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1、《新编跨文化交际英语教程》期中考试复习资料Unit1CommunicationacrossCulturesSomeIdeasRelatedtoGlobalizationandInterculturalCommunication1.Whatisglobalization?Globalizationreferstotheincreasingunificationoftheworld’seconomicorderthroughreductionofsuchbarrierstointernationaltradeasta
2、riffs,exportfees,andimportquotas.Thegoalistoincreasematerialwealth,goods,andservicesthroughaninternationaldivisionoflaborbyefficienciescatalyzedbyinternationalrelations,specializationandcompetition.Itdescribestheprocessbywhichregionaleconomies,societies,andcu
3、ltureshavebecomeintegratedthroughcommunication,transportation,andtrade.Thetermismostcloselyassociatedwiththetermeconomicglobalization:theintegrationofnationaleconomiesintotheinternationaleconomythroughtrade,foreigndirectinvestment,capitalflows,migration,thesp
4、readoftechnology,andmilitarypresence.However,globalizationisusuallyrecognizedasbeingdrivenbyacombinationofeconomic,technological,sociocultural,political,andbiologicalfactors.Thetermcanalsorefertothetransnationalcirculationofideas,languages,orpopularculturethr
5、oughacculturation.Anaspectoftheworldwhichhasgonethroughtheprocesscanbesaidtobeglobalized.2.TheChallengeofGlobalization1)Globalizationposesfourmajorchallengesthatwillhavetobeaddressedbygovernments,civilsociety,andotherpolicyactors.2)Thesecondistodealwiththefea
6、rthatglobalizationleadstoinstability,whichisparticularlymarkedinthedevelopingworld.3)Thethirdchallengeistoaddresstheveryrealfearintheindustrialworldthatincreasedglobalcompetitionwillleadinexorablytoaracetothebottominwages,laborrights,employmentpractices,andth
7、eenvironment.4)Andfinally,globalizationandallofthecomplicatedproblemsrelatedtoitmustnotbeusedasexcusestoavoidsearchingfornewwaystocooperateintheoverallinterestofcountriesandpeople.Severalimplicationsforcivilsociety,forgovernmentsandformultinationalinstitution
8、sstemfromthechallengesofglobalization.3.WhatMakesInterculturalCommunicationaCommonPhenomenon?1)Newtechnology,intheformoftransportationandcommunicationsystems,hasacceleratedinterculturalco
