Extension

● Oral Work

1.Group Discussion

●What does the author think of the differences between races and nations? What is your opinion?

●Do you agree that tribalism is standing in our way to progress today?

2.Debating

The global village needs a world governance.

● Moral cultivation is more important than knowledge learning for a college student.

● Science is a threat to humanity.

✔ The need for world government was clear before August 6, 1945, but Hiroshima　(广岛) and Nagasaki　(长崎) raise that need to such dimensions that it can no longer be ignored. ~ Norman Cousins

✔ The new education must be less concerned with sophistication than compassion. It must recognize the hazards of tribalism. It must teach man the most difficult lesson of all—to look at someone anywhere in the world and be able to see the image of himself. The old emphasis upon superficial differences that separate peoples must give way to education for citizenship in the human community. ~ Norman Cousins

✔ With such an education and with such self-understanding, it is possible that some nation or people may come forward with the vital inspiration that men need no less than food. Leadership on this higher level does not require mountains of gold or thundering propaganda. It is concerned with human destiny. Human destiny is the issue. People will respond. ~ Norman Cousins

● Quiz

1. Obviously, the Chairman’s remarks at the conference were ___ and not planned.

a. substantial     b. spontaneous

c. simultaneous     d. synthetic

2. For the success of the project, the company should ___ the most of the opportunities at hand.

a. obtain      b. grasp

a. obtain      b. grasp

3. Failure to follow the club rules ___ him from the volleyball team.

a. disfavoured      b. dispelled

c. disqualified      d. dismissed

4. The discovery of new oil-fields in various parts of the country filled the government with ____ hope.

a. eternal      b. infinite

c. ceaseless      d. everlasting

5. At first the company refused to purchase the equipment, but this decision was ____ revised.

a. subsequently      b. successively

c. predominantly      d. preliminarily

6. The local police are authorized to ___ anyone’s movements as they think of it.

a. pause      b. halt

a. pause      b. halt

7. The local authorities realized the need to make ___ for elderly people in their housing programs.

a. preparation      b. requirement

c. specification      d. provision

8. Twelve is to three __ four is to one.

a. what      b. as

c. that      d. like

9. Things went well for her during her early life but in her middle age her ___ seemed to change.

a. affair       b. luck

c. event      d. chance

10. To ___ important dates in history, countries create special holidays.

a. commend      b. memorize

c. propagate      d. commemorate

Fill out the blanks with the proper form of the given words.

1. They __________ two-month’s work into one. (compression)

2. On the top of very high mountains snow___ throughout the year. (persistence)

3. The boy tried to ____ the scene that was described. (visual)

4. Some people fail to see the fallacy of “white _____” . (supreme)

5. What is the difference between “_____” and “publicize”? (propaganda)

6. A teacher should not show ______ for any one of his pupils. (prefer)

7. According to the treaty, some countries can enjoy ___ tariff rates. (prefer)

8. This document is _________ only to lawyers. (comprehend)

9. For the sake of ___ the tax form is divided into three sections. (simple)

●Writing

Should the similarities between nations outweigh the differences?

●State your point of view.

●Elaborate your grounds.

●End with a natural conclusion.

●Listening Lab

Globalization: Threat or Opportunity?

That the income gap between high-income and low-income countries has grown wider is a matter for _____. And the number of the world’s citizens in abject poverty is deeply _____. But it is wrong to jump to the conclusion that _______ has caused the divergence, or that nothing can be done to improve the situation. To the _____ : low-income countries have not been able to integrate with the global economy as quickly as others, partly because of their chosen _______ and partly because of factors outside their control.

No country, least of all the poorest, can afford to remain ______ from the world economy. Every country should seek to ______ poverty. The international community should endeavor—by _____ the international financial system, through trade, and through ___—to help the poorest countries integrate into the world economy, grow more ______, and reduce poverty. That is the way to ______ all people in all countries have access to the _______ of globalization.