商务英语阅读3 unit 1 text A
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1.Background Information: Ivy League
Definition: The Ivy League is a collegiate athletic conference ( 大学体育协会)comprising sports teams from eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group. Connotations（内涵） The term Ivy League has connotations of : academic excellence（学业优异）, selectivity in admissions（入学条件苛刻）, and social elitism（社会精英主义）.
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2 .Text Appreciation
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Sports fielded:
Region: Headquarters: Commissioner: Website:
33 (men's: 17; women's: 16)
Northeast Princeton, New Jersey Robin Harris (since 2009) ivyleaguesports.com
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1.Background Information: Ivy League
Enrollments Undergraduate enrollments range from about 4,000 to 14,000, Total enrollments, including graduate students, range from approximately 6,100 at Dartmouth to over 20,000 at Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, and Penn.
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1.Background Information: Baby Boom
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1.Background Information: Baby Boom
Definition: The explosion of new infants after the end of World War II. Time: 4664 （1946-1964） How many? an estimated 77 million babies were born in the United States alone!
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1.Background Information: Ivy League
Location:
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1.Background Information: Ivy League
Members: The eight institutions are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University(康乃尔大学), Dartmouth College(达特茅斯学院), Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Yale University.
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1.Background Information: Baby Boomer
Returning veterans married, started families, pursued higher education, and bought their first homes. With veteran's benefits, the twentysomethings found new homes in planned communities on the outskirts of American cities. The baby boom triggered a housing boom, consumption boom and a boom in the labor force. Between 1940 and 1960, the nation's GDP jumped more than $300 million.
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1.Background Information: Ivy League
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1.Background Information: Ivy League
Time of Establishment:
Seven of the eight schools were founded during the United States colonial period（1493 年—1776年）; the exception is Cornell, which was founded in 1865. Ivy League institutions account for seven of the nine Colonial Colleges chartered(特许建立的 ）before the American Revolution（美国独立战 争：1775-1783）.
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2 .Text Appreciation
Step 2. Put a number on each paragraph, Skim the text and find out the main idea of each paragraph or part: para.1: an example which tells us getting into college can be very competitive. para. 2: tells us why the chance of getting into a college has never been worse/slimmer. para.3-4: an increase in the number of applications since last year. para.5: parents' attitude toward the rat race changed and they find out the countermeasure.
title: Getting in Gets Harder
T.S.: The children of the baby boomers are flooding colleges with applications, making the process more competitive than ever.
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
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YALE UNIVERSITY
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2 .Text Appreciation
Step1. Forcast the main idea of the text from the title and the topic sentence(1st sentence)
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1.Background Information: Baby Boom
Historical and social background When the war ended in 1945, millions of veterans returned home and were forced to reintegrate into civilian life. To help this process, Congress passed the G.I. Bill of Rights(《退伍军 人权利法案》 ). This bill encouraged home ownership and investment in higher education through the distribution of loans at low or no interest rates to veterans.
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BROWN U源自文库IVERSITY
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CORNELL UNIVERSITY
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COLUMBER UNIVERSITY
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DARTMOUTH UNIVERSITY
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
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1.Background Information: Ivy League
Established: Association: 1954 NCAA
（美国）全国大学生体育协会（National Collegiate Athletic Association）
Members:
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1.Background Information: Ivy League
Financial Endowment（捐赠基金） Ivy League financial endowments range from Brown's $3.2 billion to Harvard's $36.4 billion, the largest financial endowment of any academic institution in the world. Ivy League universities have some of the largest university financial endowments in the world, which allows the universities to provide many resources for their academic programs and research endeavors. As of 2014, Harvard University has an endowment of $36.4 billion. Additionally, each university receives millions of dollars in research grants （研究基金） and other subsidies from federal and state government.
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1.Background Information: Baby Boom
2015年9月3日是中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法 西斯战争胜利70周年纪念日。 the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War 93 parade
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1.Background Information:Baby Boomer
Baby Boomer: A person who was born between 1946 and 1964. Influence: During the boom, The large increase in population produced a substantial rise in demand for consumer goods, stimulating the post-war economy.
