of some key terms. 3.Skim through Text III"The Gods of Wealth"leamning some information about Chinese people's worship of gods of wealth.Students are to finish the comprehension exercises and doa research on gods of wealth in different cultures 4.Part Five in this unit contains some exercises related to the three texts Comprehension Practice is the key part. (三)实践与思考环节 1.Text-relevant reading comprehension exercises,reading and making interpretations, language focus,comprehensive practice,study skills,writing skills. 2.Research:how were the mercantile acquisition of wealth and the merchant class regarded in the traditional feudal ideology of China.Did it differ from the case with America?What effects or consequences did it generate? (四)教学方法与手段 课堂讲授、分组讨论、多媒体、视频 Unit 6A Flat World (一)目的与要求 1.Understand the main idea of the three texts and establish the link among them. 2.Understand the key terms of globalization 3.Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of globalization 4.Have a raised awareness of cross-cultural communication in the business context. (二)教学内容 1.Understand the writer's critical attitude towards Text i"The Drawbacks of Cultural Globalization"(abridged)and grasp the main idea and to interpret some complicated sentences and phrases from the passage. 2.Understand the main ideas in Text II"Rising of the Titans",learning some famous multinational corporation and the problem of taxation caused by them and the losses for the local countries.Students should understand the main ideas given in the text,discuss the presented problem in groups,and master the uses of some key terms. 8 8 of some key terms. 3. Skim through Text III “The Gods of Wealth”, learning some information about Chinese people’s worship of gods of wealth. Students are to finish the comprehension exercises and do a research on gods of wealth in different cultures. 4. Part Five in this unit contains some exercises related to the three texts. Comprehension Practice is the key part. （三）实践与思考环节 1. Text-relevant reading comprehension exercises, reading and making interpretations, language focus, comprehensive practice, study skills, writing skills. 2. Research: how were the mercantile acquisition of wealth and the merchant class regarded in the traditional feudal ideology of China. Did it differ from the case with America? What effects or consequences did it generate? （四）教学方法与手段 课堂讲授、分组讨论、多媒体、视频 Unit 6 A Flat World （一）目的与要求 1. Understand the main idea of the three texts and establish the link among them. 2. Understand the key terms of globalization 3. Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of globalization 4. Have a raised awareness of cross-cultural communication in the business context. （二）教学内容 1. Understand the writer’s critical attitude towards Text I “The Drawbacks of Cultural Globalization” (abridged) and grasp the main idea and to interpret some complicated sentences and phrases from the passage. 2. Understand the main ideas in Text II “Rising of the Titans”, learning some famous multinational corporation and the problem of taxation caused by them and the losses for the local countries. Students should understand the main ideas given in the text, discuss the presented problem in groups, and master the uses of some key terms