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College English (New edition) Unit 8

Unit 8 Travel

Text A In the Jungle

Learning Objectives:

1.understand the main idea and the structure of the text

2.appreciate the fluid and sensual writing style

3.grasp the key language points and grammatical structure of the text

4.conduct a series of reading listening and writing activities related to the theme of this unit

First period

I. Discussion(15mins):

1.Do you like traveling? Tell me one of the most impressive places you have visited.

2.If you have enough time and money, where is your favorite place to visit? Why?

3.What are some distinctive features of an out -of -the –way, inaccessible place such as jungle,

desert, or remote mountainous areas? ( unspoiled, unpolluted, primitive)

4.Why would such a place appeal to many people today?

The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

_________ Samuel Johnson

(enlarge the knowledge, enjoy the grand sceneries, landscape, landmark, travel around the world, historical interest, pasture, garden architecture, beautiful mountains and clear rivers, inviting views, relaxed, artifact, handicraft, fresh air)

In my opinion, one of the pleasant things in the world is going a journey. The soul of journey is liberty, perfectly liberty to think, feel, just as one please. We go a journey chiefly to be free from obstacles, inconvenience, stress, to leave ourselves behind. With the development of the society, more and more people live in urban area. While they are enjoying the convenience of the modern technology and the economy, they are also suffering from all kinds of disadvantages of the city, such as pollutions, traffic jam and the information explosion. Besides, they have to be faced with some pressures from study, work, family ect. So people sometimes really want to find a way to be away from the bustling city, and be back of the nature. In this way, they can appreciate the beauty of the nature; understand the true meaning of the spiritual world. And they can fully relax; their soul can be purified. So more and more people choose travel during the holidays. Some people choose to go to the tranquil, beautiful and mysterious places, such as the old forest, the isolated islands and the jungle. In this text we will appreciate the beautiful sceneries of the Napo River the author showed to us.

II Background information(15mins)

1.Amazon is a world of trees and water in the middle of South America. It’s the world’s mightiest river, running through the world’s largest tropical rainforest.

Most trips to the Amazon are based on either a boat or a lodge. If you fancy traveling by boat, many organized trips incorporate traveling on the main river with side trips on smaller tributaries, either in motorboat or in canoes. If you prefer exploring the rainforest on foot, you can usually find some local people who are ready to guide you through certain parts of it despite all kinds of difficulties. If you want a little more adventure, the upper Amazon flows off the Andes, creating ideal opportunities for rafting through rarely visited area.

While the overwhelming beauty of the Amazon lies in its diverse and complex nature, it is also a place where plants are king, inserts come a close second, and animals hide to survive. With a

very lucky will you see a jaguar.

2. Ecuador: republic in northwestern South America, bounded by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean on the west. The country also includes the Galapagos Islands (Colon Archipelago) in the Pacific, about 965 km (about 600 mi) west of the mainland. Ecuador straddles the equator (Ecuador is the Spanish word for "equator") and has an area of 272,045 sq km (105,037 sq mi). Quito is the country's capital.

Ecuador has a diverse population composed of people of European, Native American, and African descent. The majority are mestizos, individuals of mixed European and Native American ancestry. Most of the Native Americans live in poverty in the highlands region, where a small elite of European descent controls most of the land and wealth.

Ecuador was a Spanish colony until 1822, when independence forces won a decisive victory over Spain. Ecuador has had a democratically elected government since 1979, but historically the government has alternated between civilian rule and military dictatorship. Most political conflicts involved squabbles among groups within the upper classes who controlled the nation's wealth.

3. Andes: the principal mountains of South America and one of the greatest mountain systems of the world. The Andes include some of the world's highest peaks. More than 50 of them soar higher than 6,100 m (20,000 ft) above sea level. Only the Himalayas of south central Asia are higher. The lofty plateaus and high mountain valleys of the Andes contain some of the highest permanent human settlements in the world. The Andes are the longest system of high mountain ranges on earth. They extend for more than 8000 km (5000 mi) in a narrow belt along the western edge of the South American continent, from the coast of the Caribbean Sea in the north to the island of Tierra del Fuego in the extreme south. Along almost its entire length, the Andes rise abruptly from the Pacific coast. The mountains reach into seven countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.

4. Napo River: Napo is an important river due its size and the main transportation for many inhabitants but also because of its history. Francisco Orellana arrived at its shore from Quito in the 16th century and navigated to the Amazon and then all the way to the Atlantic Ocean.

