unit-3英語第三冊課件

Unit3TextAIsTradeGoodforAmerica?

1.Backgroundinformation2.TextAnalysis3.Languageskills4.Exercises5.Assignment

一.BackgroundInformation

ThisarticleisfromThechoice:AFableofFreeTrade&Protectionism

byRussellD.Roberts.Thisbookis,asthetitlesuggests,anallegorywiththenotionoffreetradeatitscenter.Robertsputsthingsinalanguagethatallcanunderstand.Hedoesanexcellentjobagettingacrosssomeverycomplexinternationaltradeconceptsinaveryenjoyableway.Robertsmasterfullymixesinmacroeconomicandinternationaleconomictheoryintheprocess,allowingthereadertomaketheirowndecisionsonthemeritsoffreetrade.Forthoseunfamiliarwitheconomictheory,itisprobablythemostenjoyablewaystobecomefamiliarwiththeterritory.Pre-readingQ:1.Whatisinternationaltrade?whatcanbetradedbetweencountries?Internationaltrade

istheexchangeof

capital,

goods,and

services

across

internationalborders

orterritories,whichcouldinvolvetheactivitiesofthegovernmentandindividual.2.Whatisprotectionism?

貿(mào)易保護(hù)主義，是指在對外貿(mào)易中實(shí)行限制進(jìn)口以保護(hù)本國商品在國內(nèi)市場免受外國商品競爭，并向本國商品提供各種優(yōu)惠以增強(qiáng)其國際競爭力的主張和政策。在限制進(jìn)口方面，主要是采取關(guān)稅壁壘和非關(guān)稅壁壘兩種措施。前者主要是通過征收高額進(jìn)口關(guān)稅阻止外國商品的大量進(jìn)口；后者則包括采取進(jìn)口許可證制、進(jìn)口配額制等一系列非關(guān)稅措施來限制外國商品自由進(jìn)口。Protectionism

isthepolicysomecountrieshaveofhelpingtheirownindustriesbyputtingalargetaxonimportedgoodsorbyrestrictingimportsinsomeotherway.

Governmentactionsandpoliciesthatrestrictorrestraininternationaltrade,oftendonewiththeintentofprotectinglocalbusinessesandjobsfromforeigncompetition.Typicalmethodsofprotectionismareimport

tariffs,

quotas,

subsidies

ortaxcutstolocalbusinessesanddirectstateintervention.3.Definitionoftradedeficit:

Atradedeficitis

whenthevalueofacountry'simports

exceeds

thevalueofits

exports.Thatmakesits

balanceoftrade

negative.

Itmeasuresoneaspectof

internationaltrade.貿(mào)易逆差:一國在一定時(shí)期內(nèi)（如一年、半年、一個(gè)季度、一個(gè)月等）出口貿(mào)易總值小于進(jìn)口貿(mào)易總值，即貿(mào)易逆差。又稱“入超”、“貿(mào)易赤字”。反映的是國與國之間的商品貿(mào)易狀況，也是判斷宏觀經(jīng)濟(jì)運(yùn)行狀況的重要指標(biāo)。

二.TextAnalysisKeywords&Phrases:Tussle,freeup,startfromscratch,hamper,critical,fertile,know-how,ingenuity,roundabout,inthecaseof,overall,invisible,plummet,inthenameof,preserve,standintheway,beaccustomedto,sustain,import,export,paradoxicallySentenceTranslation:三.Languag