CET-B4-Unit4 In Search of Davos Man 全新版大学英语综合教程（第二版）第四册+英语课件.pptVIP

In Search of Davos Man Peter Gumbel It is an important center of foreign tourism and winter sports. At the end of every year it is serving as the site of the annual Spengler Cup ice hockey tournament, hosted by the HC Davos local hockey team. The World Economic Forum WEF is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. The World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum Who’s in Davos? What is Davos Man? Davos Men Characteristics of Davos Men share at least one belief: that globalization, the unimpeded flows of capital, labor and technology across national borders, is both welcome and unstoppable. see the world increasingly as one vast, interconnected marketplace in which corporations search for the most advantageous locations to buy, produce and sell their goods and services. Characteristics of Davos Men have little need for national loyalty, view national boundaries as obstacles that are thankfully vanishing, and see national governments as residues from the past whose only useful function is to facilitate the elite’s global operations. an influential American political scientist who wrote highly-regarded books in a half-dozen sub-fields of political science, starting in 1957. He gained wider prominence through his Clash of Civilizations (1993, 1996) thesis of a post-Cold War new world order. G R _ Part Division of the Text How does the author begin with the text? What is the anecdote about? Why are they called Davos Men? What do they have in common, as Davos Men? How different are they as Davos Men? Davos Man Davos Man D R _ word _ sweep aside2 D R _ word _asset1 D R _ word _ asset2 ─ a group of people who have a lot of power and influence because they have money, knowledge, or special skills Argentina is one of only a handful of countries