UNIT 14

The Changing World and Development

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Practical Reading5

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Reading Skills 11

Fast Reading3

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Text B

Text A

Reading Skills

Making inferences helps us not only to understand better but also to appreciate more fully what we read. It asks us to read beyond the lines, seeing ideas implied through the words, and to bridge the gap between the obvious and the suggested, thus obtaining much more information that the writer doesn’t tell us directly. For instance, suppose a writer describes a character as follows:

Making Inferences(2)

 

In the mirror John Bell noticed that his hair was graying at the temples. As he picked up the morning paper, he realized that he could no longer see well at all without his glasses. Looking at the hands holding the paper he saw that they were wrinkled.

 

These four kinds of meaning can be found in every text, though sometimes one is more important than another.From the way the author describes the character, you may infer that the person is realizing that he is aging. However, notice that the author does not mention aging at all. But from the facts the author provides, you are led to infer that the character is thinking about aging.

Making Inferences(2)

Sample:A. Was it a girl or a boy?B. A girl. She's eight pounds and very healthy!A. When will they come home from the hospital?B. I'm going to bring them home tomorrow.A. Well, congratulations! What a nice change for the neighborhood!1. What are these people talking about?2. Where are they?3. Which words helped you guess the topic?Question 1The right answer was a newborn baby girl.Question 2The right answer was in a neighborhood.Question 3The right answer was she, eight pounds, home, hospital, congratulations.

Making Inferences(2)

Read the following short paragraphs and try to answer the questions.

Exercise 1A. I like the color.B. So do I. Red is my favorite color.A. How many miles does it have on it?B. Only 30,000. They told me it belonged to an old man. He didn't use it much.A. what's the price?B. It's really cheap.A. and the engine?B. It's almost new.A. Then I think you should get it.1. What are these people talking about?

2. Where are they?

3. Which words helped you guess the topic?

Let’s Try

The right answer was a car.

The right answer was at a car dealer’s lot.

The right answer was miles, engine.

Exercise 2Grandmother had been an unusually attractive young woman, and she carried herself with the graceful confidence of a natural charmer to her last day.What does the writer feel about her grandmother?

Exercise 3The indrawn child eyed her teacher with a hostile disdain. When directly spoken to, the child responded in a cold, but carefully respectful way.What is the attitude of the child toward his teacher?

Exercise 4If you’re in the market for true surround sound, a prematched system is a good way to get it. The components in our system are built for each other by our audio engineers. You can be assured of high performance and sound quality.What is the purpose of the writer in composing this paragraph?

Let’s Try

She admired her grandmother.

Negative.

To advertise his product.

Text A1. Answer the following questions.

1. How do you understand "double dip"?

2. What is the china’s attitude on yuan?

3. Why did Wen 'Still Worried' about Dollar Assets?

When gross domestic product (GDP) growth slides back to negative after a quarter or two of positive growth. A double-dip recession refers to a recession followed by a short-lived recovery, followed by another recession.

China will further improve the yuan exchange rate formation mechanism and keep the yuan exchange rate basically stable at a reasonable and balanced level.

Because the instability of the US dollar is a great concern for China's foreign assets.

Text AII. Fill in each of the blanks with the appropriate word or phrase from the list. Change the form where necessary.

strike pledged recession intensity decisiveabandon devaluate explicit reiterate concrete

1. He never to come back until he had found her. 2. The poem showed great of feeling. 3. The broken bike was found by the river side. 4. The doctor gave me instructions on when and how to take the

medicine. 5. Have you any thoughts on how to deal with this difficulty?

pledged intensity

abandoned explicit

concrete

Text AII. Fill in each of the blanks with the appropriate word or phrase from the list. Change the form where necessary.

6. Let me that we have absolutely no plans to increase taxation.

7. Hence, when the Chinese leaders say that the Renminbi will not , it is not their subjective political attitude, but the reality of C

hina's economic development.

8. A person acts quickly and often succeeds. 9. His factory closed down during the period of economic .

10. It suddenly me that we ought to make a new plan.

strike pledged recession intensity decisiveabandon devaluate explicit reiterate concrete

reiterate

devaluate

decisive recession

struck

Text A III. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.1. As China has come under huge pressure for strengthening its currency, or yuan, Wen

said China opposed to "fingerpointing" of its currency policy, and pledged to keep the

yuan stable at an appropriate and balanced level.

2. The complications facing the Chinese economy come from the tricky relations between its domestic economic targets and uncertainties in the global recovery.

