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CENTURY BUSINESS ENGLISH
世纪商务英语
阅读教程 专业篇 II
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In this unit, you will
• acquaint yourself with the boom, the opportunity and recent trend/ outlook of China’s economy, especially the information concerning China’s economy in the new era;
• increase your understanding of the role played by buying and selling of goods and services across national borders in the business world and global marketplace;
• practice reading skills like identifying the main idea of a passage, identifying facts and opinions, getting the meanings of new words from the context, preparing outlines, and scanning, etc.;
• be required to finish 14 tasks so as to achieve the objectives.
Unit 9 A New Era
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Topic Introduction
Reading Skills Practice
Comprehensive
Reading
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目录
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Topic Introduction
The world is entering a “new era” of global relations driven by China’s peaceful ascendance and the decline of US and western imperialism. It will affect everything from global economic relations, to global politics and dynamics among communist and workers parties.
The economic and social development in China in the 40 years since the start of socialist market reforms and opening the country to the global economy under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping is staggering and unprecedented in human history.
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Topic Introduction
China has leapt from an underdeveloped economy to a largely modern economy and infrastructure almost overnight, and has built on its policies to strengthen and transform industries, transcend innovative boundaries and inspire through achievements. Within a decade, China will be the world’s largest economy as measured by GDP, coming one step closer to realizing the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation. And amidst ongoing modernization in an increasingly technological world, China nonetheless has maintained and preserved its traditions and natural landscapes with numerous World Cultural Heritage Sites.
Thanks to the great success of the Chinese people and to decade