Unit 3

UNIT 3 WORD LIST abnormal If something is abnormal, it is different from normal or average. I felt abnormal this morning, like I was sick. absent If someone or something is absent, they are missing or not in the place they are expected to be. I was absent from school yesterday because I went on a trip with my father. adjacent When something is adjacent, it is next to or adjoining something else. My apartment is adjacent to a lovely park and playground. aluminum Aluminum is a chemical element that is a light silver-coloured metal. I used the aluminum foil to wrap the food. applicable If something is applicable to a person or thing, it is relevant to them. I discovered that my old password was no longer applicable to the website. artificial If something is artificial, it was not made naturally but mimics something natural. The artificial Christmas tree was made of plastic. bicycle A bicycle is a two-wheeled vehicle powered by pedaling. I rode my bicycle down the mountain road. broker To broker is to arrange or negotiate the details of something for others. The lawyer will broker our agreement. bureaucracy A bureaucracy is a group of people who work together to help manage a large business or run a country. The members of the bureaucracy were flooded by too many petitions. configure To configure something means to set it up and arrange it. The engineer helped to configure my new computer.

如果某件事是不正常的，它是不同于正常或平均的。 今天早上我感觉不正常，就像生病了一样。 如果某人或某物缺席，意思是他们没有出现在他们应该出现的地方。 我昨天没去上学，因为我和爸爸去旅行了。 当某物相邻时，它紧邻或毗邻另一物。 我的公寓毗邻一个可爱的公园和操场。 铝是一种化学元素，是一种淡银色的金属。 我用铝箔把食物包起来。 如果某事适用于某人或某物，则表示与他们相关。 我发现我的旧密码不再适用于这个网站。 如果某物是人造的，它不是自然制造的，而是模仿自然的东西。 人造圣诞树是用塑料做的。 自行车是一种由脚踏驱动的两轮交通工具。 我骑着自行车沿着山路而下。 broker的意思是为别人安排或协商某事的细节。 律师将促成我们达成协议。 官僚是一群人一起工作，帮助管理一个大企业或管理一个国家。 官僚机构的成员被太多的请愿书淹没了。 配置某事意味着设置和安排它。 那位工程师帮我配置了新电脑。

consolidate To consolidate means to join or bring together into one thing. When we moved in together, we had to consolidate our belongings. convenience If something is done for your convenience, it allows you to do something easily or without any trouble. I love the convenience of having a swimming pool in my back yard. deduct To deduct means to subtract something. I had to deduct my expenses from my checkbook. deem To deem means to consider something. I deemed the ice cream to be very delicious. entrepreneur An entrepreneur is someone who starts a new business or organization in order to make money. The entrepreneur made a success out of his new business. evenly If something is evenly spread or spaced, it is divided equally into amounts, numbers, or values. Sprinkle the sugar evenly all over the cookies. fiscal When something is fiscal, it is related to money or finances, especially that of a government or business. Did the company show fiscal growth this year? franchise A franchise is the right to sell another company's products or services in a particular area. The fast food restaurant has a franchise near my home. ideological If something is ideological, it is based on a system of beliefs or ideals, especially those that relate to a government or economy. The citizens of England had ideological differenes about its government. robot A robot is a machine that can do the work of a person and operates automatically or is controlled by a computer. I bought a robot that can clean the floor on its own.

巩固，巩固意思是联合或结合成一件事。 当我们搬到一起住的时候，我们不得不整理我们的物品。 如果某件事是为了你的方便而做的，它允许你很容易地或没有任何麻烦地做某事。 我喜欢后院有个游泳池带来的便利。 扣除的意思是减去某物。 我不得不从支票簿中扣除我的开支。 认为意味着考虑某事。 我认为冰淇淋很好吃。 企业家是指为了赚钱而创办新企业或组织的人。 这位企业家的新事业取得了成功。 如果某物均匀地分布或间隔，它被平均地分成数量、数字或价值。 把糖均匀地撒在饼干上。 当某物是fiscal时，它与金钱或财政有关，尤指政府或企业。 公司今年的财政有增长吗？ 特许经营权是指在特定地区销售另一家公司的产品或服务的权利。 那家快餐店在我家附近有特许经营权。 如果某物是意识形态的，它是建立在信仰或理想体系的基础上的，尤其是那些与政府或经济有关的。 英国公民对政府的看法存在意识形态上的分歧。 机器人是一种能做人的工作并自动操作或由计算机控制的机器。 我买了一个能自己扫地的机器人。

