商务英语综合教程第4册unit2

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1、UnitTwoUnitTwoIntensiveReadingBalancesandImbalancesofPowerPara1Theonlycheckon…formingaleagueofdefense.Theonlylimitationtotheabuseofpoliticalpowerhasineverycasecomefromtheexistenceofanopposingpowerwhichisequallystrongoranallianceofseveralcountrieswhichformsagroupofdefense.consistin—ha

2、vesth.asitschieforonlyelementorfeature在于，存在于e.g.这计划的好处就在于简单易行。Thebeautyoftheplanconsistsinitssimplicity.Educationdoesnotsimplyconsistinlearningalotoffacts.Technically专门地，技术上地，工艺地Theword“technical”isderivedfromtheword“technique”;whileaseeminglyalikeword“technological”isderivedfromthew

3、ord“technology”.“Technical”meanshavingspecialskillorpracticalknowledgeespeciallyinamechanicalorscientificfieldorusedinorpeculiartoaspecificfieldorprofession.e.g.atechnicaladviser技术顾问technicalterminology专门词汇，技术术语However,“technological”meansrelatingtoorinvolvingtechnology,especiallysci

4、entifictechnologyoraffectedbyorresultingfromscientificandindustrialprogress.e.g.technologicalinnovationscientificandtechnologicalchallengesSee—1).(heremeans)toknowthroughfirsthandexperience了解，明白e.g.HesawsomeserviceintheFrenchandIndianWar.2).Anothermeaningof“see”istogiverisetoorbechar

5、acterizedbye.g.The1990ssawthebesteconomicperformanceintheUnitedStatesinthreedecades.“See”,whenusedinthesecondmeaning,isasynonymto“witness”.e.g.Thelastdecadehaswitnessedasignificantgrowthintheuseofinformationtechnologyandinformationsystems.Para3StabilityinEurope…would-behegemon.GreatB

6、ritainiswillingtogivefullsupporttothelesserstateorcoalitionwhenthebalanceofpowerwasatrisk,resultingfromtheappearanceofapotentialhegemon,whichcontributedtostabilityinEurope.Theword“associate”hasanumberofpartsofspeech.Itisusedasavtinthetext.Itcanalsobeusedasinvi,oran.oranadj.1).Whenuse

7、dasvi,it,similartotheword“join”,meanstojoininaformaleague.e.g.Ifhishealthpermits,hewill~inmanyimportantbusinessventures.Asvi,italsomeanstospendtimesocially与某人交往或打交道e.g.Sheoften~withhercoworkersonweekends.2).Usedasn.,“associate”maymeanapersonunitedwithanotherorothersinanact,enterprise

8、,orbusiness.