Unit3IsTradeGoodforAmerica[教案]

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Unit 3 Is Trade Good for America?

Teaching Objectives and Requirements: （教學目標與基本要求）

1. Let the students master some basic terms of international trade;

2. Let the students know some information about the novel: “The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade

and Protectionism” from which the text is taken;

3. Let the students remember and u new words and expressions

4. Explain language points in Text A and Supplementary reading “Excessive Collaboration” taken

from The Economists.

Focus: （教學重點）

Let the students know the basic knowledge of free trade and trade protectionism

Difficulties: （教學難點）

1. Term Study: free trade; trade protectionism; comparative advantage; opportunity cost;

2. Information about “The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protectionism”;

3. Comprehension of the key ntences of text A “Is Free Trade Good for America”?

Teaching Procedures and teaching Time: （教學進程與學時分配）

Teaching time:200 minutes (4 periods)

Part I Pre-reading Questions: (Multi-media, 10 minutes.)

It can be ud as lead-in questions. For students, they can discuss with each other and will have

free answers.

(1) Should you feel guilty about purchasing foreign products?

(2) Do you believe “Buy Chine” is the path to national prosperity?

(3) Is free trade good for us and our country, or bad? Give your reasons.

Part II Extensive Reading

In this part, there are Text A and a supplementary reading taken from The Economists. By reading

the texts in limited time, teacher helps students understand the contents and the reading methods

to build reading abilities gradually.

Text A: Is Trade Good for America? (140 minutes)

a. Let the students read Text A as quickly as they can for the first time to get the general idea

(10 minutes)

b. Ask students to tell others the general idea of the text (10 minutes)

c. U some basic reading skills to read through the text again to find the answers to the

following questions (20 minutes)

1. Under what circumstances will the statement “If the Japan had stayed poor, America would

have become even richer” be true?

2. Why couldn’t the Olympic metaphor be applied to world trade？

3. How did Japane get wealthier than Americans between 1960 and the beginning of the 1990s?

Was it becau they lost World War II and could start from scratch with all the newest

technologies?

4. In Dave’ s opinion, what was the cret of Japane success between 1960 and the beginning of

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does the example of “Honda and Sony” tell us?

6. What does “resource” refer to ? How can we u resources in a wi way?

7. What does the author try to tell us by giving the example of “corn”?

8. According to Dave, under what circumstances will farmers plant corns by themlves?

9. What would be the results of America’s import of Japane television?

10. What’s Dave’s purpo of comparing Americans losing jobs after the import of Japane

televisions with doctors losing jobs after the disappearance of all dias?

d. Check the answers to the questions (30 minutes)

1. Under what circumstances will the statement “If the Japan had stayed poor, America would

have become even richer” be true?

A: (L8) Only if there was a fixed amount of wealth in the world and the nations of the world

tussled over it.

2. Why couldn’t the Olympic metaphor be applied to world trade？

A: Becau world trade can be win-win while the Olympic Games are win-lo.

Evidence: (L9)The Olympic metaphor is misleading. If Japan wins the gold medal in television

production, America has somehow lost. In fact, Japan’s experti and success frees up resources

for America to specialize in other areas. Both countries are then better off.

3. How did Japane get wealthier than Americans between 1960 and the beginning of the 1990s?

Was it becau they lost World War II and could start from scratch with all the newest

technologies?

A: (L15) Hardly. How could it ever be a good idea to let somebody destroy your factory? If new

technologies are superior to old, you can always junk your old factory and adopt the new

technology.

4. In Dave’ s opinion, what was the cret of Japane success between 1960 and the beginning of

the 1990s?

A: There was no cret. The road to wealth for a nation is quite simple. U your resources wily.

Evidence: (L20-23) Some said it was the unique partnership between Japane industry and its

government. Japan had a government agency called MITI - the Ministry of International Trade and

Industry - that many people credited with creating the Japane miracle.

does the example of “Honda and Sony” tell us?

A: (L25-28) MITI did back some winners with government funding and assistance.

They also picked some lors. They tried to discourage Honda from going into automobile and

hampered Sony’s activities in electronics. Honda and Sony were eventually great success.

(L28-30) I believe that MITI’s role was not critical to Japan’s success. Japan also had great

economic success in times when MITI did not exist or was insignificant.

