Transcript Unit 4 Globalization

• Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine
• objectivity in reporting
• nonjudgmental
• “Globalization refers to increases in the
degree of integration between national
economics. Integration encompasses all of the
ways national economics are connected in
international markets, including trade in
goods, services and ideas; international
movements of the factors of production; and
coordination of public policies.”
• a neologism
• the global elite of wealthy men whose
members view themselves as completely
international
• a town in Switzerland
• shot to fame in the 1990s
• World Economic Forum (an annual
gathering of international politicians and
financiers)
• sweep aside: refuse to pay attention to
• Branson swept all the objections aside.
• Sweeping aside all opposition, the prime
minister put the matter to vote.
• fervent: believing or feeling something very
strongly and sincerely
• a fervent desire to win
• He’s a fervent believer in free speech.
• She made a fervent farewell speech
• network: meet and talk to people who have
similar jobs to yours, especially because they
may be useful for you
• In business, it is important to network with as
many people as possible on a face-to-face
basis.
• If you have business interests or you’re single
looking for love, it’s important to network at
parties.
Samuel Huntington
• 1927—2008
• a longtime Harvard University professor, an
influential political scientist, and mentor to a
generation of scholars in widely divergent
fields
• a prolific writer
Samuel Huntington
• “People all over the world studied and
debated his ideas. I believe that he was clearly
one of the most influential political scientists
of the last 50 years.”
• “Every one of his books had an impact. These
have become part of our vocabulary.”
----Henry Rosovsky
Samuel Huntington
• “[He is] one of the giants of political science
worldwide during the past half century. He
had a knack for asking the crucially important
but often inconvenient question. He had the
talent and skill to formulate analyses that
stood the test of time.”
----Jorge Dominguez
Samuel Huntington
• The Clash of Civilizations and the
Remaking of World Order (1996)
• Who Are We? The Challenges of
America’s National Identity (2004)
• residue: the part of something that is left after
the rest has gone or been taken away
• the residue of the youth
• The residue of the stock was sold.
• The residue of estate belongs to his son.
• 剩余财产属于他的儿子。
• divorce: separate
• It is difficult to divorce sport from politics.
• How can you divorce the issues of
environmental protection and overpopulation?
• endorse: give support or approval
• The two leaders endorsed the movement for
peace in South Asia.
• The President endorsed her candidacy.
• Remember, the person used in the ad has been
paid a large sum of money to endorse the
product.
• endorsement
• forefront: the foremost part or area
• San Francisco is at the forefront of efforts to
promote the use of electric cars.
• Companies compete to say at the forefront of
research and development.
• He was at the forefront of the struggle for
equal rights.
• an American-based multinational corporation
• designs and sells consumer electronics, networking and
communications technology and services
• headquartered in San Jose, California
• has more than 65,000 employees and annual revenue
of US$40.0 billion as of 2010
• The stock was added to the Dow Jones Industrial
Average on June 8, 2009, and is also included in the
S&P 500 Index the Russell 1000 Index, NASDAQ100
Index and the Russell 1000 Growth Stock Index.
• one of the world's biggest technology corporations
• landmark: having great significance
• The Willard in downtown Philadelphia is a
landmark hotel rich in tradition, elegance, and
style.
• The forum will become a landmark event in
international cooperation.
• landmark: an object easily recognized from a
distance; an event marking an important stage
of development or a turning point in history
• Our last stop is the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, a
landmark of Shanghai.
• The Reform and Open policy has become a
landmark in Chinese history.
• projection: a statement or calculation about
what something will be in the future, based
on information available now
• He declined to make projections about fourth
quarter earnings.
• Sales projections for next year look
encouraging.
• population projection for the next 25 years
• displace: take the place of someone or something
• The indigenous population were displaced by the
settlers.
外来移民把当地人赶出了家园。
• He was displaced from his job by a young man.
• This new technology allows natural gas to
displace a portion of the fossil fuel used in truck
and bus engines.
• pendulum: 摆；钟摆
the pendulum: used to talk about the tendency of
ideas, beliefs etc to change regularly to the
opposite
• The pendulum is now shifting towards higher
privacy control online.
• Since the last election, the pendulum of public
opinion has swung back against the government.
• ambivalent: not sure whether you want or like
something or not
• We are both somewhat ambivalent about
having a child.
• I have a very ambivalent attitude towards
giving to charity.
• aspire: have a strong desire to do something
(aspire to sth. / aspire to do sth.)
• At that time, all serious artists aspired to go to
Paris.
• Comcast (美国通信卫星公司) aspires to
become a major global communication player.
• college graduates aspiring to careers in
finance
Is globalization a blessing or a
curse?
• As more money is poured in to developing countries, there
is a greater chance for the people in those countries to
economically succeed and increase their standard of living.
• Global competition encourages creativity and innovation
and keeps prices for commodities/services in check.
• Developing countries are able to reap the benefits of
current technology without undergoing many of the
growing pains associated with development of these
technologies.
• There is a greater access to foreign culture in the form of
movies, music, food, clothing, and more. In short, the world
has more choices.
• Outsourcing, while it provides jobs to a population in one country,
takes away those jobs from another country, leaving many without
opportunities.
• Although different cultures from around the world are able to
interact, they begin to meld, and the contours and individuality of
each begin to fade.
• There is little international regulation, an unfortunate fact that
could have dire consequences for the safety of people and the
environment.
• Large Western-driven organizations such as the International
Monetary Fund and the World Bank make it easy for a developing
country to obtain a loan. However, a Western-focus is often applied
to a non-Western situation, resulting in failed progress.
• "Globalization is not a phenomenon. It is not
just some passing trend. Today it is an
overarching international system shaping the
domestic politics and foreign relations of
virtually every country, and we need to
understand it as such.”
----The Lexus and the Olive Tree
Thomas Friedman
Translation
• 资本、劳动力和技术
的流动
• 国家认同
• 文化断层
• 对各国人口和经济增
长的预计
• flow of capital, labor
and technology
• national identity
• cultural fault line
• Projections of
demographic and
economic growth
Translation
• 达沃斯人以全球公民自居的自我形象，与
大多数美国人的价值观完全相悖。
• Davos Man’s global-citizen self-image is starkly
at odds with the values of most Americans.
Translation
• 一款热门游戏《愤怒的小鸟》已经俨然成
为本年度最不可思议的流行文化符号，引
领了一场文化热潮。游戏的巨大成功引得
对手模仿，业界崇敬，粉丝狂赞。
Translation
• Angry Birds, a hit game, has become one of
the unlikeliest pop-culture crazes of the year.
The huge success of the game has inspired
parodies, homage and fervent testimonials.
Translation
• 有60多个国家的元首使用“推特”微博这
种社交网站来作为外交平台，甚至产生了
一个新词“微博外交”。例如，美国总统
奥巴马和俄罗斯总统梅德韦杰夫互为彼此
的微博“粉丝”。
Translation
• More than 60 countries’ heads of state now
use Twitter as a new social networking
platform for diplomacy, sparking the creation
of a new word: “Twitplomacy.” For example,
US President Barack Obama and Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev have added each
other to become each other’s “fans.”