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?

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

isthepolicysomecountrieshaveofhelpingtheirownindustriesbyputtingalargetaxonimportedgoodsorbyrestrictingimportsinsomeotherway.

Governmentactionsandpoliciesthatrestrictorrestraininternationaltrade,oftendonewiththeintentofprotectinglocalbusinessesandjobsfromforeigncompetition.Typicalmethodsofprotectionismareimport

tariffs,

quotas,

subsidies

ortaxcutstolocalbusinessesanddirectstateintervention.3.Definitionoftradedeficit:

Atradedeficitis

whenthevalueofacountry'simports

exceeds

thevalueofits

exports.Thatmakesits

balanceoftrade

negative.

Itmeasuresoneaspectof

internationaltrade.貿易逆差:一國在一定時期內（如一年、半年、一個季度、一個月等）出口貿易總值小于進口貿易總值，即貿易逆差。又稱“入超”、“貿易赤字”。反映的是國與國之間的商品貿易狀況，也是判斷宏觀經濟運行狀況的重要指標。

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