unit-3英语第三册课件

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?

贸易保护主义，是指在对外贸易中实行限制进口以保护本国商品在国内市场免受外国商品竞争，并向本国商品提供各种优惠以增强其国际竞争力的主张和政策。在限制进口方面，主要是采取关税壁垒和非关税壁垒两种措施。前者主要是通过征收高额进口关税阻止外国商品的大量进口；后者则包括采取进口许可证制、进口配额制等一系列非关税措施来限制外国商品自由进口。Protectionism

isthepolicysomecountrieshaveofhelpingtheirownindustriesbyputtingalargetaxonimportedgoodsorbyrestrictingimportsinsomeotherway.

Governmentactionsandpoliciesthatrestrictorrestraininternationaltrade,oftendonewiththeintentofprotectinglocalbusinessesandjobsfromforeigncompetition.Typicalmethodsofprotectionismareimport

tariffs,

quotas,

subsidies

ortaxcutstolocalbusinessesanddirectstateintervention.3.Definitionoftradedeficit:

Atradedeficitis

whenthevalueofacountry'simports

exceeds

thevalueofits

exports.Thatmakesits

balanceoftrade

negative.

Itmeasuresoneaspectof

internationaltrade.贸易逆差:一国在一定时期内（如一年、半年、一个季度、一个月等）出口贸易总值小于进口贸易总值，即贸易逆差。又称“入超”、“贸易赤字”。反映的是国与国之间的商品贸易状况，也是判断宏观经济运行状况的重要指标。

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