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1、Contemporary College English Book 5,现代大学英语第五册,Lesson Three Goods Move. People Move. Ideas Move. And Cultures Change. Part I( Paras1-3) Globalization is reality but it is not sth completely new. What is new is the speed and scope of changes.,The author begins the article by quoting Marx and Engels. H
2、e points out that globalization is a world movement and a movement of reformation of cultures. not merging of cultures but reformation of cultures Indicating the cultures in the world will continue to exist but they will not be the same In the throes of : in the act of struggling with Wild: a state
3、of disorder , disarrangement, confusion Assortment: variety Dislodge: to drive out , to force from a position or place where lodged Want: sth needed or desired but lacking; need.,Why an inexact term ? 1. To show that globalization is the result of modern industry and world market 2. to stress that i
4、t is a process and a history process Depend on where they live and how much money they have: determined by whether they are in the developed countries or not and whether they are among the haves or the have-not,Yet globalization is not sth that you can accept or reject, it is already a matter of lif
5、e which you will encounter and have to respond to every day. to venture: to undertake the risk of; to brave Afield : away from home Wrought: ( past participle of work) to produce result or to exert influence,People in the world have been making commercial and cultural contact long before merchants o
6、n camelback took the risk to travel to places faraway from home. Dynamic: a force producing motion or change Part II. Paras(4-6) This part deals with views on globalization. Cloning (克隆 ):To make a product that functions like another. Cloning in biology is the process of producing similar population
7、s of genetically identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as bacteria, insects or plants reproduce asexually.,Cloning in biotechnology refers to processes used to create copies of DNA fragments (molecular cloning), cells (cell cloning), or organisms. The term also refers to th
8、e production of multiple copies of a product such as digital media or software. The term clone is derived from the Ancient Greek word (kln, “twig”), referring to the process whereby a new plant can be created from a twig. In horticulture, the spelling clon was used until the twentieth century; the f
9、inal e came into use to indicate the vowel is a “long o“ instead of a “short o“.12 Since the term entered the popular lexicon in a more general context, the spelling clone has been used exclusively.,In the United States, the human consumption of meat and other products from cloned animals was approv
10、ed by the FDA on December 28, 2006, with no special labeling required. Cloned beef and other products have since been regularly consumed in the US without distinction. Such practice has met strong resistance in other regions, such as Europe, particularly over the labeling issue. Read more: http:/ ab
11、out globalization: 1. result in the spread of American goods, American values and culture and the consequence will be inevitably be Americanization. munication in English. 3. “two-edged sword”: advantages and disadvanteges coexist 4. approach: make full use of the advantages and to minimize the nega
12、tive effects.,Agenda: program of things to be done Crease: a fold or wrinkle McWorld: a world filled with American goods and culture; a world modeled on McDonald. Popular factions: 反映公众情绪的派别； 得到公众支持的派别 2.Political groups with broad support have come into being to take advantage of existing worries a
13、nd uneasiness among the people about foreign “ cultural assault,Xenophobia: hatred or f of foreigners or foreign things. Economic ambition: the desire to build China into a strong, industrialized country, to improve the livelihood of the Chinese people 3.In China, the two treads of closed-door and o
14、pen-door policies have long been struggling for dominance.,Hollywood: American films (synecdoche提喻 ) “Museum” : ancient life or backwardness, the kind of life you can only find in museum. “Showers that work” modern life with high-tech gadgets( 小工具 ). 4. The Chinese people should continue to live a b
15、ackward life while we live comfortably with all modern conveniences.,Part III. ( Paras7-9) Three points are made in this part: 1.Westernization is not a straight road to hell, or to paradise either( it is neither terribly bad or extremely good). 2.Cultures are as resourceful, resilient, and unpredic
16、table as the people who compose them. 3.Teenagers are one of the powerful engines of merging global cultures,Be shot through with: to have a lot, as if full of holes after a shotgun blast. Inconsistencies : not uniform, inharmonious or self-contradictory factors. Bedfellow: an associate, ally, confederate, etc. 5. westernization is a concept full of self-contradiction and held by people of very different backgrounds or views.,To
