Unit 5 Anything but Beef.pptVIP

Unit 5 Anything but Beef Introducing the Topic Mad-cow was one of the hottest topics in the international affairs in 1996. As the title shows, many people in Britain and the continent became fearful of beef. The BSE and CJD were the terms that caused panic. Because of the improper propaganda of the British press, the fear of the BSE and CJD had spread all over the continent and the related countries. Therefore more than 30 countries declared the ban on importing British beef. In March 1996, the European Union (EU) outlawed the import of British cattle, beef and relevant by-products, which gave a heavy strike upon the British economy. The British government protested and declared that they would boycott any decisions of the EU. In order to seek consolation with Britain, the EU leaders proclaimed, in June, that the ban would be lifted gradually. Meanwhile the British government decided to kill large numbers of cattle, for which the EU promised to compensate the British farmers. Mad-cow disease also deepened the contradiction among the members of the Conservative Party. Some members are openly critical of the way Major’s government had handled the crisis. The three-month turmoil of the mad-cow made people shun beef that was once the favorite food to Europeans. “Anything but beef” became a slogan at that time. 调整中的欧盟政治和军事 从欧盟诞生到今天，如果有人要问欧盟的政治理念和国际战略目标是什么，欧盟的军事建设方针和军事行动原则又是什么，恐怕连欧洲人自己也回答不清楚。这是因为世界发生了巨大的变化，欧洲本身也变化很大并继续处于变化之中，欧盟尚没有在这两种变化之间找到一个契合点，即它在现代世界体系中的角色还没有完全定型。由于这个原因，欧盟正在积极进行政治和军事变革，力求使其文化理念、世界作用和军事影响在经济实力发展的基础上形成一种强有力的国际存在。 当今世界的发展，以一方面全球化迅猛发展、另一方面单边主义咄咄逼人为主要特征；前者主要通过经济发展显示了和平与发展的需要和前景，后者则主要通过利用全球化搞强权政治而传递着干涉和战争的信息。尽管现在干涉和战争的阴影越来越刺激人们的神经，但全球化下的和平与发展走向仍然是人们的共同心愿。欧盟的形成和发展，首先是这种世界大背景的产物；它的经济努力和政治军事变革，也同其因应全球化的程度密切相关。 至今人们都在思考全球化的概念以及由它衍生出的一些问题。从哲学人类学的角度看，人类不断发展着的与自然界的能量交换关系，以及由此决定的不断发展着的社会组织结构和制度，本身就是一个不断“全球化”的过程，这个过程只会因地球的毁灭或人类的消亡而中止。这样说的意义是在于指出：其实早在十九世纪中、后叶，当科学业已从“分析的阶段”进入“综合的阶段”；人类思维业已从机械哲学经由?“百科全书派”上升到康德、黑格尔式的“宏”哲学；实际生活领域业已普遍通过电能、“电子流”等方式进行实物和信息传递的时候，人类“全球