HOME AT LAST

Lesson Two HOME AT LASTIII.Answer the following questions1.Why did some of the HBS grads choose to come back to China although they had received lucrativeoffers from America's top companies?Not only has China changed dramatically since most of them left but also the nation can offer more personal freedom and economic opportunities now than ever before.2. What profession do they usually like to go in for?Most of them choose e-commerce.3. Why did most of them choose to take in IT industry?Because IT is the leading industry now.4. Why did some of them decide to stay in the US while some chose to come back?They wanted to gain experience in the States before they came back.5. What do you think is the biggest obstacle preventing the elite from coming back home?It is the complicated relationships and the uncertainty of our human resource management system.6. What does the title of this article "Home At Last" mean?It means some of the HBS elite have made their final decision to return to China to serve their country.Lesson Three China finds Western Ways Bring New WoesIII. Questions and Answers for Your Reference1.According to the writer, what is the best way to understand the change that has taken place in China? The writer thinks that the best way to appreciate how much haschanged in China is to examine the people themselves: what they eat and drink now and how dangerously overweight more than one-fifth of adults are.2. What does the traditional Chinese lifestyle emphasize? What about the Western lifestyle? How can this change of lifestyle affect people‟s health ? How can it influence China‟s economic development? Traditional Chinese lifestyle emphasizes restraint while the Western lifestyle emphasizes indulgence. The change from traditional Chinese lifestyle to Western indulgence will affect public health strongly: deaths from diet-related illnesses are expected to increase and health care costs could slow down the economic development3. What are the two main factors that lead people to gain weight? What has caused the changes in people‟s lifestyle and diet?The two main factors of gaining weight are less exercise and more fat in the diet.The cause of these changes is that people have more money than before. They can afford to buy televisions, stereos, washing machines and refrigerators, which save their labor and make them less active.and more people have taken on more sedentary jobs on assembly lines or in offices.4. In the writer‟s view, is people‟s drinking habit influenced by alc ohol supplies?Yes. He believes that increased supplies of alcohol, together with the rising disposable income, have stimulated drinking.5. Will unhealthy eating and drinking lead to substantial financial costs? why?Yes. Unhealthy eating and drinking may cause such diseases as heart attack, stroke and adult-onset diabetes, and the government will have to spend more money to treat these diseases.Lesson Four Exploding Tourism Eroding China’s RichesIII. Answer the following questions:1．What activities are harming ancient Buddhist grottoes?Too many tourists and their breathing are harming them．2．Who turned the caves into the painted shrines?It was the travelers along the old silkroad．3．Are murals in good shape?No，they are not in good shape．Many of them are already sagging or peeling from walls，and their delicatebeauty is fading away．4．Why is it difficult for the authorities to prevent them from being destroyed?Money is at the root of the problem．China is a poor nation．Local governments have little money left over for cultural conservation．5．Does the Chinese government value the preservation of those historical and cultural sites?Yes，it does．For instance，it has given award to the the Getty Conservation Institute for its contributions to the preservation of them at Dunhuang．6．Why did Mr．Neville Agnew say“tourism and conservation are good partners”If you can make a good connection，they are．In other words，if you can allocate part of the money earned from tourism to c onservation, and don‟t turn to tourism as a cash cow ,they will be good partners.Lesson Five The Evolution WarsIII. Questions and Answers for Your Reference1.What will happen in the public high school in rural Dover in the late fall? Why do scientists feelhorrible about it?Sometime in the late fall, students will be taught intelligent design as the explanation of the origin of life in their biology class. This is a challenge to Darwin‟ theory which is widely regarded as one of the best-supported ideas i n science since it comes from decades of study and objective evidence. Till now Darwin‟s theory is the only explanation for the rich variety of life forms on Earth, so scientists feel horrible about the teaching of sucha pseudoscience.2. What is Presiden t Bush‟s attitude towards “intelligent design”? What is the effect of his attitude?President Bush supports the idea of introducing both evolutionism and “intelligent design” in biology class, although he did not show his support for the “ intelligent design” itself. He is very prudent and explains that the idea can “ expose people to different schools of though, ” but his attitude will further provoke battles on the topic and even bring more political and competitive pressure on science.3. Has evolutionism been well accepted in America since its birth? What was the “Monkey Trial”?a.Ever since the birth of Darwin‟s theory, it has been violently attacked. Many people strongly o pposed the idea of evolution because it conflicted with their religious convi ctions. However, Darwin‟s theory has never been successfully refuted. The notion of evolution change is now firmly established as a major pattern of the natural sciences.b. The “monkey trial” was a famous case, in which Tennessee school teacher John Scopes was convicted of violating the ban of teaching evolution in 1925. That was a big war between creationism and evolutionism. 4. What are the problems with Darwin‟s theory, according to the advocates of “intelligent design”?The advocates of “intelligent de sign” put their emphasis on the weaknesses and gaps in evolution. These involve two major ideas:1) living things are too exquisitely complex to have evolved by a combination of chance mutations andnatural election.2) Some pieces in the fossil record that may prove the evolution process are missing.5. Do earlier anti-Darwinists and the proponents of “intelligent design” hold the same point of view? Why? Their points are similar in that they all believe in a creator, but they are not exactly the same. The earlier anti-Darwinists, mostly Creationists, regarded evolution as a heresy and they openly claimed the role of God. But the proponents of “intelligent design” accept some role of evolution and they avoid bringing God into the discussion6.Why do many scientists resist engaging in the new evolution war?They think the” intelligent design” is faith-based, so the debate about evolution is not a real scientific argument. They don‟t want to mislead people into thinking that “intelligent deign” is a notherscientific theory like Darwinism.7. Why will science teachers choose such expressions as “ critical inquiry”, “ strengths and weaknesses” and “ critical analysis” when they teach ideas like “ intelligent design”?Because it is difficult for people to argue over such benign and earnest language. This can even make peoplefeel the theory a scientific one and avoid violation against the Constitution.8. What is your opinion of the war between Darwin‟s theory and “intelligent design”? Open.Lesson sevenMore new words:1. access n. the right to enter a place2. assume v. to think that sth is true although there is no proof for it3. complement v. to complete4. confer v to give or grant5. counterpart n. a person or a thing that has the same job or purpose as another in a different place6. distinct a. easily seen or understood7. document v. to prove sth by supplying recorded information8. duly ad. in the proper or expected way9. ensure v. to make sure; guarantee10. evaluate v. to decide the amount or value of11. extracurricular a. outside the regular course of academic work or studies12. gilt-edged a. 镀金的，烫金的13. predictable that can be predicted, known before it happens14. release v. to publish; issue15. surpass v. to be even better or greater than16. unobserved a. not noticed17. calculate v. to find out by working with numbers.18. criteria n. standard of judgment19. findings n. what has been learnt as the result of studies, work etc.20. selective adj. having the power to select, characterized by selection21. shift n. Change22. specialize v. to be a specialist; give special or particular attention to23. statistic n. collection of numbers which represent facts or measurements.II Language points:1．That‟s when colleges... in next fall‟s freshman class. ( Para. 1 )---这是因为4月份，美国的邮政部门将被雪片般的大学录取通知书所淹没。