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* * Unit4 The Multicltural Society Text A : AMERICA AS A COLLAGE paragraph(16-21) Made by dormitory 4-23 and 2-15 The pacific Rim :环太平洋地区 The expression “Pacific Rim” is used to refer to nations and regions around the Pacific Ocean and the island countries in it. After World War II，the Pacific Rim became more and more important as an economic region. The west coast of the United States grew rapidly.Soon Japan became an economic superower.Later on,Singapore and South Korea began to rise.Nowdays,Tokyo,Los Angeles and Hong Kong are all world famous financial ceters.In 1989.21 Pacific Rim nations and regions,including the United States and Canada,established the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation(APEC).This organization now provides a forum that encourages economic cooperation and promotes trade among its member countries and regions.  “环太平洋地区”用来在它里指国家和在太平洋和岛国家周围的地区。 在第二次世界大战之后，环太平洋地区作为一个经济地区变得越来越重要。 美国的西海岸增长迅速。很快日本成为经济超级大国。不久后， 新加坡和韩国开始发展。现在，东京、洛杉矶和香港是全部世界闻名的金融中心。 在1989.21环太平洋国家和地区，包括美国和加拿大，确定亚太为经济合作(亚太经合组织)。 这个组织现在提供鼓励经济合作并且在它的成员国家和地区中间促进贸易的一个论坛  L83 exploitation :n[U] selfish use ,use for one’s own benefit 利用;剥削 eg:Britains exploitation of (= its use of) its natural gas reserves began after the Second World War. 英国的剥削（ =使用）的天然气储量始于第二次世界大战之后。 exploit:vt to use something for advantage:利用 eg :We need to make sure that we exploit our resources as fully as possible. 我们必须确保我们利用我们的资源尽可能充分。 exploitable: adj 可利用的，可开发的 eg :The coal mine is no longer commercially exploitable (= can no longer be used for profit). 矿不再是商业开采（ =再也不能用于盈利） 。 exploitative:adj 开发资源的,剥削的 exploiter:n [C]开拓者,开发者,剥削者 L85 merge vtvi to combine or join together, or to cause things to do this:合并,并入 eg:They decided to merge the two companies into one. 他们决定将两家公司合并成一个。 eg:The hill merge into the dark sky behind them. 山峦渐渐隐入背后漆黑的夜空之中. eg:After a while the narrow track merges with a wider path. 又过了一段狭窄的赛道合并与更广泛的道路。 merger n [C] when two or more companies join together: (两个公司的)合并 eg:The merger