Unit 4The

Telecommunications Revolution

Consolidation

Writing

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Presentation

Assignment

ContentBOOK 4

Unit 4

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PresentationBOOK 4

Unit 4

New Horizon College English

English Dormitory Presentation

• 1. Ask 2 students to recite a beautiful paragraph from Unit 3.

• 2. Ask 2 other students to retell Section B.

The Telecommunications RevolutionThe Telecommunications Revolution

Lead-in: Pre-reading questions

• 1. What is the main idea of the article?

The telecommunications revolution is occurring in

most parts of Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe.

• 2. Why are many developing countries trying hard to develop their telecommunications?

To leap over whole stages of economic development.

• 3.How many countries are mentioned as examples?

Six. (Russia, China, Hungary, Latin America, Thailand, and Vietnam.)

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Text Structure Analysis

• Part I. ( 1-2): Advantages of telecommunications revolution for developing countries.

1. Boosting living standards and promoting internal and

foreign investment.

2. Stepping directly into the Information Age and leaping over

whole stages of economic development.

3. Changing labor-intensive assembly work into industries

involving engineering, marketing and design.

Text Structure Analysis

• Part II. (3-10): How fast to develop telecommunications technologies in developing countries?

6 countries or regions as examples: Russia, China, Hungary, Latin America, Thailand, and Vietnam.

• Part III. (11): Conclusion

Developing countries can catch up with Americans and West Europeans in telecom. Technologies if they persist in their efforts.

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Some kitchen tools have very little utility. 用处

When I asked him about his childhood, he remembered a parade of baby-sitters. 一大批

The small boy loves watching the soldiers on parade. 检阅队伍

The editor condensed the manuscript to half of its original length. 压缩

Steam condenses into water when it touches a cold surface. 凝结

labour-intensive industries. 劳动密集性产业intensive reading 精读She was desperate to get into university. 非常想be desperate for help/a rescue/a shelter/food: 迫切需要The computer experts seem to have licked the problem. 解决问题The child finished the dessert and then licked the plate. 舔Strategic plan/vision 战略的military/reading/writing strategy 策略

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Many businesses are failing because of the continuing recession.萧条 Be careful not to scratch yourself on the roses. 刺伤Marketing is within the province of the sales department. 职权范围Traffic reached a peak between 8 and 9 in the morning. 高峰His career is at its peak. 高峰the peak of a mountain 山峰

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He refuses to invest in companies without a good social record. 投资于The company is selling off its 15% stake in the Commercial Bank. 股份I just don’t feel I have a stake in how the trial comes out. 利益关系One of the stakes in the fence is broken. 桩His life is at stake. 处危险境地We have leased an apartment for one year. 租The lease runs out in two years’ time. 租约My car is seven years old but it’s still fairly reliable. 可靠

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He will have a car at his disposal for the whole month. 由他使用waste disposal 废物处理dispose of old newspaper处理掉 /卖掉I’m stuck with this job for the moment.无法摆脱He said his car had got stuck in the snow. 陷入It’s a matter of taste. 是…… .问题He had to choose between death and dishonor. 在两者中做出选择 Our friendship dates from college days. 始于

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We left feeling that we had just scratched the surface of this fascinating country. 触及表面Anyone can log on to this computer. 登录In order to log on to the system you have to type in a special password.登录，进入Log out before switching the computer off. 退出Are wages keeping pace with inflation? 与…… 同步We still lag far behind many of our competitors in using modern technology. 落后于

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Sentence Translation

1. A transformation is occurring that should greatly boost living standards in the developing world. (L1)

一个将会大大提高发展中国家生活水准的变一个将会大大提高发展中国家生活水准的变革正方兴未艾。革正方兴未艾。

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2. Places that until recently were deaf and dumb are rapidly acquiring up-to-date telecommunications that will let them promote both internal and foreign investment. (L2)

Main structure: Places … are acquiring … telecommunications …

一些不久前还是信息闭塞的地方正在快速获得一些不久前还是信息闭塞的地方正在快速获得最新的通信技术，这将促进当地对国内外投资最新的通信技术，这将促进当地对国内外投资的吸纳。的吸纳。

