unit6 v2.ppt

信息管理专业英语教程 人民邮电出版社 Unit 6 Information Economy New Words New Words New Words New Words New Words New Words Phrases information economy 信息经济 rely on 依靠,依仗,信赖,指望 real time 实时 multinational corporation 跨国公司 tune in 收听,作调谐 relative to 关于,涉及 due to 由于,归因于 assembly line 装配线,生产线 look into 调查,过问 Phrases fall behind 落后,拖欠 tend to 注意,趋向 instead of 代替,而不是 as opposed to 与…对照 in particular 特别,尤其 Abbreviations ICT (Information Communication Technology) 信息通讯技术 IT (Information technology) 信息技术 Text 请老师朗读并讲解课文 Notes [1] An information economy is where the productivity and competitiveness of units or agents in the economy (be they firms, regions or nations) depend mainly on their capacity to generate, process, and apply efficiently knowledge-based information. 本句中，An information economy作主语，where the productivity and competitiveness of units or agents in the economy (be they firms, regions or nations) depend mainly on their capacity to generate, process, and apply efficiently knowledge-based information作表语。在该表语从句中，(be they firms, regions or nations)是一个让步状语从句，意思是“无论是公司、地区或国家”，depend on的意思是“取决于，依靠，依赖”。 Notes [2] While we have always relied on information exchange to do our jobs and run our lives, the information economy is different in that it can collect more relevant information at the appropriate time. 本句中，While引导了一个让步状语从句，意思是“尽管”。rely on等于depend on，in that的意思是“由于, 因为”。请看下例： We should rely on our own efforts. 我们应该依靠自己的努力。 He likes to live in the country in that the scenery is very beautiful. 他喜欢住在乡下是因为那里的景色非常美。 Notes [3] Globalization will be affected by government regulations and policies, which will affect international boundaries and the structure of the global economy. 本句中，which will affect international boundaries and the structure of the global economy是一个非限定性定语从句，which指Globalization，对其作进一步补充说明。 Notes [4] Castells looks into the history of productivity growth in advanced market economies and observes a downward trend