III A brief introduction of text A(14mins)

The author Annie Dillard (a renowned nature writer and Prize owner) tells of her visit to the Napo River in the heart of the Ecuadorian jungle, one of nature’s most unspoiled places. She describes the

beauty of the forest and her admiration for the people who lived there.

IV Assignment(1min):

1. Preview the text and get familiar with the new words and phrases

2. Do the text organization exercise in page 27

3.

Second-third periods

I. Review : The information of Amazon and the new words mentioned last time. (10mins)

II. Structure Analysis(5mins)

Part one: ( para 1- 5) description of the Napo River and surrounding jungle scenery at night together with the author’s reflection on it.

Part two: ( para 6- 8) Recalling what happened to her at their arrival at the village and what others felt about the Napo River and the people there.

Part three: (para 9- 18) detailed description of the journey in the jungle and her feeling about it. III. Detailed study of the text(74mins)

Part one ( para 1- 5)

There is an abundance of sensory impression in the essay. All of our five senses are appealing to here.

Questions:

What did they hear?

A nightjar in deep leaved shadow called three long notes, and hushed.

All at once, in the thatch house across the clearing behind us came the sound of a recorder, playing a tune that twined over the village clearing, muted our talk on the bankside, and wandered over the river, dissolving downstream.

What did they see?

They were watching a hand-sized tarantula seize moths that came to the lone bulb on the generator shed beside us.

Green fireflies spattered lights across the air and illumined for seconds, now here, now there, the pale trunks of enormous, solitary trees.

Napo River was rising, in all silence; it coiled up the sandy bank and tangled its foam in vines that trailed from the forest and roots that looped the shore.

Each star in Orion seemed to tremble and stir with my breath.

What did they feel?

They feel the coldness of the drinks and of the night.

What did they smell?

They smell the sweetness in the air.

Part two: (para 6- 8)

Not only does the author move effortlessly from one sensory impression to another, but she also handles the changes in time and place in a smooth, seamless way. In this part she first writes about what happened “later that night”, then moved back to narrate the incidents of “that afternoon”, finally back to “now”. she was sitting on a tree stump on the river bank near a palm- thatch village in Part 1, then she sat in a camp in Part 2, went on a journey away from the river into the jungle and finally returned to a riverside village in Part 3.

Questions:

1.What made Dilliard loose her hair from its braids in the middle of the night? What had

happened before that?

Part three: (para 9- 18)

Questions:

1.What did they find along Napo River? ( para 10-12)

wide, brown and opaque Napo River, parrot in flocks dart in and out of the light,

anacondas, crocodiles, sweet- meated fish gray strips of sandbar, clean people

dugout canoes

2.What did they see inside the jungle? (para13)

Bright blue, striped or clear-winged butterflies, a swath of ants

3.What did they see while canoeing on one of the lakes?

wonderful lakes, herons, kingfishers, cuckoos, great turkeylike birds, hawks, turtle, the boy was playing with birds, opaque river water, paich, piranha fish, electric eels

4.What did they eat at night in the village and what did they see? (para17)

They eat chicken together with ice, onions and heaps of fruit.

They see two nuns and the children swarm around nuns, hopping, smiling at them.

IV. Key words and expressions:

1.be dying to do sth/ for sth: desire to do sth

eg: I am dying to Guilin after his wonderful introduction.

2.in the heart of: in the center of

eg: The Bell Tower is lying in the heart of Xi’an.

at heart 内心里，本质上break one’s heart使某人伤心

from (the bottom of) one’s heart 从心底to one’s heart content 尽情的

3.out of sight

The woman didn’t go into the house until her daughter drove away and faded out of the sight. 4.take apart: separate into its different parts

eg: I took apart the electronic car in order to know its working principle.

5.get one’s hands on: catch hold of find sth or get sth (same as lay one’s hands on)

eg: I wish I could get my hands on a copy Harry Potter.

He wants to get his hand on a present from his girl friend.

6.tangle: catch in or as in a net, trap, mixed together or intertwine in a confused mass

tangle sth up: (cause sth to) become twisted into a confused mass 使某物乱作一团

eg.: Her hair got all tangled up in the barbed wire fence.

tangle with sth. or sb.: become involved in a quarrel or fight with sb. or sth. 与某人吵架，与某事有纠葛

eg.: I shouldn’t tangle with Peter, he is bigger than me.