6. What does “resource” refer to ? How can we u resources in a wi way?

A: (L36) Not fertile land, but the know-how, education, ingenuity, and drive of the people.

(L38）Using your resources wily means giving the people the incentive to work hard, to

innovate, and to take risks. How can we u resources in a wi way?

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7. What does the author try to tell us by giving the example of “corn”?

A: The roundabout way to wealth, opportunity Cost of a choice and comparative advantage

Evidence: (L51) It looks like growing your own corn is incredibly cheap. ou just have the cost of a

little ed. But growing your own corn is in fact incredibly expensive becau of the time it takes

to weed, water, and fertilize. That time appears to be free, but it is costly. You have lost the

opportunity to work at some other activity, earning money , and using that money to buy corn. Or

having the time for leisure. If you think of your houhold as a nation, you import corn. You

produce it in the roundabout way just like America produces televisions.

8. According to Dave, under what circumstances will farmers plant corns by themlves?

A: (L 61) It depends on whether it takes fewer minutes to grow an ear directly, or to earn enough

money to buy corn by working at some other job using the roundabout way.

9. What would be the results of America’s import of Japane television?

A: TS: (L 68) The television jobs are gone.

Supporting evidence:

a. Americans would be freed to gain more valuable opportunities.

(L 66) You have lost the job of growing corn and gained a more valuable opportunity.

American youngsters would focus their attention on jobs in more profitable industries.

(L 82) But the biggest change caud by that technology was invisible. The dreams of farmers’

children changed.

(L85) Even though their parents and grandparents had been farmers, ... farming was going to be

less profitable than it had been. They made plans to become salesmen, engineers, chemists and

pilots.

c. The overall number of jobs incread tremendously.

(L66) But they have been replaced by others.

(L88)But jobs didn’People took different types of jobs.

(L90) Some even went into a new industry called television.

d. Americans would get less expensive televisions.

(L104) American gets less expensive food…That is the important change.

10. What’s Dave’s purpo of comparing Americans losing jobs after the import of Japane

televisions with doctors losing jobs after the disappearance of all dias?

A:To illustrate that losing the jobs of producing televisions can also make America better off; To

justify that imports are good for America, even if they destroy the domestic television industry.

Evidence:

(L115) Oh come on, Dave. If we could get rid of dia, doctors shouldn’t stand in the way.

(L121) But the principle is the same. Would a doctor have a right to force a person to stay sick so

the doctor could continue earning the living the doctor was accustomed to? Does a television

manufacturer have the right to force a consumer of televisions to pay a higher price to sustain high

wages for his workers? ...Certain types of jobs are lost. ...People who would have been doctors

would now apply their skills to other activities and enrich our lives. Paradoxically, America would

lo the high-paying jobs in health care but still become wealthier.

e. Study words and expressions in the text (30 minutes)

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wrestle (with sb.)

2. experti knowledge or skill, especially in a particular field; know-how

3. know-how n. the technical knowledge and skill required to do sth.; experti

4. ingenuity n. the power of creative imagination; the ability to invent things or solve problems in

clever new ways ; inventiveness

5. drive n. energy and determination 心

6. incentive n. something that encourages somebody do something; stimulus; motive；incitement,

impul, encouragement

7. roundabout n. If you do or say something in a roundabout way, you do not do or say it in a

simple, clear, and direct way; indirect

8. Opportunity Cost of a choice: the value of the best alternative forgone, in a situation in which a

choice needs to be made between veral mutually exclusive alternatives. Assuming the best

choice is made, it is the "cost" incurred by not enjoying the benefit that would have been had by

taking the cond best available choice.

機會成本或擇一成本, 在面臨多方案擇一決策時，被舍棄的選項中的最高價值者是本次決策的機會成本。

9. Comparative advantage比較優勢 The ability of a party (an individual, a firm, or a country) to

produce a particular good or rvice at a lower opportunity cost than another party.

10. 當某一個生產者以比另一個生產者以更低的機會成本來生產產品時，我們稱這個生產者在這種產品和服務上具有比較優勢。

f. Analyze writing style of the text (15 minutes)

1. Dialectic approach : question + answer:

It’s easy for the readers to imagine that Ricardo reprents Roberts as professor and Ed reprents

every students who ever raid questions in his class. Ed raid questions bad on his traditional

thinking on protectionism. In this dialect approach , the author us some numbers and ca

studies to illustrate what happens when trade is free and when it is not.

