Unit3CulturalDifferencesNewCenturyVocationalEnglishContentsPartOneDiscussionPassageAThinkingGloballyReadingComprehensionExercisesVocabularyandStructureExercisesTranslationPartTwoPartThreeDiscussion1.Whatdoyouthinkofglobalization?Whatareitsadvangtagesanddisadvantages?2.WhydosomanypeoplelearnEnglish?3.Whatskillsarenecessaryforcommunicatingwithpeoplefromdifferentcountries?ThinkingGloballyFortyyearsagotheCanadianwriterMarshallMcLuhanintroducedthetermglobalvillagetoexpresstheideathattheworldseemstobegettingsmaller.TheEarthisnotshrinking,buttimeandspaceare.ThinkingGloballyTrains,planes,telephones,televisions,theInternet,andotherformsofmoderntransportationandcommunicationreducethetimeanddistancethatoncekeptthepeoplesoftheworldapart.Evenpeoplewhodonottravelfarfromhomeliveintheglobalvillage.ThinkingGloballyPeoplewholiveinsmalltownswatchtelevisionreportsofwarsanddisastershalfaworldawayandworkinfactoriesmakinggoodsforexporttodistantmarket.NowaChineseleadercanmeetwithAmericanstudentsandjournalistsinamodernversionofthevillagemeeting,andtherestoftheworldwilllisteninbymeansofatelevisionsignalcarriedbysatelliteorbitingtheearth.ThinkingGloballyHowever,noteveryonewelcomesthisimageoftheglobalvillage.TosomeitseemslikeanimageofdominanceoftheworldbytheWest.Theyprefertoseetheworldintermsoftheirownfamily,theirownnation.Theymaysay,Wedonotwanttoliveinavillagethatsomeoneelsemakesforusandcontrols.ThinkingGloballyTheyworrythattheglobaleconomywillforceeveryonetobecomelikethefamiliesoftheworldthathavethemosteconomicandpoliticalpower.Theydonotwanttobesecondclasscitizensinthevillage,andtheydonotwanttogiveuptheirowntreasuredwaysoflife.ThinkingGloballyWhateveranxietypeoplehaveabouttheglobalvillage,theycanseethatcontactamongpeoplesoftheworldisincreasing.Livinginaglobalvillage,peopleneedtoknowtheirneighbors.Theyneedtoknowhowtogetalongwiththemandhowtosolveproblemsthatarise.Todothisitisnecessarytolearnhowtocommunicateacrosscultures.ThinkingGloballyThismeansresidentsoftheglobalvillageneedtolearntothink,feelandbehaveinnewways.Therealityoftheglobalvillagechallengesallitsresidentstodevelopabroaderworldview,amoreglobalpsychology,andtheculturalskillsnecessaryforbuildingrelationshipsandsolvingproblemsacrosscultures.ReadingComprehensionExercisesⅠ.TFFTFTⅡ.1.TheInternetandotherformsofmoderntransportationandcommunication.2.Byatelevisionsignalcarriedbysatelliteorbitingtheearth.3.Intermsoftheirownfamilyandtheirownnation.4.Theirowntreasuredwaysoflife.5.Tolearnhowtocommunicateacrosscultures.6.Todevelopabroaderworldviewandamoreglobalpsychology.VocabularyandStructureExercisesⅠ.MultipleChoiceACBDABCBCAⅡ.BlankFilling1.signal2.contact3.expressed4.cultures5.reality6.solve7.whatever8.Global9.distance10.increaseШ.Structure1.hasstopped/stops2.amnotwearing3.havebeensetup4.finish/havefinished5.willhavebeen6.opens7.isworking8.hadleft9.waswatching10.haveseenTanslation1.Ittakeslove,patienceandwisdomtoraisechildren.2.Ipreferwalkingtocycling.3.Peopleexpresstheirideasbymeansoflanguage.4.Whathesaysistrue.5.Theycameoutoftheclassroom,talkingandlaughing.6.Thisbookisworthreading.globaladj.全球的;总体的;球形的Therewillbeonlyoneglobalcurrency.globalvillage地球村;世界村;全球村globaleconomy全球经济globalwarming全球变暖globalclimate全球气候globev.(使)成球状n.地球;地球仪;球体globalizev.使全球化globalizationn.全球化Para.1expressn.快车,快递vt.表达;快递Herfaceexpressedsorrow.Jackcanexpresshimselfeloquently.expresstrain特别快车;快车Expressway快速路;高速公路;[公路]快车道adj.expressive表现的;有表现力的;表达…的n.expression表达;表情;表现力expressionless无表情的expressionism表现主义expressiveness善于表现;表情丰富expressage快递业务;速递费Para.1shrinkn.收缩vi.收缩;畏缩;使缩小[过去式shrank/shrunk过去分词shrunk/shrunken现在分词shrinking]Thiskindofclothshrinkseasily.这种布爱缩水。There'sacatshrinkingonthesofa.有只猫蜷缩在沙发上。Idonotshrinkfromthisresponsibility--Iwelcomeit.shrinkfrom退避;在…前面畏缩shrinkintooneself缩成一团;变得沉默adj.shrinking畏缩的;犹豫不决的shrunken缩小的,缩拢的n.shrinkage收缩;减低Para.1formn.形式,形状;形态,外形;方式;表格vt.构成,组成;排列,组织;产生,塑造vi.形成,构成;排列Westandoutthebreakupinanyform.Particlesofwetflourcoheredtoformapaste.intheformof以…的形式inform在形式上applicationform申请表,申请书adj.former从前的,前者的;前任的formal正式的;拘谨的;有条理的Para.2transportationn.运输;运输系统;运输工具;流放Apowerfailurecreatedanemergencyintrafficandtransportation.transportationbusiness运输业urbantransportation城市交通railwaytransportation铁路运输roadtransportation公路运输airtransportation空运;航空运输watertransportation水路运输landtransportation陆路运输transportn.运输;运输机;狂喜;流放犯vt.运输;流放;使狂喜Para.2communicationn.通讯,[通信]通信;交流Everythingyoudoisbasedonsometypeofcommunication.v.communicate通讯,传达;交流adj.communicative交际的;爱说话的,健谈的communicational通信的;通讯的;交往的n.communicativeness交流;健谈;通信联络Para.2reducevt.减少;降低;使处于;把…分解vi.减少;缩小;归纳为reduceby减少了Theyhavetoreduceexpensesthisyear.Shetriedtoreduceherweight.她设法降低她的体重。Wecanreducehisspeechtothreesentences.Webattledtoreduceourtaxes.Para.2distancen.distance距离;远方;疏远;间隔Distanceisyourenemy.distanceeducation远程教育;遥距教育;远程教学inthedistance在远处longdistance长途电话局,长途通迅distanceoneselffrom使远离;使疏远distantadj.遥远的;冷漠的;远隔的Thismayallseemlikeadistantdream.Onewhowasdistantcameneartomeinthemorning.Para.2keepapartkeepin隐瞒,隐藏;抑制;继续燃烧keepon继续;穿着…不脱keepup保持;继续;不低落;不落后keepupwit