1.Background Information: Ivy League
Definition: The Ivy League is a collegiate athletic conference ( 大学体育协会)comprising sports teams from eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group. Connotations（内涵） The term Ivy League has connotations of : academic excellence（学业优异）, selectivity in admissions（入学条件苛刻）, and social elitism（社会精英主义）.
LOGO
2 .Text Appreciation
8
Sports fielded:
Region: Headquarters: Commissioner: Website:
33 (men's: 17; women's: 16)
Northeast Princeton, New Jersey Robin Harris (since 2009) ivyleaguesports.com
LOGO
1.Background Information: Ivy League
Enrollments Undergraduate enrollments range from about 4,000 to 14,000, Total enrollments, including graduate students, range from approximately 6,100 at Dartmouth to over 20,000 at Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, and Penn.
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1.Background Information: Baby Boom
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1.Background Information: Baby Boom
Definition: The explosion of new infants after the end of World War II. Time: 4664 （1946-1964） How many? an estimated 77 million babies were born in the United States alone!
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1.Background Information: Ivy League
Location:
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1.Background Information: Ivy League
Members: The eight institutions are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University(康乃尔大学), Dartmouth College(达特茅斯学院), Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Yale University.
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1.Background Information: Baby Boomer
Returning veterans married, started families, pursued higher education, and bought their first homes. With veteran's benefits, the twentysomethings found new homes in planned communities on the outskirts of American cities. The baby boom triggered a housing boom, consumption boom and a boom in the labor force. Between 1940 and 1960, the nation's GDP jumped more than $300 million.
LOGO
1.Background Information: Ivy League
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1.Background Information: Ivy League
Time of Establishment:
Seven of the eight schools were founded during the United States colonial period（1493 年—1776年）; the exception is Cornell, which was founded in 1865. Ivy League institutions account for seven of the nine Colonial Colleges chartered(特许建立的 ）before the American Revolution（美国独立战 争：1775-1783）.
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2 .Text Appreciation
Step 2. Put a number on each paragraph, Skim the text and find out the main idea of each paragraph or part: para.1: an example which tells us getting into college can be very competitive. para. 2: tells us why the chance of getting into a college has never been worse/slimmer. para.3-4: an increase in the number of applications since last year. para.5: parents' attitude toward the rat race changed and they find out the countermeasure.
title: Getting in Gets Harder
T.S.: The children of the baby boomers are flooding colleges with applications, making the process more competitive than ever.
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
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YALE UNIVERSITY
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2 .Text Appreciation
Step1. Forcast the main idea of the text from the title and the topic sentence(1st sentence)
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1.Background Information: Baby Boom
Historical and social background When the war ended in 1945, millions of veterans returned home and were forced to reintegrate into civilian life. To help this process, Congress passed the G.I. Bill of Rights(《退伍军 人权利法案》 ). This bill encouraged home ownership and investment in higher education through the distribution of loans at low or no interest rates to veterans.
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BROWN U源自文库IVERSITY
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CORNELL UNIVERSITY
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COLUMBER UNIVERSITY
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DARTMOUTH UNIVERSITY
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
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1.Background Information: Ivy League
Established: Association: 1954 NCAA
（美国）全国大学生体育协会（National Collegiate Athletic Association）
Members:
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1.Background Information: Ivy League
Financial Endowment（捐赠基金） Ivy League financial endowments range from Brown's $3.2 billion to Harvard's $36.4 billion, the largest financial endowment of any academic institution in the world. Ivy League universities have some of the largest university financial endowments in the world, which allows the universities to provide many resources for their academic programs and research endeavors. As of 2014, Harvard University has an endowment of $36.4 billion. Additionally, each university receives millions of dollars in research grants （研究基金） and other subsidies from federal and state government.
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1.Background Information: Baby Boom
2015年9月3日是中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法 西斯战争胜利70周年纪念日。 the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War 93 parade
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1.Background Information:Baby Boomer
Baby Boomer: A person who was born between 1946 and 1964. Influence: During the boom, The large increase in population produced a substantial rise in demand for consumer goods, stimulating the post-war economy.