职通商务英语教学课件作者第二版综合教程2电子教案Unit1-1.pptVIP

This is a compound sentence consisting of two sentences which are linked by the conjunction “and”. “By the 1880s” is an adverbial of time. The subject of the first sentence is “the Industrial Revolution”, “in Europe and the United States” is an adverbial of place. The subject of the second sentence is “production”, and “abetted… railway system” is a past participle modifying the subject “production”, in which “achieved” is also another past participle modifying “efficiencies”. Analysis Text analysis in full swing: at the highest level of activity e.g. The meeting was in full swing when we arrived. The factory was in full swing for the first time in these years. unprecedented: having no precedent; unparalleled e.g. Our firm faced unprecedented difficulties. The business is conducted on a scale of unprecedented immensity. abet: to assist or encourage e.g. He is abetted in business activities by his wife. The cashier abetted by an assistant, misappropriated company funds. Word study Text analysis 12) Growth continued in an upward spiral as mass production met and surpassed domestic demand, pushing manufacturers to seek enlarged, foreign markets for their products. 大规模生产满足并超越了国内消费需求，工业革命继续呈现上升趋势，这样就迫使生产者为其产品寻求更为广大的海外市场。 Translation Text analysis Word study spiral: something that pursues a winding, usually upward, course or that displays a twisting form or shape e.g. The company’s budgets continued to spiral. Profits began to spiral up. mass production: the production of large quantities of a standardized article (often using assembly line techniques) e.g. Soon the car will go into mass production. Having been trial-produced for several times, this new product will be put into mass production. Text analysis 13) Peter Wuck, a managing director of the World Bank, credits globalization with providing the es