5.dissolve: (of a solid) become a part of liquid; fade away, disappear

eg.: Salt dissolves in water.

All his hopes dissolved at the terrible news.

6.hush: be or become silent

eg.: Having cried for half an hour, the little boy hushed.

The nurse hushed the little girl by giving her some candy.

V.Assignment(1min):

1. do the exercise

2. preview the text B in details and try to grasp the main idea

Fourth period

Text B Illinois Journey

II．Background knowledge (15mins)

1. Illinois

It is one of the states of America. It is well known for its agriculture, especially for the production of corn. The name of the state comes from Indian with its meaning “Warriors”.

2. Saul Bellow

Saul Bellow was born Solomon Bellows in Lachine, Quebec, a suburb of Montreal. He is an American author, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1976, one of the major representatives of Jewish-American writers. Bellow's works influenced widely American literature after World War II. Among his most famous characters are Augie March, Moses E. Herzog, Arthur Sammler, and Charlie Citrine - a superb gallery of self-doubting, funny, charming, disillusioned, neurotic, and intelligent observers of the modern American way of life. He died in the year of 2005, leaving a lot of great works,"Dangling Man," "The Victim," "The Adventures of Augie March," (National Book Award winner) "Seize the Day," "Henderson the Rain King," "Herzog," (National Book Award winner) etc.

III.New words(15mins)

IV.Main idea of the text(4mins)

V.Assignment(1min)

Ask the Ss to preview the text.

Fifth-sixth periods

I. Structure(15mins)

1. Beginning (para.1): the author’s genera1 impression of Illinois at the first sight.

Question: what is the author’s general impression for Illinois at the first sight ?

Answer: In the author’s eyes, Illinois is monotonous rather than striking at first. There is an eternal nearly featureless sameness

2. Body (para.2-6). The author’s detailed description about Illinois.

1) The prairie of Illinois (para.2): it extends forever, slowly rising and falling.

Question: why did the author mention Indians?

Answer: On the one hand, there is a similarity between the rising and falling land and the graves of Indians in shape, so the author could easily think about Indians. On the other hand, the author was to make a contrast between the old days and his time. The Indians would like to have the really great power from the land but they failed. On the contrary, farmers of Illinois nowadays do it.

2) The soil of the Illinois prairies (para.3): It is fat, rich, thick and it looks oil-darkened. Question: why did the author give us detailed information about the machines on the prairies? Answer: It can be seen that all these machines are used for farm work. That is to say, there is an advanced agriculture industry on the prairies of Illinois. With the help of these machines, the soil creates wealth, the soil stores wealth, the soil is wealth.

3) The solitude and silence on the prairie of Illinois (para.4-5)

Question: How did the author describe the solitude and silence on the prairie?

Answer: As far as the author is concerned, the solitude and silence are deep and wide. Judging from the signs made by the farmers, he knew that there must be someone, but to his disappointment, he could not see anybody on account that their houses are far within the fields. In addition, he wrote about those noisy machines very carefully, that’s because he wanted to give us an idea that it is

4) The cornfields on the Prairie of Illinois (para.6): North, south, east and west, there is no end to them.

3. Conclusion (para.7): The author’s feeling about the cornfields on the prairies. Compared with the present glories, the small bands of people who once lived there in the past, they are only historical ornaments to the pride nowadays.

II. Language points(20mins)

Words and phrases:

1. seduce, vt to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty; to lead astray usually by persuasion or false promises

seduce sb. into (doing sth.)

e.g. He seduced me into stealing.

2. imminent, adj. forth coming, impending

e.g. According to the weather forecast a rainstorm is imminent.

3. productive, adj. fertile, fruitful, prolific

eg: He is a very productive writer.

The discussions seem to be very productive only of quarrels.

4. be given t o: be adjusted to

eg: I am given to the vision of sea when I can not fall asleep.

I am given to living in this city.

