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1、Lecture1&2,Page10of10,forGrade2010oftheEnglishmajors,DaliU.CreatedbyGuangyiLi,associateprof.Lecture1&2onBenjaminFranklinI.Motivatingourselvesandgettingready1.WhyshouldwelearnabouttheUnitedStatesofAmerica?TheUSAwasfoundedin1783.Bytheendof19thcentury,ithadbecometheleadingindustrialcoun
2、tryintheworld.Itsgrossnationalproducttotaled9.498milliondollars.BytheendofWWII,theUSAhadreplacedtheUKtobethemostpowerfulnationtheinworld.In2008,itsGDPtotaled14,330,000milliondollars,whilethatofChina(PRC)was4,222,000milliondollars(fromTheWorldFactbookbyCIA).ThesefiguresreleasedinChina
3、aredifferent,Chinabeing$3.77wanyi,andUSAbeing$13.98wanyi.AnyhowChinaapproximated1/4theGDPoftheUSinwealthin2008whereastheformer’spopulationhasquadrupledthatoftheUSA.ThereexistsasharpcontrastofwealthbetweentheUSAandPRC:For2009theGDPoftheU.S.was14,256,300millionsofUSD,whilePRC:4,909,280
4、millionsofUSD(bytheWorldBank);theU.S.GDPpercapitawas46,381$;PRC:3,678$,lessthan1/12oftheUSA’s(theInternationalMonetaryFund).TheGDPintheUnitedStateswasworth15.094trillionUSdollarsin2011whileChina’sGDPwasworth7.298trillionUSdollars.China’sGDPin2012wasworth7.991trillionUSdollars(ItsGDPp
5、ercapitawasUS$5,898)(fromtheIMF).ItsGDPwasnexttotheeconomyoftheUnitedStates,whichstillremainstheworld’slargestnationaleconomy,withitsnominalGDPworth$15.609 trillionin2012(fromtheIMF).TheU.S.isoneoftheworld’swealthiestnations,withabundantnaturalresources,awell-developedinfrastructure,
6、andhighproductivity.Ithasoneoftheworld’shighestpercapitaGDP.ThereforetherearegoodreasonsforustolearnabouttheUS.Whyinsuchshorttimeinhistoryhasitbecomesopowerful?TheAmericansmustbeadvancedinideologyandsoon,whichmayinsomewayfindsexpressionsinliterature.2.Whyshouldwelearnliterature?Inord
7、ertogoonwiththeimprovementofourEnglish,weshouldlearnAmericanliterature.IstronglybelieveweChineselearnersofEnglishcannotmastertheEnglishlanguagewithoutreadingextensively.Whattoreadisaquestion.IfirmlyrecommendyouLecture1&2,Page10of10,forGrade2010oftheEnglishmajors,DaliU.CreatedbyGuangy
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