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1、,Globalizations Dual Power,Robert J. Samuelson,Globalizations Dual Power,Unit 9,Questions/Activities,Check-on Preview,Objectives,Warming up,Globalizations Dual Power,Unit 9,Warming up,Questions/Activities,What signs of globalization do you find around you? How do you evaluate the impact of globaliza
2、tion on your life?,Fill in the blanks with tariff, tax, duty.The government may impose _ on imports. Do I have to pay the _ on cigarettes? The Budget Committee is planning for a reduction on the corporate income _.,tariffs,duty,tax,Check-on Preview,Warming up,Fill in the blanks with credit, loan, bo
3、nd.It is said that 56 percent of new cars were bought on _ in the US. Shes trying to get a $50,000 _ from the World Bank to start her own business. Whenever government _ were issued in China, there would always be long queues outside the doors of the banks. Several stores are offering interest-free
4、_.,credit,credit,loan,bonds,Check-on Preview,Warming up,Fill in the blanks with merger, acquisition, takeover.The bank declared that 1, 750 workers would be fired as a result of the _ . IBM will look at _ including small service companies that complement its offerings. He prevented a hostile _ of th
5、e Harbin Beer Co. Ltd.,merger,acquisitions,takeover,Check-on Preview,Warming up,Objectives,Understand important aspects of globalization. Evaluate different arguments of globalization. Familiarize yourselves with economic terms and jargons. Try to translate journalistic English. Appreciate argumenta
6、tive writing.,Warming up,Background,Genre,Author,Globalizations Dual Power,Unit 9,A 1967 graduate of Harvard University with a B. A. in government.A biweekly columns writer for The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe One of the most recognized writers for his biweekly columns an
7、alyzing and reporting socioeconomic issues.,His Life,Background,Author,Robert J. Samuelson (1945-),The Good Life and Its Discontents: The American Dream in the Age of Entitlement (1995),Untruth (2001),His Works,The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath (2008),Background,Author,The 1981 National Magazine
8、 Award. The National Headliner Award in 1987 for Best Special Interest Column. The National Headliner Awards for Feature Column on a Single Subject in both 1992 and 1993. The 1983, 1986 and 1993 Gerald Loeb Awards for Best Commentary. The 1993 John Hancock Award for Best Business and Financial Colum
9、nist.,His Achievements,Background,Author,Background,Genre,Argumentative Writing,Clear-cut structure topic sentence, transition signals Convincing arguments statistics, quotations, examples, definitions Long and balanced sentences parallelism, sentence patterns Economic terms and jargonsbond, merger,
10、 balance of payments,Text Analysis,Globalizations Dual Power,Unit 9,Globalization is a double-edged sword; it poses a daunting question for mankind in the 21st century.,Text Analysis,Theme,A THESIS is an argumentative opinion about the narrowly defined subject matter, it is the single most important
11、 sentence or series of sentences in the entire argument.,Text Analysis,Structure,Introduction (paras. 1-2): Globalization is a double-edged sword, a daunting question of the 21st century.,Argumentation (paras. 3-33),A. advantages (paras. 3-17),B. disadvantages (paras. 18-33),III. Conclusion (para. 3
12、4): promise vs. peril,Part I: Introduction,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,the integration and democratization of the worlds culture, economy, and infrastructure through transnational investment, rapid proliferation of communication and information technologies, and the impacts of free-market forces
13、 on local, regional and national economies the increasing interconnectedness of nations and peoples around the world through trade, investment, travel, popular culture, and other forms of interaction (Encarta 2006),Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part I: Discussion,What is globalization?,Why does th
14、e author claim globalization as a “double-edged sword”?Is this a new idea to you? What else do you know about its “double edges”?This is quite a new idea when the text was written: in 1999, at the threshold of a new century. The other edges include, for example, facilitate exchanges between people a
15、cross the world (goods move, ideas move, and cultures change), the political aspects in World Government, ecological and environmental impacts,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part I: Discussion,What is the daunting question of the 21st century? Why is it daunting? Have you felt daunted about it befo
16、re?It is daunting because it is possible that the great changes brought by globalization would threaten everything in the world.,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part I: Discussion,on the edge close to the point at which sth different, esp. sth bad, will happenTheir economy is on the edge of collapse. She is on the edge of despair.But from where we stand, they appear to be teetering on the edge of financialand societaldisaster.,