Difficult sentences:

1. Translate the sentence into Chinese: They have left their bones, their flints and pots, their place names and tribal names and little besides except a stain, seldom vivid, on the consciousness of their white successors.(Line19-21)

他们留下了他们的骨头，他们的打火石和罐子,他们的地名,部落名字.此外,没留下什么,只给驱逐他们的白人留下一丝愧疚感。

2. Along the roads, with…in form like the tents of Mongolia. (L26-28)

This is an inverted sentence. “t hem” means “steel storage bins”.

https://www.sodocs.net/doc/6d14672314.html,prehension Check: true (T) or false (F) (10mins)

1. Illinois is mountainous. (F)

2. Traveling through Illinois makes Bellow want to drive faster and faster. (T)

3. From what is said in the Text, it seems likely that the slaves referred to an unfinished sculpture.

(F)

4. The farmer’s houses are usually set far back from the road. (T)

5. We can infer that the government has taken action to increase equality. (F)

IV. Writing (44mins)

Title: Changes in College Students’ Way of Spending Summer Vacation

Outline:

1. state the changes briefly;

2. give possible reasons for the changes;

3. predict the trend or changes in the near future.

Notes: Ways of Spending Summer Vacation

A. staying at home

B. traveling

C. doing special investigations

D. Other ways

The year of 1996 the year of 2006

Sample:

Changes in College Students’ Ways of Spending Summer Vacation

From the two charts, it can be seen that the students who go traveling and doing social investigations during summer vacation have increased dramatically while those who stay at home have decreased a lot in the past ten years.

There are several main reasons accounting for the change. First of all, with the development of economy, many people become rich. Accordingly, students can get financial support from their parents for traveling easier than before. Then, tourism has greatly developed over the past ten years. Many new scenic spots have been built. In addition, more and more college students are encouraged to so some investigations in both urban and rural areas.

From the changes in the charts, we can predict that more and more college students will make their summer vacation interesting and meaningful by going to the outside world instead of staying at home.

VI.Assignment(1min)

Ask the Ss to write an article about travelling.

The seventh period and eighth period (listening and speaking)

◆Warming-up

◆Listening tasks

◆Speaking tasks

1. Warming-up

Students listen to a conversation and mark the statements with F, T or NG.

The teacher will give general help to the students, especially the weaker ones.

1.Listening Tasks

1)Short Conversation

Play the tape and ask the students to do Exercise 1. Tell them to concentrate on understanding the conversation as a whole at this stage.

Ask the students if they have any difficulties with language or cultural points. Explain them if necessary.

Play the tape once again and ask the students to prepare to do Exercise 2.

2)Long Conversation

Play the recording twice and check the answers. Explain the difficult points to students.

3)Passages

Listen and check the answers.

4)Song Break

Enjoy the English song.

3Speaking tasks

1)Role play

2)Cultural talk

The teacher will ask some questions after listening to each speaker’s talk.

Some students will present their views to the whole class.

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One way of summarizing the American position is to state that we value originality and independence more than the Chinese do. The contrast between our two cultures can also be seen in terms of the fears we both harbor. Chinese teachers are fearful that if skills are not acquired early, they may never be acquired; there is, on the other hand, no comparable hurry to promote creativity. American educators fear that unless creativity has been acquired early, it may never emerge; on the other hand, skills can be picked up later. However, I do not want to overstate my case. There is enormous creativity to be found in Chinese scientific, technological and artistic innovations past and present. And there is a danger of exaggerating creative breakthroughs in the West. When any innovation is examined closely, its reliance on previous achievements is all too apparent (the "standing on the shoulders of giants" phenomenon). But assuming that the contrast I have developed is valid, and that the fostering of skills and creativity are both worthwhile goals, the important question becomes this: Can we gather, from the Chinese and American extremes, a superior way to approach education, perhaps striking a better balance between the poles of creativity and basic skills?

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1. Complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate form of the word in brackets. 1. (attention) Correct answer inattention 2. (qualify) Correct answer qualified Correct answer Navigation 4. Correct answer participants 5. Correct answer unconscious 6. Correct answer competence 7. Correct answer inequalities 8. morning. (request) Correct answer

requested 9. Correct answer varied 10. Correct answer partners 2. Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate preposition or adverb. 11. Correct answer in 12. Correct answer of 13. Correct answer to 14. accident. Correct answer at 15. Correct answer beyond 16.

