Unit Nine

Section A Stop Brain Drain

I. Old to NewI. Old to New

highly developed

that is (to say)

experienced/trained

promise

chance/range

law

advanced

namely/in other words

skilled

pledge

scope

legislation

desire for food

usually

meanwhile/

at the same time

approving of

only sth.

appetite

in general

in the meantime

in favor of

nothing but sth.

II. Chinese to EnglishII. Chinese to English

人才外流给予某人优惠待遇

高科技工业非法移民

非移民签证申请者高级学位中级学位

brain drain

give preferential treatment to sb.

high-tech industry

illegal immigrant

non-immigrant visa applicant

advanced degree

secondary degree

印度技术学院提供免费膳宿

加利福尼亚硅谷资本驱动的企业

以 …… 的代价与 …… 同速前进

站得住脚破裂，散开

Indian Institute of Technology

offer free room and board

California’s Silicon Valley

capital-driven business

at the expense of …

keep pace with

hold water

fall apart

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为了开发西部，政府给予了该地区诸多优厚政策。

The government has given preferential policies

to the western regions for the purpose of

exploring and developing these areas.

to give preferential treatment to sb. (L. 1)

给 ······ 优厚待遇

使 ······ 保持领先地位

to keep sth. / sb. on top (L. 8)

使中国乒乓球队在世界上长盛不衰的秘诀是团队精神和技术创新。

The secret to keeping China table tennis team on top in the world for so many years is her team spirit and creativeness in techniques.

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填补 / 满足对 ······ 的需求 to fill the needs for… (L. 8)

社会主义建设的最终目的就是要满足广大人民群众日益增长的物质和文化生活的需求。

The ultimate target of socialist construction is to fill the increasing needs of broad masses of the people for both material life and cultural life.

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优先考虑 ······

to give preference to sb. / sth. (L. 9)

这家公司答应优先考虑他的求职申请，因为他拥有此类工作的经历。

The company promises to give preference to

his application for employment, for he has

working experience in this field.

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12. 以 ······ 为代价；以 ······ 为价钱 at the expense of (L. 32)

为了国家和人民的利益，他牺牲健康夜以继日地工作。

活学活用

For the interests of our country and people, he worked hard day and night at the expense of his health.

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14. 跟上；与 ······ 同步 to keep pace with sth. (L. 41)

我们年轻人应该抓住每一分钟更新知识，以便赶上现代社会的最新发展。

活学活用

As young people, we should seize every minute

and renew our knowledge to keep pace with the

latest development of the modern society.

20. 支持；对 ······ 有利 ; 以 ······ 取代 in favor of (L. 54)

由于没有履行他们的职责，这些无能的官员只好辞职让贤。

活学活用

Having failed to fulfill their duties, these

incapable officials have to resign in favor of

better ones.

The hardest thing about ________ into Britain is walking the ________ distances around Heathrow Airport. No one has ever _________ my baggage, or asked anything more than where I planned to ______ and for how long. _________in other ___________ countries I’ve visited but not so in America. When I go there not only must I make a __________of all purchases and gifts acquired abroad, ___________________________________. What business is that of the Finance Department? _______________________ _____________________ never to be removed; and ____________________________________________________.

The information probably goes into some computer The information probably goes into some computer

searchedsearched

gettinggetting

staystay

LikewiseLikewise EuropeanEuropean

excessiveexcessive

while I have nothing to hide, the thought is un-settlingwhile I have nothing to hide, the thought is un-settling

declaration

declaration

I am obliged to list every country I visited I am obliged to list every country I visited

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Oral Presentation

1.What should the Chinese government do to

stop the brain drain?

2.What do you think of Job-hopping( 跳槽 )?

What should the Chinese government What should the Chinese government

do to stop the brain drain? do to stop the brain drain?

DiscussDiscuss

1. Recruit and retain them.

2. Offer competitive star salaries.

3. Offer preferential treatment: free entry and exit to and from China, better service for those setting up their own companies, free housing, a car and driver,other income not available in the United States.

4. Create more positions for post-doctoral research at universities and research institutes.

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5. Sponsor all-expenses-paid trips of visiting engineers to China.

6. Speed up the reform and opening to the world and keep pace with the world.

7. Increase education spending, women's empowerment, youth development.

8. Strengthen the education of social thoughts.

…

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Listening practice two

Directions: listen carefully and answer the following questions.

1. What is the biggest difference between Chinese companies and American ones?

2.In what industry and among what kind of people is job-hopping a common case?

3. What do employers do to keep their best workers in China and in America?

Key

Key

Key

Job Hopping ( 跳槽）

ListeListenn

1. C: Family atmosphere;

A: Work and life separated

2. Internet; young people

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3. C: high salary, house, opportunities to go abroad for improvement, etc.

A: house benefits, insurance, etc.

Listening Practice

Coca-Cola is the world’s

largest_________,_________, and _________

of

Coca-Cola

nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrup,

used to ______more than ____beverage brands.

manufacturer

produce

marketer distributor

230

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Jawaharal Nehru (1889 - 1964) was the first prime minister of____________ India. Nehru studied at Cambridge and was _______ to the English bar( 取得英国律师资格 ) and then returned to India

Jawaharal Nehru

Very_________. After World War II he participated in the discussions between the United Kingdom and India’s leaders that _________ created the separate states of India and Pakistan. When independence came in 1947, Nehru _______ Prime Minister of India.

westernized

eventually

admitted

became

independent

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Eton College, ________by King Henry VI in

Eton College

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_____, is a private secondary school for boys in Eton, Berkshire, England. Eton’s _______ and _________importance is so great that children are registered ________ to attend the institution when they are older. Many of England’s most famous and ______ men were educated there. Eton has an educational system _____ to those at Oxford and Cambridge universities, in which each student (or small group of students) has a _______, private teacher.

founded

1440

academic social

at birth

similar

single

admired

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Silicon Valley is an ______that “located on the San Francisco, California, peninsula, radiates ________ from Stanford University. It is ________ by the

Silicon Valley

San Francisco Bay on the______, the Santa Cruz Mountains on the______, and the Coast Range to the southeast” (Carolyn E. Tajnai). It is best known for its high tech industry.

outwards

area

west

contained

east

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