconfident,butatothertimesoldandfail.10)ThenewlylaunchedwebsiteaspirestocreateavirtualcommunityofcommoninterestviaexchangeofviewsonthefutureoftheInternet.11)WhatAnnadvocatesjustshowshowdivorcedfromrealityshehasbecome.12)Afterinvestigatingthebehaviorofpendulums,Galileowasabletousethemastimemeasurementdevicesinmanyofhisexperiments.1)I’vethoughtaboutwhathappenedforalongtime,andI’vecometotheconclusionthatitmusthavebeenanaccident.2)Donnadarednotsettleherselftoocomfortablyintoherseatincaseshedozedoff.3)Roosevelt,likeChurchill,sawthesignificanceofpostwarcivilaviation,andbelievedinfreeandopencompetition.4)ProfessorSmithwassetapartfromhiscolleaguesbyhisradicalviewsongenderequality.5)Wecanseetheeffecttheterroristattackhasuponus,whenthefirststageisshockanddisbelief,andaninabilitytakeintherealityofwhatisbeingsaid.6)Theblackholeisaregionofspacewithagravitationalfieldsopowerfulthatitsucksinanythingandeverythingthatcomeswithinrange.7)TheGreenPartysaidplanstocleanuptheenvironmentweredoomedunlesstheGovernmentgaveanimmediatecashinjectiontothedepartmentresponsibleforenforcement.8)Forsheerlackofspaceandresourcethelocaldrugadditioncenterishavingtoturnawaydrug-addictswhoarebeggingforadmission.1)Wecangothereeitherbytrainorbybus.Idon’treallycare.Forme,itmakesno/littledifferencewhetherwegotherebytrainorbybus.2)GeneralMotorsisnolongertheworld’sbiggestcarmaker.Toyotais.ToyotahasovertakenGeneralMotorsastheworld’sbiggestcarmaker.3)QuarrelsovermoneymattersstartsshortlyafterthemarriagebetweenMr.Chambersandhiswife.Shortlyaftertheirmarriage,Mr.Chamberswasatoddswithhiswifeovermoneymatters.4)Henryhasbeenaleadingresearcherinthefieldofnanotechnology.Henryhasbeenattheforefrontofnanotechnologyresearch.5)Cookingamealwouldbetoomuchforher.Shedoesn’tevenknowhowtoboilpotatoes.Shedoesn’tevenknowhowtoboilpotatoes,letalonecookameal.a)ChinaisincreasinglypopularwithforeigncompaniesthathavedecidedistoacceleratetheirowngrowthbyincreasingtheirinvestmentintheAsianPacificregion.b)Toensureasteadygrowthinournationaleconomy,wemustmakeanearnestefforttostimulateourdomesticdemandandstrikeabalancebetweensavingandconsumption.c)Itisbeyondanydoublethatgreenbuildingsdesignednowbyonlyahandfulofenvironment-consciousarchitectswillbeendorsedbymoreandmorepeopleandtheywillbeputuponalargescaleinthenottoodistantfuture.II.WordFormationAbbreviationFullTermChineseMeaningWTOWorldTradeOrganization世界贸易组织GDPGrossdomesticproduct国内生产总值ATMAutomatedtellermachine自动出纳机VATValue-addedtax增值税CADComputer-aideddesign计算机辅助设计ITInformationtechnology信息技术IDDInternationaldirectdialing国际直拨电话MTVMusictelevision音乐电视RadarRadiodetectingandranging雷达IOCInternationalOlympicCommittee国际奥委会VIPVeryimportantperson贵宾，大人物LaserLightamplificationbystimulatedemissionofradiation激光CPUCentralprocessingunit中央处理器III.Usage1)AnusualpresentwasgiventoHenryforhisbirthday.Thepresentwasabookonethics.Anunusualpresent,abookonethics,wasgiventoHenryforhisbirthday.2)Hesaidhedidn’tnoticethecartilltoolate.Thereasonhegavewasunsatisfactory.Thereason(hegave)thathedidn’tnoticethecartilltoolatewasunsatisfactory.3)Footballhasbroughthimmanyfriends.Footballwashisonlyinterestinhislife.Football,hisonlyinterestinlife,hasbroughthimmanyfriends.4)Cloninghadbeenraisedasapossibilitydecadesago,thendismissed.Itwassomethingthatseriousscientiststhoughtwassimplynotgoingtohappenanytimesoon.Cloninghadbeenraisedasapossibilitydecadesago,thendismissed,somethingthatseriousscientiststhoughtwassimplynotgoingtohappenanytimesoon.ComprehensiveExercisesDavosisasmallAlpinecityineasternSwitzerlandwhichbeganmakingitselfknowninthe1990sforhostingtheWorldEconomicForum,anannualgatheringofpoliticians,financiersandacademics.Eachyear,thosetakingpartspendfivedaystherenetworki