学术英语（社科）_Unit 10.pptx

Unit10Globalization

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TextALead-intaskWhilereadingAfterreadingtasksCulturalGlobalization

Lead-intaskDoyouknowtheword“bottom-up”?Ifnot,consultadictionary.Basedonthedefinitionoftheword“bottom-up,”canyouguesswhat“bottom-uplineofpoliticaltheory”refersto?CriticalthinkingReferenceanswers“Bottom-up”meansstartingwithdetailsratherthanageneralidea.Ithink“bottom-uplineofpoliticaltheory”referstotheapproachinpoliticalsciencestudythatfocusesonpeopleatthegrasslevel,theirpoliticalactivities,andhowsuchaffectthenationalpoliticalevents.

Languagesupporttrivialize:vt.makesth.seemlessimportantorseriousthanitreallyis（多用于贬义）使显得不重要e.g.Peoplecontinuetotrivializetheworldsenvironmentalproblems.“thesubject”指的是“theblurringofculturaldifferences”。WhilereadingAnalyzingtheblurringofculturaldifferencesinevitablyincludesagreatdealaboutfastfood,basketball,rockmusic,andothersuchaspectsofpopculture,butsuchanalysisdoesnottrivializethesubject.(Para.1)

Languagesupport“argue”的宾语从句中谓语“buildon”有两个宾语，即“commonplaceinteractions”和“increasingculturalcommonalities”，后面的定语从句“thatengenderfamiliaritywithandconfidenceinoneanother”修饰这两个先行词。“tocreate”是宾语补足语，其中“aglobalcivilsociety”后面有一个“that”引导的定语从句。“argue”后面的宾语从句解释了“bottom-uplineofpoliticaltheory”的内容，即人们能够基于普通人的互动和不断增长的文化共性创造一个全球性的文明社会，而且最终可能演化为一个全球性的国家，也就是通过民间自发的、自下而上的方式形成的社群，甚至国家。WhilereadingInstead,along-standingbottom-uplineofpoliticaltheoryarguesthattheworld’speoplecanbuildoncommonplaceinteractionsandincreasingculturalcommonalitiesthatengenderfamiliaritywithandconfidenceinoneanothertocreateaglobalcivilsocietythatmightevolveintoaglobalnation.(Para.1)

Languagesupport“bythesameprocess”就是前一句所讲的自下而上形成社群或国家的过程。WhilereadingBythesameprocess,iftransnationalcivilsocietiesdevelop,thenreg