新核心綜合學(xué)術(shù)英語(yǔ)第一冊(cè)Unit2

1、Text analysis Unit 2 Part II Text-related information Reading 1, the first lead-in article, gives a general introduction of urbanization in the world. Reading 2 offers positive and negative effects of urbanization on the world. Reading 3 continues to elaborate on the impacts of urbanization on the s

2、ociety and people. The fourth extension article focuses on the how to prepare for the urban growth. 2. Paraphrase each of the sentences below by using as many synonyms as possible. Unit 2 Part V Writing 1) Urbanization signals the increasing number of people in urban areas Urbanization represents th

3、e rate at which the urban proportion is increasing.2) Many Chinese emerging new cities are the result of the large movement of people who flood into cities in recent years Many new emerging Chinese cities are attributed to the large scale of urban migration in recent years.3) The main character of u

4、rban culture is that everyone wants to be better than others. Urban culture is chiefly characterized by competitive behavior. Unit 2 Part V Writing 4) Many studies show that the urban expansion may enjoy more advantages than its disadvantages. Many studies suggest that the benefits of urban expansio

5、n outweigh the disadvantages.5) Rural farmers go to the cities because of the shortage of medical and education resources in rural areas The lack of medical and education resources in rural areas also drives rural farmers to the cities.6) Companies can make more money by building their factories in

6、rural areas where there are plenty of cheap labor. It will make the companies more profitable to locate their factories in rural areas where there are plenty of cheap labor Unit 2 Part V Writing 7) They dont provide them with necessary services in order to prevent them from moving to the cities They

7、 discourage rural-urban migration by denying them necessary services.8) It is important to make to make joint international effort in urbanization. A concerted international effort is crucial to urbanization.3. Paraphrase each of the sentences below according to the models.Model 1Through urbanizatio

8、n, every country in the industrial age has achieved signifi cant economic growth.No country in the industrial age has ever achieved signifi cant economic growth without urbanization.Model 2Whenever a conference is held there will always be some talks on changes and challenges.There is no conference

9、to be held without some talks on changes and challenges.Unit 2 Part V Writing 1) Whenever we pick up a newspaper we never fail to find some advertisements for rural work. No newspapers have ever been read without finding some advertisements for rural work.2) Advances in social development rely on th

10、e effort to make education universally available. No advances in social development has ever been made without the effort to make education universally available. Unit 2 Part V Writing 3) To fully respect the rights of the rural migrants is the first step to success in urbanization No success in urb

11、anization has ever been achieved without fully respecting the rights of the rural migrants.4) Urbanization must offer real job opportunities to rural migrants, otherwise there will be no hope for economic improvement There will be no hope for economic improvement without offering real job opportunit

12、ies to rural migrants in urbanization.5) Almost all urbanization will encounter such problems as poverty, poor sanitation, unemployment and high crime rates. There is no urbanization which does not experience such problems as poverty, poor sanitation, unemployment and high crime rates.4. Read the pa

13、ragraphs taken from this unit and summarize each of them using one sentence only. Unit 2Part V Writing 1) Better Economic opportunities attract workers to urban areas. 2) Urbanization is unavoidable, but people also have benefits from it.Answers for reference :3) Most farmers desire to live a city l

14、ife, and urbanization is an inevitable trend. 3.Guess the meaning of the following words and then add more words using the same prefix or suffix. Share your answers with the class. Unit 2 Part V Integrated exercises1) untouchable unbelievable unreasonable uncomfortable unaccountable2) modernize glob

15、alize mobilize commercialize industrialize3) export expose expand exclude extend4) rearrange reconfirm recall redo reappear5) acceptable agreeable affordable adaptable comfortable6) disagree disable discharge disarm disappear7) government arrangement employment development payment8) outnumber outroo

16、t outlaw outburst output9) proceed progress provide promote produce10) enable enlarge enrich enclose encourage Keys for reference:5. Find synonyms in the box below of the following words as many as possible.Unit 2 Part V Integrated exercises1) predict: forecast, foresee, foretell2) approach: method,

17、 means, procedure, technique3) require: ask, demand, need, desire, want, necessitate, request4)critical: crucial, decisive, essential, vital, all-important, grave5)enhance: improve, increase, intensify, strengthen, boost, heighten6)adequate: abundant, ample, enough, sufficient, plenty7)accomplish: a

18、chieve, attain, complete, finish, fulfill, bring about 8)congestion: overcrowding, traffic jam, bottle-neck, jam 9)enormous: gigantic, immense, massive, tremendous, huge10) investigation: examination, analysis, study, survey, search, enquiry Keys for reference7.Complete the following statements with

19、 phrases from the box. You may change the phrases according to the Chinese given.Unit 2 Part V Integrated exercises 1) According to some reports, many big cities suffer traffic problems which can be attributed largely to urbanization. (受交通堵塞困擾，而這主要是城市化引起的). 2) Poor sanitation does exist. But the att

20、empt to prevent urban expansion is futile, (阻止城市發(fā)展是無(wú)用的). What we should do is to promote environmental sustainability (促進(jìn)環(huán)境的持續(xù)發(fā)展). .3) All of us have witnessed the unprecedented economic growth,which is unimaginable only in the last centuries (史無(wú)前例的經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展，這在上個(gè)世紀(jì)是難以想象的). Unit 1 Part V Integrated exerci

21、ses 4) We must make great efforts to eliminate many social problems associated with urbanization (消除和城市化有關(guān)于的社會(huì)弊病). 5) As a result of rural migration,（由于農(nóng)村到城市的遷移)，growth of urban areas is especially commonplace in developing countries （在發(fā)展中國(guó)家司空見(jiàn)慣.6) The potential benefits of urbanization far outweigh

22、 the disadvantages; (遠(yuǎn)大于弊) and the challenge is in learning how to exploit its possibilities (利用它的可能性). 7) In 1994, a Program of the International Conference called on governments (呼吁各國(guó)政府) to encourage economic growth(鼓勵(lì)經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng))., Unit 1 Part V Integrated exercises 8) Urbanization offers real economic opportunities t