3. Priority must be given to economic restructuring and transformation in development pattern to solve China's economic imbalances, incoherence and unsustainability exposed in the crisis.

当中国面临其货币（元）升值的巨大压力时，温家宝说中国反对那些当前对中国货币政策的指责，同时保证把“元”保持在一个合适和平衡的水平。

中国经济面临的复杂局面来自于国内的经济目标和全球经济复苏的不确定性之间的微妙关系。

我们必须优先考虑经济结构调整重组及发展模式的转型，以解决在经济危机中暴露出来的中国经济发展的不平衡、不连贯和不可持续发展等问题。

Text A 4. Since China leapfrogged Germany to become the world's largest exporter, the

country is facing increasing criticism for devaluating the yuan to earn artificial pr

ice advantages.

5. China will launch new measures to increase imports for balanced international payment and promote free trade, although protectionism worsens as the global fi

nancial crisis deepens.

中国一跃超过德国成为世界最大的出口国，因而中国面临着越来越多的以货币贬值来获得人为价格优势的谴责。

尽管随着全球经济危机的加剧，贸易保护政策也随之恶化，中国将实施新的政策来增加进口，来保证国际支付的平衡以及促进自由贸易的发展。

Fast ReadingAnswer the following questions.

1. What is the objective of Atlantic Gateway Strategy?

2. What will the area do to achieve such a high scale of growth?

3. How do you understand the significance of Atlantic Gateway

Strategy?

The primary objective is to enhance the city region growth, to support city region strategies and to make it easier for businesses to grow and invest in the region.

To achieve such a high scale of growth, the area will need to overcome significant challenges and four areas have been identified where partners can work better in collaboration.

Unlock the global growth potential of the northwest and create an economic zone of international significance.

Text BI . Choose the best answer for each of the following questions according

to the text.1. China's economy grew by 8.7 percent last year and realized its V-shaped recovery,

as by recent economic data.

A. indicated B. indicating C. indicate D. having indicated

2. China's domestic policies, from its financial and monetary policy, to its exchange rate of the currency, and its trade strategy have for the snail's pace of recovery.

A. been blaming B. blamed C. been blamed D. blame

3. Becoming closer to the US, in Europe's eyes, will help the possible US and China governance of global affairs.

A. foil B. smooth C. fulfill D. praise

4. In the past year, European think tanks and media have on Europe's China policy.

A. mused B. meditated C. deliberated D. reflected

5. That will be a test for China's will and skill.

A. domestic B. foreign C. diplomatic D. international

A

C

A

D

C

Text BII. Fill in each of the blanks with the appropriate word or phrase from the list. Chan

ge the form where necessary.

invisible delicate dispute stoke prioritydeficit dismay clip govern prompt

1. In such a situation I have to weigh my words.

2. The teacher was at the students' lack of response.

3. He continued to up hatred in his speeches.

4. You must not be by the opinions of others.

5. Some stars are to the naked eye.

6. The current trade indicates a serious imbalance between our import and

export trade.

7. Vehicles coming from the right have .

8. He is always in answering letters.

9. They are about the rights and wrongs of the case.

10. I'll have to go through all the on the event before I can give an opinion.

delicate

dismayed stoke

governed invisible

deficit

priority

prompt disputing

clips

Text B

III. Translate the following sentences into English. 1. 那位外科医生正在做一个很精细的手术。

2. 他的诚实是无可争议的。

3. 我们今年有很大亏损。

4. 让我感到沮丧的是，他又犯了同样的错误。

5. 她对别人想出的主意总是迫不及待地批评。

The surgeon is performing a delicate operation.

His honesty is beyond dispute.

We have a great deficit this year.

To my dismay, he made the same mistakes.

She's always prompt to criticize other people's ideas.

Practical Reading Fill in the blanks with appropriate word forms. 1. animate The dog lay so still it scarcely

seemed . A smile her face.

2. assort The new leader's statement

does not with some of his Party's principles.

There are wide of gifts to choose from.

3. scatter The farmers were

seed on the fields. The birds at the

sound of the gun. 4. consult He paused to his

notes, and then proceeded with his questions.

Of all the , only Mr. Wang gave us some proposals in point.

animate

animated

assort

assortments

scattering

scattered

consult

consultants

Practical Reading Fill in the blanks with appropriate word forms. 5. accessible This database is only by the aut

horized manager. I can't the file on your company b

ecause I've forgotten the code.

accessible

access