【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 f done, as the old saying goes. It is extremely important for a job applicant to do his homework while seeking employment. From my standpoint, whether or not one has done his homework clearly makes a difference in his chance of success.I have a friend who is earning somewhere in the neighborhood of 100,000 dollars a year in a large puter software pany. He told me that from his own experience the decision makers who interview prospective employees like people who are well prepared. Those who make no endeavor to learn as much as about his prospective employers as possible don’t have much of a chance of success.Part III Text BComprehension Check1. b 2. c3. a 4. a5. a 6. bTranslation1. 父母親都覺得我不會被錄用。“你要有后臺才行。那可是一家美國機構(gòu)，洛克菲勒基金會。你一定要有后臺?！?. 當(dāng)然， 不工作就沒飯吃，除非嫁人，那叫做“終于有了歸宿。”3. 她留著新式的發(fā)型，是我所喜歡的那種滿頭卷發(fā)豎立著的式樣，穿著下擺印有花紋的裙子。由于她懷孕已快足月，所以她向我走過來時似乎是她的肚子最先到達我的面前。4. 我跟哈內(nèi)德先生說了，你剛才是因為害羞不安而沒法做記錄的。他挺不錯的，只要慢慢習(xí)慣起來就性了。Language practice1.1) g 2) f3) a4) e5) h6) b7) c8) d2.1) intricate2) came at3) administration4) benign5) get in6) scaps7) brand 8) carved 9) coiled10) quivered11) take on12) put in a (good ) word Unit 4Text AText rganization 1. PartsParagraphsMain IdeasPart OneParas 13Introduction to Davos Man and the World Economic ForumPart TwoParas 45Debate over the impact of globalization on current society and culturePart Three ppppPTThreeThreeParas 68History of globalization and its recent trends and future prospectsPart FourParas. 911Globalization versus nationalism and the challenges it faces2. Main Events1. Davos man spends a lot of time in places other than his native country.2. Davos Man sees their identity as a mater of personal choice, not an accident of birth.3. Davos Man believes that globalization, the unimpeded flows of capital, labor and technology across national borders, is both wele and unstoppable.4. Davos Man sees the world increasingly as one vast, interconnected marketplace in which corporations search for the most advantageous locations to buy, produce and sell their goods and services.VocabularyI. 1) advantageous 2) let alone 3) witnessing/vanishing 4) landmark5) entitled 6) displace7) Establishment 8) patriotic/strengthen9) contradictions 10) aspires11) divorced 12) pendulums2. 1) e to 2) dozed off3) believed in 4) was set apart5) take in 6) sucks in7) clean up 8) turn away3. 1) For me, it makes no/little difference whether we go there by train or by bus.2) Toyata has overtaken General Motors as the world’s biggest car maker. 3) Shortly after their marriage, Mr. Chambers was at odds with his wife over money matters. 4) Henry has been at the forefront of nanotechnology research. 5) She doesn’t even know how to boil potatoes, let alone cook a meal. 5. a) is increasingly/to accelerate/their investmentb) economy/make an earnest/domestic/strike a balance betweenc) a handful of/be endorsed by/on a large scaleII. Word FormationWTOWorld Trade Organization世界貿(mào)易組織GDPGross domestic product國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值A(chǔ)TMAutomated teller machine自動出納機VATValueadded tax增值稅CADComputeraided design計算機輔助設(shè)計ITInformation technology信息技術(shù)IDDInternational direct dialing國際直撥電話MTVMusic television音樂電視RadarRadio detecting and ranging雷達IOCInternational Olympic Committee國際奧委會VIPVery important person貴賓，大人物L(fēng)aserLight amplification by stimulated emission of radiation激光CPUCentral processing unit中央處理器III. Usage1. An unusual present, a book on ethics, was given to Henry for his birthday.2. The reason(he gave) that he didn’t notice the car till too late was unsatisfactory.3. Football, his only interest in life, has brought him many friends.4. Cloning had been raised as a possibility decades ago, then dismissed, something that serious scientists thought was simply not going to happen anytime soon.Comprehensive ExercisesI. Cloze2. networking4. growth6. facilitate8. outlook10. patriotic 12. strike a balance(A)1. academics variety of 5. vanish7. endorsing 9. sweeping aside11. erasing(B)1. aided4. connected5. invested6. features7. prevailing8. qualitatively9. volume10. DistinguishingII. Translation1.) Due to his pessimistic outlook on the European economy, John has moved his assets from Europe to elsewhere.2) I like hiring young people. They are earnest learners and mitted to work. 3) Unlike her girl friends who center their lives on their children, Mary cares more about her personal growth. 4) Why is it that a considerable number of colleagues are at odds with you? 5) The Chinese government has introduced a variety of policies to strengthen cooperation with developing countries.2． Globalization has great implications for young Chinese. For example, young farmers are moving on a large scale to urban areas to look for jobs. And for those young people who aspire to study abroad or work in foreigninvested enterprises, English has bee increasingly important. At the same time, a considerable number of overseas Chinese students have returned home in recent years, for they hold an optimistic outlook for the longterm growth of the Chinese economy. The internet has strengthened the links between Chinese young people and those elsewhere. They follow the latest trend and copy foreign fashions. Some of them don’t seem to care for traditional Chinese virtues, let alone carry them forward, which has given rise to worries that the traditional Chinese culture might one day vanish.Part III Text BComprehension Check1. c160