book iv unit 4 section a the telecommunications revolution zhou shiyi college of foreign studies
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Section A
The Telecommunications Revolution
Zhou Shiyi
College of Foreign Studies
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Objectives of Section A
Learn more about related background information about the telecommunications revolution;
Grasp the main idea and structure of the text; Understand the important words, phrases and
sentence patterns in the text; Be able to conduct text-based written and oral
practices.
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Pre-class Task Checking
Text Understanding
Difficult Sentences
Words and Phrases
Summary
Writing
Post-class Tasks
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Text Understanding
Structure of the Text
Introduction + Question + Sample Solutions + Conclusion
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Introduction: the advantages of telecommunications technologies.
Question: How fast to develop telecommunications technologies in developing countries?
Sample solutions: Six countries and regions are working hard to realize telecommunications transformation.
Conclusion: Developing countries can catch up with Americans and Western Europeans if they persist.
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Detailed Understanding
Question: What benefits will the revolution bring to the third
world? (Part I)
Key words: boost, promote internal and foreign investment, help … step directly into , leap over , from … to a high-tech model.
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How to conduct the revolution (Part II)
Question 1: What’s the problem with Russia in this reform?
Question 2: What’s happening to China ?
Key words:
Key words:
poor economy, hard, invest, update, outdate
pour, be a major part of the information superhighway ,Shanghai upgrades
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Question 3: How did Hungary conduct its revolution?
Key words:: 30%, stake in, leased rights
Question 4: What change is taking place in Latin America?
Key words: earn, reform
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Question 5: Why do the Thais prefer the new technologies?
Key words:
make better use of, spend stuck in traffic jams
Question 6Question 6: What ambition does Vietnam harbor? go for, keep pace with Key words:
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Question 7: What device of writing is employed herein? (Part III)
Key words: induction, as shown below:
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Difficult Sentences
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1. Many experts think Vietnam is going too far by
requiring that all mobile phones be expensive digital models, when it is desperate for any phones, period. ------ (Para.3)
许多专家认为，越南在目前急需电话的情况下，却要求所有的移动电话都必须是昂贵的数字型电话，这种做法太超前了。
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1) go too far ------ behave in an unacceptable or extreme way
too far ------ “ 有些过分，太过分”， 常与 go, push, take 等动词连用。
Sample:
Enough! It is good to care for people, but you are going too far now.
够了！关心别人是好的，但是你现在太过了。
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___________________________ ( 这次你太过分了 )! I’ll not listen to your rude remarks any longer ------ kindly leave my house.
This time you’ve gone too far !
2) 动词 require 后接宾语从句用虚拟结构。
Sample ：
They require that manager (should) go at once.
他们要求经理立刻就去。
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3 ） period ： This word “period” can be used at the end of a statement to show that you believe you have said all there is to say on a subject and you are not going to discuss it any more. ------ “That’s it!” “That’s final!”
Sample:There will be no more shouting, period!别再喊叫了，到此为止！他说银行不愿意作如此短期的贷款，就是这么回事。He said that the bank did not like to lend money for so short a time, period.
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2. Still, there’s little dispute that communications
will be a key factor separating the winners from the losers. (Para 4)然而毋庸争辩，通信技术将是区分输赢的关键因素。
Sample： 毋庸争辩的是 , 先进的知识将给他们的腾飞插上 翅膀。
There is little dispute that advanced knowledge can lend wings to their rise in life.
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There is little / much dispute that…无需争辩 / 很有争议There is no / little doubt that…毫无疑问There is no question that…毋庸置疑There is no denying that …不可否认There is no knowing that…还不知道
Translation
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How to spend one’s college life is a matter of debate. Still there is little doubt that the job market is a key factor separating the winner from the loser.
如何度过校园生活是值得商榷的问题。然而毋庸质疑的是，就业市场是区别成败的关键因素。
There is little doubt ( 这是毋庸置疑的 )that online learning is one of the effective ways to learn English.
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3. That’s partly because Latin American customers talk two to four times as long on the phone as people in North America. (Para 8)
产生这种情况的部分原因是拉丁美洲客户的通话时间是北美洲客户的二至四倍。
We can use the structure ------ “two to four times as long as ” to indicate the size or extent of sth. by comparing it to sth. else.