Your answer Correct answer from from 17. Your answer Correct answer to to 18. Your answer Correct answer on on 19. Your answer Correct answer in in Your answer Correct answer On On 3. Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the best answer from the choices given. 21. The buses, ___________ were already full, were surrounded by an angry crowd. A. most of which B. both of which C. few of them D. those of which 22. There's only one man ____________ the job. A. qualified for

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Key to Exercises Opener Mary is thinking of getting a tattoo tomorrow afternoon. She asks Mel to join her, but Mel cannot because she has to work tomorrow. And then Mary invites Mel to go to a party tomorrow night. Mel hesitates at first, but finally decides to go with Mary. They will meet at eight o’clock. Abbreviation Meaning 1. TGIF Thank God it’s Friday 2. AMA Ask me anything 3. OMG Oh my God! 4. YOLO You only live once 5. FOMO Fear of missing out 6. FYI For your information 7. LOL Laugh out loud 8. TBH To be honest 9. PPL People 10. ETA Estimated time of arrival Transcript: A: Hey, Mary. B: Hey, Mel. A: TGIF.

B: TGIF. A: Mel, I need some advice on something. B: AMA A: Yeah, thanks. I’m thinking of getting a tattoo. B: OMG! Really Are you serious A: Well, YOLO. B: That’s true. A: Well. B: When are you going to do it A: I’m thinking tomorrow afternoon. Do you want to come B: Oh, I’d love to come, but I’ve got to work tomorrow. Oh, major FOMO. A: What a shame! B: Yeah, A: Well, FYI, there’s a party tomorrow night. And if you are not busy, you can come to that instead. B: I’m not busy, but TBH I really need to take it easy this weekend. A: What That’s so not like you. B: LOL, that’s true. A: Party is in Hackney Wick. It’s gonna be good, good music, good PPL. B: Oh, major FOMO again. Oh, what the hell Yes, why not I’ll go.

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BOOK2课文译文 UNIT1 TextA 中国式的学习风格 1987年春，我和妻子埃伦带着我们18个月的儿子本杰明在繁忙的中国东部城市南京住了一个月，同时考察中国幼儿园和小学的艺术教育情况。然而，我和埃伦获得的有关中美教育观念差异的最难忘的体验并非来自课堂，而是来自我们在南京期间寓居的金陵饭店堂。 我们的房门钥匙系在一块标有房间号的大塑料板上。酒店鼓励客人外出时留下钥匙，可以交给服务员，也可以从一个槽口塞入钥匙箱。由于口子狭小，你得留神将钥匙放准位置才塞得进去。 本杰明爱拿着钥匙走来走去，边走边用力摇晃着。他还喜欢试着把钥匙往槽口里塞。由于他还年幼，不太明白得把钥匙放准位置才成，因此总塞不进去。本杰明一点也不在意。他从钥匙声响中得到的乐趣大概跟他偶尔把钥匙成功地塞进槽口而获得的乐趣一样多。 我和埃伦都满不在乎，任由本杰明拿着钥匙在钥匙箱槽口鼓捣。他的探索行为似乎并无任何害处。但我很快就观察到一个有趣的现象。饭店里任何一个中国工作人员若在近旁，都会走过来看着本杰明，见他初试失败，便都会试图帮忙。他们会轻轻握牢本杰明的手，直接将它引向钥匙槽口，进行必要的重新定位，并帮他把钥匙插入槽口。然后那位“老师”会有所期待地对着我和埃伦微笑，似乎等着我们说声谢谢——偶尔他会微微皱眉，似乎觉得我俩没有尽到当父母的责任。 我很快意识到，这件小事与我们在中国要做的工作直接相关：考察儿童早期教育（尤其是艺术教育）的方式，揭示中国人对创造性活动的态度。因此，不久我就在与中国教育工作者讨论时谈起了钥匙槽口一事。 两种不同的学习方式

