comprehensivereading(ⅰ)—teacher’sbook综合教程(ⅰ)——(编辑修改稿)

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its. He was replaced by John Snow, former head of CSX Corp., who became a staunch advocate for new tax cuts, which Bush signed into law in May. 5. Dick Armey was born on July 7, 1940 in Cando, ., the fifth of eight children. He received his bachelor’s degree from Jamestown College in North Dakota, a master’s degree from the University of North Dakota and a doctorate in economics from the University of Oklahoma. Armey has written three books: Price Theory: A Policy Welfare Approach (1977)。 The Freedom Revolution (1995)。 and The Flat Tax (1996). Armey was a strong believer in the policies of Ronald Reagan and he knew the President needed reinforcements in Congress. He was first elected to Congress in 1984 and went to Washington in 1985 as a novice. Armey quickly made a name for himself in Washington as a member dedicated to good public policy based on conservative principles. During his second term, Armey passed landmark legislation that would first bring him national attention. Armey succeeded in crafting and passing unique legislation to close down obsolete military bases. As a result of Armey’s work, more than 100 obsolete bases were closed, saving the taxpayers $4 billion per year. The 1990 budget battle had another more profound effect on Dick Armey. He realized that he and the dominant philosophy he represented would continue to be ignored so long as those beliefs were not present in the room when key decisions were made. After careful consideration, in June of 1992, Armey decided to seek a place in the Republican leadership as Conference Chairman. In December 1992, Armey won his race 88 84. Armey ran for Majority Leader in the 104th Congress. He was unopposed for the Leader’s post. Upon taking office Armey delivered the line he has repeated often since, “The American people didn’t give us power, they gave us responsibility.” “The health of our economy and our markets depends on trust. And when that trust is broken—when corporate crooks lie and break the law— they should go to jail,” said House Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas. Ⅱ . Language points 1. Globalization is steadily and inexorably knitting separate national economies into a single world economy. () Globalization is steadily and unstoppably integrating separate national economies into a single world economy. inexorable a. continuing unstoppably, relentless . inexorable demands, laws etc. 2. Basic economic forces so far have outweighed political efforts to slow this trend. () Until now, basic economic forces have been greater in importance than political efforts to make this trend slow. outweigh v. be greater in weight, value or importance than . The advantages far outweigh the disadvantages. 3. Efforts to buck the effects of economic integration have ranged from anti globalization protests to Congressional efforts to prevent American panies from reincorporating abroad. ( ) Efforts to oppose the effects of economic integration have extended from anti globalization protests to Congressional efforts to prevent American panies from forming new corporations in foreign countries. buck v. (usu. informal) resist or oppose (sb./sth.) . A few industrialists tried to buck the conservation movement in the 1960s. range from A to B/between A and B vary or extend between specified limits . These children’s ages range from 9 to 13. The frontier ranges from the northern hills to the southern coast. 4. Those trends have been spurred by the deregulation of financial markets, reductions in trade barriers, and lower Communication costs. ( ) Those tendencies towards economic globalization have been stimulated by removing the regulation from financial markets, reducing trade barriers and decreasing munication costs. spur v. strongly encourage sb./sth. to do better, achieve more, etc.。 incite or stimulate . Professor Smith’s new book spurs students’ interest in his course. The magnificent goal spurred the team on to victory. deregulate v. remove the regulations from sth. . This small country deregulated the price of oil last year. deregulation n. removing the regulations . The deregulation of financial markets is very helpful to the world’s economical globalization. 5. Another lesser noticed benefit is that it makes it harder for governments to sustain excessively high tax rates. ( ) Another benefit from globalization is that because of globalization, it bees more difficult for governments to maintain extremely high tax rates. 6. When economic integration increases, individuals and businesses gain the freedom to take advantage of low tax rates abroad. ( ) When economic integration increases, individuals and businesses have more opportunities to make good use of low tax rates in foreign countries. take advantage of (1) make use of sth. well, properly etc. . The students took full advantage of the library’s resources. (2) make use of sb./sth. unfairly or deceitfully to get what one wants。 exploit sb./sth. . She took advantage of my generosity. 7. Smart nations are treating international tax petition as an opportunity, not a danger. (para. 4) Wise nations have the foresight to be considering international tax petition as an opportunity, not a danger to their economic development. 8. Ireland, for example, has had remarkable economic success as a result of its low tax strategy adopted in the 1980s. () Take Ireland for example, it has made notable economic success because it accepted and approved a low tax strategy in the 1980s. 9. The main draw has been a low 10% corporate tax rate. () The main thing that has attracted more foreign direct investment is a low 10% corporate tax rate. 10. Ireland has boomed from investment inflows and now has a per capita ine level higher than Great Britain or France. () Ireland’s economy has grown rapidly because of。