Globalization Today, it is not at all abnormal for the goods you purchase to come from around the world. Sometimes, a single item is comprised of parts constructed in many different countries. This is applicable to almost anything you can buy today. Consider a sweater—the wool may be woven by a robot in China, dyed using artificial colors from India, and sold in the United States. Long ago, the fiscal cost of importing or exporting items from foreign countries was high, and manufacturers considered the practice to be fiscally irresponsible. By contrast, prices were low for goods that were made at home or in adjacent countries. Nowadays, however, the convenience of importing and exporting goods is in large part due to globalization. Globalization means more closely-connected countries. Merchants broker deals between entrepreneurs from across the globe to consolidate their costs and configure the lowest prices for their products. Imagine your company wants to start manufacturing bicycles and selling them. If a factory close to home did everything, it would be expensive a bureaucracy would need to approve every decision and its members would need to be paid. Some workers would be hired to mine the aluminum and others to find the rubber, then others would build the bikes and market them to local stores. However, dividing the tasks evenly between different countries in order to deduct or minimize certain costs makes a lot more sense. Paying for metal mined in Brazil and shaped in the Philippines can save manufacturing costs. Building the bikes in China, where prices are low, and selling them to Japan, where prices are high, can help a business owner make higher profits. The consensus among many traders is that globalization has helped them become wealthy. Globalization, however, has its negative side as well, as local workers sometimes lose out to absent laborers in distant lands. For this reason, many commentators deem globalization as something negative, the ideological differences between supporters of globalization may clash with politicians who pass laws that try to limit it. Yet despite critiques, globalization continues to grow stronger. United States franchises like McDonalds, for example, can be found around the world, and almost all machines have parts that are made in China.

今天，你购买的商品来自世界各地一点也不奇怪。 有时，一个单一的项目是由许多不同国家制造的零件组成的。 这几乎适用于你今天能买到的任何东西。 想想一件毛衣——羊毛可能是由中国的机器人编织的，用印度的人工色素染色，然后在美国销售。 很久以前，从国外进口或出口产品的财政成本很高，制造商认为这种做法在财政上是不负责任的。 相比之下，国内或邻近国家生产的商品价格较低。 然而，如今进出口商品的便利在很大程度上是由于全球化。 全球化意味着各国之间的联系更加紧密。 商人在全球各地的企业家之间进行交易，以整合他们的成本，并为他们的产品设定最低价格。 假设你的公司想要开始生产和销售自行车。 如果一家离家近的工厂包揽了一切，那将是昂贵的，官僚机构将需要批准每一项决定，其成员将需要获得报酬。 一些工人将被雇佣来开采铝，另一些工人将被雇佣来寻找橡胶，然后其他人将制造自行车并将其销售给当地的商店。 然而，为了减少或最小化某些成本，在不同国家之间平均分配任务更有意义。 购买在巴西开采、在菲律宾加工的金属可以节省制造成本。 在价格低廉的中国制造自行车，再把它们卖到价格高昂的日本，可以帮助企业主获得更高的利润。 许多交易员的共识是，全球化帮助他们变得富有。 然而，全球化也有消极的一面，因为当地工人有时会输给遥远国家的缺席劳工。 由于这个原因，许多评论家认为全球化是消极的，全球化支持者之间的意识形态差异可能与通过法律试图限制全球化的政治家发生冲突。 然而，尽管受到批评，全球化仍在继续发展。 例如，像麦当劳这样的美国特许经营店在世界各地都能找到，几乎所有的机器都有中国制造的零部件。