•Analyze complex or controversial issues critically (e.g. monopoly, free market vs. government regulation, etc.)
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Unit Objectives
3. Listening •Make predictions about the content of a lecture
Smith is best known for two classic works: The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). The latter, usually abbreviated as The Wealth of Nations, is considered the first modern work of economics. Smith is cited as the "father of modern economics" and is still among the most influential thinkers in the field of economics today.
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Economics
Unit Objectives
1. Professional Knowledge
•Get acquainted with some important economic concepts(e.g. the invisible hand, signaling theory, antitrust law, comparative advantage,etc.)
7. Academic language and discourse
•Know what is specialized vocabulary and acquire some specialized vocabulary of economics
•Understand the functions of parenthetical statements
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Adam Smith (16 June 1723 – 17 July 1790) was a Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and key Scottish Enlightenment figure.
Share your answers with your partner and discuss the following questions:
1. What’s the power that leads people to work and cooperate?
2. What do you understand about economic life from the table?
目标：训练对信息的获取、分析、整 合、利用能力；提高学生撰写学期论 文及学术论文的技能；帮助学生过度 到专业双语课程及全英课程学习；全 面培养学生的学业能力、思辨创新能 力和解决实际问题的学术研究能力。
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Unit Contents
Unit objectives Text A Text B Text C Academic language and discourse Listening Speaking Wry won't occur to too many of us to give thanks for the fact that the local supermarket had plenty of turkey for sale this week. Even the devout aren't likely to thank God for airline schedules that made it possible for some of those loved ones to fly home for Thanksgiving. Or for the arrival of Master and Commander at the local movie theater in time for the holiday weekend. Or for that great cranberry-apple pie recipe in the food section of the newspaper.
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Text A Supplementary information
2. The invisible hand
The invisible hand is a metaphor used by Adam Smith to describe the natural force that guides free market capitalism through competition for scarce resources. The general idea is that individuals pursuing self-interest end up doing what is best for society as if guided by an invisible hand. For example, when the price of something increases due to higher demand or lower supply, more people will start producing it. This is done out of selfinterest, but it also benefits society. As a whole it will make the goods available to more people as well as lowering the price again.
2. Reading
•Summarize the main ideas of a text and identify essential supporting points
•Understand difficult sentences (e.g., sentences with abstract meaning or ambiguous reference)
•Comprehend stylistic differences between formal and informal English and acquire some formal expressions .
Unit 1
Economics
Text A Lead-in
How do you celebrate Spring Festival? Write down your activities in the table in the textbook and analyze whose skill and labor are required to make these activities possible.
学术英语 综合
Academic English — An Integrated Course
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What is EAP?
English for Academic Purposes/EAP
内容：教材分为《学术英语》综合、 人文、理工、社科等。我们的课程 分为读学科主题文章、听专业相关 讲座、练学术口语、写学科专业论 文以及做学科相关研究等环节。
4. Speaking
•Ask for information and clarification in a polite and effective way
•Learn to do interviews and report the findings in an oral presentation
Economics
Text A Supplementary information
1. Thanksgiving
It is an annual national holiday in the U.S. and Canada. Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November, honoring the early Plymouth settlers and their harvest feast. They commonly trace the Thanksgiving holiday to a 1621 celebration at the Plymouth Plantation, where the Plymouth settlers held a harvest feast after a successful season. Although prayers and thanks were probably offered at the 1621 harvest gathering, the first recorded religious Thanksgiving in Plymouth happened two years later in 1623. On this occasion, the colonists gave thanks to God for rain after a nearly catastrophic drought.