新世纪高职高专综合英语3unit 8概要1.pptVIP

What Is Globalization? Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology. This process has effects on the environment, on culture, on political systems, on economic development and prosperity, and on human physical well-being in societies around the world. What Is Globalization? Globalization is not new, though. For thousands of years, people—and, later, corporations—have been buying from and selling to each other in lands at great distances, such as through the famed Silk Road across Central Asia that connected China and Europe during the Middle Ages. Likewise, for centuries, people and corporations have invested in enterprises in other countries WTO What is WTO? There are a number of ways of looking at the WTO. It’s an organization for liberalizing trade. It’s a forum for governments to negotiate trade agreements. It’s a place for them to settle trade disputes. It operates a system of trade rules. (But it’s not Superman, just in case anyone thought it could solve — or cause — all the world’s problems!) Status of WTO negotiations A world map of WTO participation When did China enter the WTO? end n. an aim or purpose, or the result you hope to achieve 目的，目标 e.g. She’ll do anything to achieve her own ends. to that end 为了那个目的 e.g. He wants to cut costs, and to that end is looking at ways of cutting the company’s operations. the end justifies the means: used to say that doing bad things is acceptable if they achieve an important result 为达目的，不择手段 impose vt. to officially force a rule, tax, punishment, etc to be obeyed or received 加(惩罚)于某人 e.g. The court can impose a fine. impose something on something/somebody 强加…于… e.g. High taxes have recently been imposed on cigarettes. concession n. something which is allowed or given up, often in order to end a disagreement, or the act of a