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This lake is three times as big as that. 这个湖的大小是那个湖的 3 倍。
His cake is four times as big as mine. 他的蛋糕是我的四倍大。
He studies more than three times as hard as I. 他用功的程度是我的三倍还不止。
Practice Unit 4 Section A: Page 91 IX.
… times as … as … 是……的……倍
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Word Using
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Active Expressions
1. a matter of
2. go too far
3. date from
4. in a way
5. keep pace with
Find out the active expressions in the text and translate the sentences.
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Words and Phrases
1. dumb: a. unable to speak
典型考题： She was found ______ two months after she was
born, and we were told something was wrong
with her vocal cords.
A. quiet B. still C. silent D. dumb
D
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2. condense: vt. make sth. shorter or smaller
短语搭配： condense sth. to / into sth. 将… .. 凝结 / 浓缩为…… ; 使简洁
Sample: A long story can sometimes be ______ into a few sentences.A.condensed B. condemned C. condescended D. concealed A
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3. intensive: a. involving hard work concentrated into a short
time
Pay attention to the following expressions:
labor-intensive 劳动密集型的capital-intensive 资金密集型的Energy-intensive 能源密集型Knowledge-intensive 知识密集型intensive care 重病特别护理intensive study /training 强化学习 / 训练
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Sample:他们开始了为期一个月的强化学习。They started a one-month intensive study .
她需要一周的特别护理。She needs intensive care for a week.
Practice:The patient’s health failed to such an extent that he was put into ______ care.A.tense B. rigid C. intensive D. tight C
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4. be stuck with: to have no choice about doing
Cf: be stuck in: be in the unpleasant situation and unable to
change it or get away from it
Sample:1. He was stuck awkwardly in the middle. 2. We are stuck with this huge,ugly building.
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Practice:1. Why ____I always _______the dirty work?
2. The motorcycle _____________the mud.
1.was … stuck with
2. is stuck in
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5. a matter of:sth. that needs or depends on sth else
His negligence of duties is seen as a matter of morality, not of ability.
他玩忽职守被视为是品德问题，而非能力问题。
I can’t say which wine is best ------ it’s a matter
of personal taste.
我说不好那种酒最好，这只是个人口味问题。
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6. to make use of: use sth.
依我看，成败的分水岭是你能否充分利用一切积极因素。As I see it, the watershed between success and failure is whether or not you can make full use of every positive factor.
他会利用他的丰富经验。He will make use of his vast experience.
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Chinese to English
跨越比……具有优势太过度了缺乏区分解决问题触及表面
• leap over• give … advantage over• go too far
• lack in• separate … from …• lick the problem• scratch the surface
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在某种程度上登录无纸化交易固定电话供任意使用使用流行与……齐步前进落后
• in a way• log on to • paperless trading• fixed lines• at one’s disposal• make use of• become the rage
• keep pace with
• lag behind
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Summary
The passage mainly discusses that many countries in Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe are improving the investment in the most modern telecommunication equipment to atttracting foreign and domestic investment. With the strategy, these countries assure economic growth.
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写作模式写作模式 写作实践写作实践
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Pattern of Writing
Advantages of Sth.
Advantages of Sth.
How to Do Sth.
How to Do Sth. ConclusionConclusion
Such writing begins with an introduction of the advantages of sth. in question.
This part, as the main body of writing, focuses on how to cope with the matter concerned.
The writing concludes with the writer’s assertions about the matter concerned.
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Example abridged from the text
Topic: The Telecommunications Revolution
Outlines:
1. 电信革命给发展中国家带来的好处； 2. 举例说明如何推进电信革命； 3. 你的结论。
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Writing Practice
Topic:
How to Exploit Multimedia in Classroom-based CET
Outlines:
1. 多媒体辅助教学的好处；
2. 举例说明如何实施多媒体辅助教学；
3. 你的结论。
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Post-class Task
Idea Sharing:
Each group chooses one of the two tragedies to:
1. What impact the telecommunications revolution may have on our life?
2.What can we do with Internet in the future? What is the side-effects of the Internet?
3. Make an oral presentation in class.
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Written Tasks:
1) Finish the Exercises on the textbook: Vocabulary; Collocation; Word Building; Sentence Structure; Translation; Cloze. Pages 87-94
2) Write a passage with the given topic.
