2019 高考英语复习 阅读理解 The Meeting That Changed China 课件（共13张PPT）+教案+课文录音

The Meeting That Changed China ON A BITTERLY COLD DECEMBER DAY IN 1978, the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党十一届三中全会) met in the large banquet hall of a modest hotel in western Beijing. It was a meeting that would change the course of China’s history. Under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, the Central Committee adopted the policy of “reform and opening up.” From then on, China would “reform” by encouraging entrepreneurs (企业家), and “open up” by seeking foreign investment, technology and business management practices. And it would also seek foreign markets for its newly manufactured (制造的) products — the key to China’s future prosperity. It’s hard to imagine what life was like 40 years ago. Shanghai’s population was about six million in 1978. It was a slow-paced city whose streets were filled with bicycles, not cars. The tallest building was the Park Hotel on West Nanjing Road. It was also a relatively poor city, with people’s income only a little above the national average of 100 U.S. dollars a year. Today, of course, Shanghai is big, busy, prosperous and full of energy. Nationally, China has the second largest economy in the world and is on target (有望实现) to top the U.S. in 20 years. In just those four decades since 1978, China has achieved what it took Western countries several centuries to accomplish. All thanks to Deng’s foresight (远见) and the decisions made at that wintery meeting in Beijing. Under President Xi Jinping’s leadership, the reform and opening up policy is continuing, but it is also adapting. China is transforming from a manufacturing economy to a consumer-based economy. In other words, it is buying as well as selling. Earlier this month, Shanghai welcomed foreign businesses to showcase their products at the China International Import Expo (中国国际进口博览会). It was a great success. And, through the Belt and Road Initiative (“一带一路”倡议), China is investing in other countries to help improve their economi