2. Conci, simple , well-written narrative

It’s a rather short with only 104 pages of the whole novel and written in a clear and clean style so

it will be a quick read for most people. Ricardo does an excellent job of getting across some

complex international trade concepts in a very enjoyable way. He explains the most important

concepts in economics- the importance of fee trade and demerits of trade protectionism.

3. Free from den economic theory and technical jargon

Unlike most economists, Roberts clearly states the ca for free trade without falling back on

den economic theory and technical jargon.

g. Assignments: (5 minutes)

1. Do exercis II and III.

2. Preview the Supplementary Reading: Excessive Collaboration and write a short summary of

about 50 words to express its main idea

h. Exercis checking: (20 minutes)

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a. Ask students to have a group discussion on their summary of “ Excessive

collaboration” (15 minutes)

b. Word study and ntence comprehension (30 minutes)

1. “THE INTERNSHIP”, a film about two middle-aged no-hopers who land work experience at

Google, is a dire offering even by the standards of Hollywood summer comedies.

land v. (informal) to succeed in getting a job, etc., especially one that a lot of other people want

得到

dire (informal) adj. very bad; terrible; horrible 可怕的；令人沉悶的

offering n. something which is being sold 出售；（本文指上映）

[翻譯] 《實習大叔》(The Internship)是一部講述兩個碌碌無為的中年人在谷歌找到一份工作的電影。即使以好萊塢夏季喜劇的標準來看，這也是一部極差的作品。

2. Time was when firms modelled themlves on the armed forces, with officers (who

thought about strategy) and chains of command. Now many model themlves on

learning-through-play “Montessori” schools.

to model onelf on: to copy the behavior, style, etc. of somebody you like and respect in order to

be like them 效仿

[翻譯] 曾有一時，企業會效仿軍隊，讓公司既有長官（出謀劃策），又有一系列

指揮部門。而現在，企業卻效仿寓教于樂的 “蒙特梭利”學校。

[背景]Montessori education is an educational approach developed by Italian physician and

educator Maria Montessori bad on her extensive rearch with "special needs" children and

characterized by an emphasis on independence, freedom within limits, and respect for a child’s

natural psychological, physical, and social development.

3. It is not just rich-world business that are buying into this philosophy:

buy into: (informal) to believe something, especially an idea that many other people believe in 相信

[翻譯] 推崇這一理念的不僅僅是發達國家的企業。

4. Mr. Bezos is also an enthusiastic employer of ex-military personnel.

[翻譯]貝索斯先生（Bezos） 也非常喜歡雇傭卸任的軍事人員。

[翻譯策略] 指出英漢語言差異特征之一：英語喜靜，漢語好動。英漢互譯過程中的靜態動態之轉換，并舉例說明。

5. It was the unthinking and indiscriminate application of child-centred education techniques, with

little attention paid to outcomes, which eventually brought about a backlash.

indiscriminate: random , arbitrary任意的; 不加選擇的

backlash: an adver reaction to something or occurrence 強烈抵制

[翻譯] 由于缺乏考慮、隨意套用以兒童為中心的教育方法并且不重視結果，蒙特梭利教育法最終引發了強烈反對。

6. The more thoughtful critics did not wish to turn the clock back entirely and return

to rote learning and tyrannical teachers; they simply said that structure and order have

their place too.

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rote learning: the process of learning something by repeating it until you remember it rather than

by understanding the meaning of it死記硬背

tyrannical: using power or authority over people in an unfair and cruel way ; autocratic,

dictatorial 殘暴的；暴君的；專橫的

[翻譯] 深思熟慮的批評者并不希望讓時光倒流，回到死記硬背且教師專斷的時代，他們只是表示，仍然要注重等級和秩序。

d. Assignments: (2 minutes)

Finish all exercis in this unit and preview unit 7

Part III. Critical Thinking (課后思考題）（3 minutes)

After reading this text, do you think trade is good for America ? Why? Write a composition about

120 words on it.

Part IV. References: （主要教學參考資料）

1. 《商務英語閱讀教程II》

2. 《牛津英漢雙解詞典》

3. Excessive Collaboration (The Economists)

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