2. Ra: Widespread access to information technologies, for example, promises to condense the time required to change from labor-intensive assembly work to industries that involve engineering, marketing, and design. (L. 12) 句型提炼: Widespread/ Systematic/ Free/Easy/ Convenient access to sth. promises todo…对…的广泛/系统/自由/便利的接触(应用)有望/可能· eg经常接触不同的文化有望优化我们的知识结构。 Our frequent access to different cultures promises to optimize the structure of our knowledge 3. Ra: Still, there's little dispute that communications will be a key factor separating the winners from the losers. L. 26) 句型提炼:… a matter of debate/discussion. Still, there is little dispute/doubt ……·是人们争论/商榷的一个问题。然而毋庸争辩/毋庸置疑的是, eg孩子们应如何接受教育是人们经常争论的一个问题。然而,毋庸争辩的 是,先进的知识将给他们的腾飞插上翅膀。 How child ren should obtain education is often a matter of debate. Still there is little d ispute that advanced knowledge can lend wings to their rise in life 4. Ra]: For wireless phone serv ice providers, nowhere is business better than in Latin America- hav ing an operation there is like hav ing an endless pile of money at your disposal. (L. 55) 句型提炼: For sb, nowhere is bus iness better than doing sth there is like doing sth else 对某人来说,没有任何地方的事情比……地方更好做了,在那里做 某事就像是 如8对于渴望成才的学子而言,没有任何地方的教育比大学里的更好了一在 里学习就像是置身于知识的海洋里一样 For students eager to be useful to society, nowhere is education better than in college ---studying there is like bathing yourself in the oceans of knowledge After reading Discussion Work in small groups and discuss the following questions 1. Why are developing countries investing great sums of money in telecommunications networks? Their investments have arisen from the major factors as follows: One is that the transfer of information has become a must in promoting the foreign and domestic investment; another is that, with our world depending in a greater degree on information for its progress, it is natural for telecommunications to take up the role as a competitive power between countries; and still another is that telecommunications determines to a large extent the all-dimensional development in both urban and rural areas 2. What does China hope to achieve? And what does Shanghai hope to achieve? China hopes to become an important part of the information superhighway And Shanghai wants to realize its dream of becoming a major financial center. 3. What do some people fear? Some people fear that some developing countries act too hastily or push2. 原句: Widespread access to information technologies, for example, promises to condense the time required to change from labor-intensive assembly work to industries that involve engineering, marketing, and design. (L. 12) 句型提炼: Widespread/Systematic/Free/Easy /Convenient access to sth. promises to do…对······的广泛／系统／自由／便利的接触（应用）有望／可能······ e.g. 经常接触不同的文化有望优化我们的知识结构。 Our frequent access to different cultures promises to optimize the structure of our knowledge. 3. 原句: Still, there’s little dispute that communications will be a key factor separating the winners from the losers. (L. 26) 句型提炼: … a matter of debate/discussion. Still, there is little dispute/doubt that… ······是人们争论／商榷的一个问题。然而毋庸争辩／毋庸置疑的是, ······ e.g. 孩子们应如何接受教育是人们经常争论的一个问题。然而，毋庸争辩的 是, 先进的知识将给他们的腾飞插上翅膀。 How children should obtain education is often a matter of debate. Still, there is little dispute that advanced knowledge can lend wings to their rise in life. 4. 原句: For wireless phone service providers, nowhere is business better than in Latin America — having an operation there is like having an endless pile of money at your disposal. (L. 55) 句型提炼: For sb., nowhere is business better than in… doing sth. there is like doing sth. else. 对某人来说, 没有任何地方的事情比······地方更好做了，在那里做 某事就像是······一样。 e.g. 对于渴望成才的学子而言，没有任何地方的教育比大学里的更好了— 在 那里学习就像是置身于知识的海洋里一样。 For students eager to be useful to society, nowhere is education better than in college ---studying there is like bathing yourself in the oceans of knowledge. After Reading Discussion Work in small groups and discuss the following questions. 1 ． Why are developing countries investing great sums of money in telecommunications networks? Their investments have arisen from the major factors as follows: One is that the transfer of information has become a must in promoting the foreign and domestic investment; another is that, with our world depending in a greater degree on information for its progress, it is natural for telecommunications to take up the role as a competitive power between countries; and still another is that telecommunications determines to a large extent the all-dimensional development in both urban and rural areas. 2．What does China hope to achieve? And what does Shanghai hope to achieve? China hopes to become an important part of the information superhighway. And Shanghai wants to realize its dream of becoming a major financial center. 3． What do some people fear? Some people fear that some developing countries act too hastily or push