我的中国同行，除了少数几个人外，对此事的态度与金陵饭店工作人员一样。既然大人知道怎么把钥匙塞进槽口——这是走近槽口的最终目的，既然孩子还很年幼，还没有灵巧到可以独自完成要做的动作，让他自己瞎折腾会有什么好处呢？他很有可能会灰心丧气发脾气——这当然不是所希望的结果。为什么不教他怎么做呢？他会高兴，他还能早些学会做这件事，进而去学做更复杂的事，如开门，或索要钥匙——这两件事到时候同样可以（也应该）示范给他看。 我俩颇为同情地听着这一番道理，解释道，首先，我们并不在意本杰明能不能把钥匙塞进钥匙的槽口。他玩得开心，而且在探索，这两点才是我们真正看重的。但关键在于，在这个过程中，我们试图让本杰明懂得，一个人是能够很好地自行解决问题的。这种自力更生的精神是美国中产阶级最重要的一条育儿观。如果我们向孩子演示该如何做某件事——把钥匙塞进钥匙槽口也好，画只鸡或是弥补某种错误行为也好——那他就不太可能自行想方设法去完成这件事。从更广泛的意义上说，他就不太可能——如美国人那样——将人生视为一系列 的情境，在这些情境中，一个人必须学会独立思考，学会独立解决问题，进而学会发现需要创造性地加以解决的新问题。 把着手教 回想起来，当时我就清楚地意识到，这件事正是体现了问题的关键之所在——而且不仅仅是一种意义上的关键之所在。这件事表明了我们两国在教育和艺术实践上的重要差异。 那些善意的中国旁观者前来帮助本杰明时，他们不是简单地像我可能会做的那样笨拙地或是犹犹豫豫地把他的手往下推。相反，他们极其熟练地、轻轻地把他引向所要到达的确切方向。 我逐渐认识到，这些中国人不是简单地以一种陈旧的方式塑造、引导本杰明的行为：他们是在恪守中国传统，把着手教，教得本杰明自己会愉快地要求再来一次。

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Globalization is sweeping aside national borders and changing relations between nations. What impact does this have on national identities and loyalties? Are they strengthened or weakened? The author investigates. 全球化正在扫除国界、改变国与国之间的关系。这对国家的认同和对国家的忠诚会带来什么影响呢？它们会得到加强还是削弱？作者对这些问题进行了探讨。 In Search of Davos ManPeter Gumbel 1. William Browder was born in Princeton, New Jersey, grew up in Chicago, and studied at Stanford University in California. But don't call him an American. For the past 16 of his 40 years he has lived outside the ., first in London and then, from 1996, in Moscow, where he runs his own investment firm. Browder now manages $ billion in assets. In 1998 he gave up his American passport to become a British citizen, since his life is now centered in Europe. "National identity makes no difference for me," he says. "I feel completely international. If you have four good friends and you like what you are doing, it doesn't matter where you are. That's globalization." 寻找达沃斯人 彼得·甘贝尔 威廉·布劳德出生于新泽西州的普林斯顿，在芝加哥长大，就读于加利福尼亚州的斯坦福大学。但别叫他美国人。他今年40岁，过去16年来一直生活在美国以外的地方，先是在伦敦，1996年后在莫斯科经营他自己的投资公司。布劳德如今掌管着价值16亿美元的资产。1998年，他放弃美国护照，成为英国公民，因为他现在的生活中心在欧洲。“国家认同对我来说不重要，”他说，“我觉得自己完全是个国际人。如果你有四个朋友，又喜欢你所做的事情，那么你在哪儿无关紧要。这就是全球化。” 2. Alex Mandl is also a fervent believer in globalization, but he views himself very differently. A former president of AT&T, Mandl, 61, was born in Austria and now runs a French technology company, which is doing more and more business in China. He reckons he spends about 90% of his time traveling on business. But despite all that globetrotting, Mandl who has been a . citizen for 45 years still identifies himself as an American. "I see myself as American without any hesitation. The fact that I spend a lot of time in other places doesn't change that," he says. 亚历克斯·曼德尔也是全球化的狂热信徒，但他对自己的看法与布劳德不同。61岁的曼德尔曾任美国电报电话公司总裁。他出生于奥地利，现在经营着一家法国技术公司，该公司在中国的业务与日俱增。他估计自己几乎90%的时间都花在出差上。然而，尽管曼德尔全球到处跑，已经做了45年美国公民的他还是认为自己是个美国人。“我毫不迟疑地把自己当作美国人。我在其他地方度过很多时间，但是这一事实不能改变我是美国人，”他说。 3. Although Browder and Mandl define their nationality differently, both see their identity as a matter of personal choice, not an accident of birth. And not incidentally, both are Davos Men, members of the international business élite who trek each year to the Swiss Alpine town for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, founded in 1971. This week, Browder and Mandl will join more than 2,200 executives, politicians, academics, journalists, writers and a handful of Hollywood stars for five days of networking, parties and endless earnest discussions about everything from post-election Iraq and HIV in Africa to the global supply of oil and the implications of nanotechnology. Yet this year, perhaps more than ever, a hot topic at Davos is Davos itself. Whatever their considerable differences, most Davos Men and