学术英语(社科)Unit2含答案

学术英语社科AcademicEnglishforSocialSciences2EconomistJustasyoucannotbecomeamathematician,psychologist,orlawyerovernight,learningtothinklikeaneconomistwilltaketime.However,whatistheeconomist’swayofthinking?Whatdoesitmeantothinklikeaneconomist?Bylearningthisunit,youwillfindtheanswers.Unit2Economics•Lead-in•TextA•TextB•TextC•Listening•Speaking•WritingUnitContents•Lead-in–Whostudieseconomics?Unit2EconomicsLead-inJustasyoucannotbecomeamathematicianovernight,studyeconomicsandlearntothinklikeaneconomistwilltaketime.Howeverwhostudieseconomics?Task1Listentoatalk“Whostudieseconomics?”andcompletethesentences.Unit2EconomicsLead-inUnit2Economics1Economicscanseem__________atfirst,butthefieldisfundamentallyvery_________.2MickJaggeroncestudiedat_____________________________.3Whenaskedin2005whyTheRollingStonesweregoingontouragain,MickJaggerreplied,“________________________.”abstractpracticaltheLondonSchoolofEconomicsSupplyanddemandLead-inUnit2EconomicsTask2Listentothetalkagainandcompletethefollowingtable.NameProfessionRonaldReganMichaelKinsleySteveBallmerMickJaggerFormerPresidentoftheUnitedStatesJournalistChiefExecutiveOfficer,MicrosoftSingerfortheRollingStones•TextA–Criticalreadingandthinking–Difficultsentences–Englishlanguageforacademicpurpose•Specializedvocabulary•Collocations•FormalandinformalEnglish•SignpostlanguageUnit2EconomicsTextACriticalreadingandthinkingofTextAUnit2EconomicsTextAnalysisThesis:Economicsisascience.Theeconomistworksasascientist.TextACriticalreadingandthinkingofTextAUnit2Economics1Scienceandscientistshaveitsownlanguage,e.g.math,psychology,law.Economicsandeconomistsarethesame,e.g.supply,demand,elasticity,consumersurplus.2Scienceandscientistsusescientificmethod,e.g.observation,devisetheories,collectdata,analyze,test,shownwiththeexampleofIsaacNewton.Economicsandeconomistsarethesame;theyuseobservationandtheory,e.g.atheoryofinflation.TextACriticalreadingandthinkingofTextAUnit2EconomicsNaturalsciencesorSocialsciences?Economicsisasocialscience.TextADifficultsentencesUnit2Economics“Thewholeofscienceisnothingmorethantherefinementofeverydaythinking.”(Para.4)→“Scienceisalljustaboutimprovingeverydaythinking.”TextADifficultsentencesUnit2EconomicsYet,despitethislackofrealism–indeed,becauseofthislackofrealism–studyingthesemodelsisusefulforlearninghowthehumanbodyworks.(Para.13)→Yet,althoughthemodelsarenotexactlythesameasrealbodies–actuallyjustbecausetheyarenotthatrealistic–theyareusefultohelppeoplelearnhowthehumanbodyworks.TextADifficultsentencesUnit2EconomicsThesemodelsarestylized,andtheyomitmanydetails.(Para.13)→Thesemodelsareartificialratherthanrealistic,andtheydon’ttakemanydetailsintoconsideration.TextADifficultsentencesUnit2EconomicsYet,despitethislackofrealism–indeed,becauseofthislackofrealism–studyingthesemodelsisusefulforlearninghowthehumanbodyworks.(Para.13)→Yet,althoughthemodelsarenotexactlythesameasrealbodies–actuallyjustbecausetheyarenotthatrealistic–theyareusefultohelppeoplelearnhowthehumanbodyworks.Specializedvocabularyelasticity___________comparativeadvantage___________consumersurplus_______________deadweightloss_______________highinflation_______________quantityofmoney_______________long-runeffectsofthepolicy_______________TextAEnglishlanguageforacademicpurposeUnit2Economics（需求等的）弹性比较优势消费过剩净损失高通胀货币量长期政策效应Specializedvocabulary经济政策制定者___________________货币流通量____________________________供需____________________货币政策_______________TextAEnglishlanguageforacademicpurposeUnit2EconomicseconomicpolicymakeramountofcurrencyincirculationsupplyanddemandmonetarypolicyCollocationsTextAEnglishlanguageforacademicpurposeaddressthesubjectdevise/verify/refutetheoriescollect/analyze/generatedatatheinterplaybetweenobservationandtheorydoubtthevalidityofthetheoryfaceanobstaclemakedowithfindasubstituteforsimplifythecomplexworld/realityincirculationomitdetailsUnit2EconomicsSignpostlanguagecauseandeffect:cluewordstoindicatecauseandeffect:becausethereforethereasonconsequentlyleadto,resultfromasaresultisduetoasaconsequenceTextAEnglishlanguageforacademicpurposeUnit2EconomicsSignpostlanguageSignpostlanguagetointroducethetopic:Themainissuesaddressedinthispaperare…Thisstudycriticallyexamines…Theobjectiveofthispaperisto...Thepurposeofthisinvestigationisto...Theaimofthispaperisto...Thispaperreportsontheresultsobtained…TextAEnglishlanguageforacademicpurposeUnit2EconomicsSignpostlanguageSignpostlanguagetointroducethetopic:Thisstudywasdesignedto...Thispaperarguesthat...Therestofthispaperisorganizedinthefollowingway...Thispaperisstructuredasfollows...Theremainderofthispaperisdividedintofivesections...Thispaperbeginsby…Itwillthengoonto…Finally,…TextAEnglishlanguageforacademicpurposeUnit2EconomicsFormalandinformalEnglishTextAEnglishlanguageforacademicpurposeUnit2Economics1WheneverI'dvisitedtherebefore,I'dendedupfeelingthatitwouldbefutileifItriedtodoanythingmore.Changethefollowingsentencesintoamoreformalstyleofwriting.→Everypreviousvisithadleftmewithasenseofthefutilityoffurtheractiononmypart.FormalandinformalEnglishTextAE