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3. Widespread access to information technologies, for example, promises to condense the time required to change from labor-intensive and assembly work to industries that involve engineering, marketing, and design. (L12)(L12)

信息技术的广泛应用有望缩短从劳动密集型的组装工业转向涉及工程、营销、设计等产业所需的时间。

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4. Wireless demand and usage have also exploded across the entire width and breadth of the Latin America. (L54)(L54)

整个拉丁美洲对无线通信的需求和使用已急剧增加。

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5. That’s partly because Latin American customers talk two to four times as long on the phone as people in North America. (L59)

Structure: … times as … as …

部分原因是拉美的顾客在电话上谈话的时间是北美顾客的两到四倍 .

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Vocabulary ComparingVocabulary Comparing • dumb voiceless mute silent speechless• diameter radius perimeter circle

circumference• millimeter centimetre decimetre meter

decametre hectometre kilometre

Writing

Vocabulary ComparingVocabulary Comparing • spider moth butterfly fly mosquito

bug flea louse bee wasp locust termite ant

• fax telex phone telegram email mobile phone dial mail post postage stamp

• persist in insist on stick to adhere to cling to

Writing

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Chinese to English

跨越比……具有优势

太过度了处理缺乏

（两者中）选择区分

解决问题触及表面

• leap over• give … advantage

over• go too far• choose between• separate … from• lick the problem• scratch the surface

Chinese to English省会登录

无纸化交易固定电话供任意使用

流行与……齐步前进

落后

• provincial capital• log on• paperless trading• fixed lines• at one’s disposal• become the rage• keep pace with• lag behind

Consolidation

Useful Words and PhrasesComparison:

similar to, similarly, like, alike, likewise, correspond to, correspondingly, resemble, as, just as, in the same way, have sth. in common, common characteristics, etc.

Contrast:

differ from, however, otherwise, even so, less than, unlike, in contrast to, on the contrary, on the other hand, while, although, rather than, etc.

Consolidation

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Unit 4Writing

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Two major ways of organizing paragraph of comparison:

A. Examine one thing thoroughly and then the other. (block comparison/contrast)

B. Examine two things at the same time, discussing them point by point.

(alternative comparison/contrast)

Sample A• The importance of books leads some people to furnish

their homes with a bookcase or personal library. In this way, useful works such as dictionaries and textbooks are always at hand. However, sometimes, book-collectors buy texts they never read.

Public library, by contrast, are blessed with advantages. On a social level, they are preferable because they allow people with low incomes to better themselves. Knowledge is available for most people, instead, not the few.

Writing

Sample B The same qualities that make people good house guests

make them good hospital patients. st …Good house guests can expect a reasonable amount of service and effort on their behalf, and hospital patients can also. Guests have to adjust to what is for them a change, and certainly hospital patients must do the same … Just as house guests must …, so patients must …

Writing

Your Task

• Write a passage of comparisons with no less than 120 words.

Topic:

Mobile Phone: A Blessing or

A Curse

Assignment

BOOK 4

Unit 4Assignment

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Simulated Press Conference

• One group acts as a delegation from a country or region mentioned in Text A, participating in the Telecommunications Forum Press Conference.

• The other group acts as reporters from different news agencies to ask questions. Then the two groups exchange their roles.

 

Task Description • Delegation:

Answer the questions according to the information in the text in your own words. Every member must participate and answer questions.

• Reporters:

Ask briefly and clearly. All the questions must be based on the information in the text. Take notes in a card when the delegation is answering questions.

Assignment

A card for reporters

• Country: ________

• Situation:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• Solution:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Assignment

Useful Expressions:

• — Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen! Firstly, let me introduce the members of our delegation.

• — Now the floor is open for questions.

• — If there is no further question, the conference is now over. Thank you!

• — Good morning, Mr. President.  I am from CCTV. I have two questions for you.  — The lady over there.