unit_1_technology in reverse

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1、Unit1TechnologyinReverseByRobertJ.SamuelsonObjectives:1.Lead-inDiscussion2.TextExplanations1)Abouttheauthor2)GeneralAnalysisoftheTextOrganization3)QuestionsandDiscussion4)LanguageWork5)Writingstrategies3.TranslationRobertJacobSamuelson(bornDecember23,1945),inN

2、ewYorkCityandraisedinnearbyWhitePlains,NewYork.receivedhisbachelor'sdegreein1967fromHarvardUniversity,wherehemajoredingovernment.livesinBethesda,Maryland,withhiswife,onedaughterandtwosons.OneofhisrecurringtopicsisSocialSecurityandtheunwillingnessofthepoliticia

3、nstodealwithproblemsheandothersbelieveitwillhaveinthefuture.Hehaswrittenthreebooks.acontributingeditorofNewsweekandTheWashingtonPostwherehehaswrittenaboutbusinessandeconomicissuessince1977.Hiscolumnsappearinbothpublications.HisarticlesalsoappearintheLosAngeles

4、Times,TheBostonGlobe,andotherinfluentialnewspapers.HisworkhasappearedinTheSundayTimes,TheNewRepublicandtheColumbiaJournalismReview.HebeganhiscareerinjournalismasareporteronthebusinessdeskofTheWashingtonPostin1969.Heleftthepapertobecomeafreelancerin1973.Hejoine

5、dtheNationalJournalin1976,wherehewrotethe"EconomicFocus"column.Hewasacontributingeditortherefrom1981to1984,untilhelefttowriteforNewsweek.[Samuelsonalsodoesnotvoteinanyelections(betheynational,stateorlocal)ashebelievesthatvotinginterfereswithhisimpartialityasaj

6、ournalist.Journalismawards1993JohnHancockAwardforBestBusinessandFinancialColumnistNationalHeadlinerAwardforFeatureColumnonaSingleSubjectinboth1992and1993;anotherin1987forBestSpecialInterestColumnGeraldLoebAwardsforCommentaryin1993,1986and1983;Loebfinalistin198

7、8forhiscolumnsontheOctober1987WallStreetcrash1981NationalMagazineAwardBooksbySamuelsonTheGoodLifeandItsDiscontents:TheAmericanDreamintheAgeofEntitlementUntruth:WhytheConventionalWisdomIs(AlmostAlways)Wrong)TheGreatInflationandItsAftermath:ThePastandFutureofAme

8、ricanAffluenceLead-inDiscussion1.Whatkindoftechnologyhasimpressedyoumostsofar?2.Howhasmoderntechnologyinfluencedourlives?GeneralAnalysisofTextOrganization:Thepassagebeginswiththeau