新视野book1.pdf

Book II writings: Unit 1 写作模式（对比说明） Approaches toTime in the PastandToday 1) With a view of the changes in life of people of the past and today, we gain a deeper insight into how to approach time. 2) Viewed from the angle of lifestyle, modern people are famous for their rapid pace of time, as shown in their invention of fax, e-mail and instant coffee. 3) But in thepast people areknown for theirlife in a leisurelymanner, as confirmed in their tea- drinking hobbies and frequent time-consuming social activities. 4) Judging by the concept of the value of time, modern people approach time as an investment in money making while in the past people treat time as necessary for enjoying life and being together with family and friends. 5) As is known to all, modern people prefer to talk business directly through phone calls rather than through personal contacts, in contrast to which in the past people tend to spend more time getting along with their business partners. 6) If set on the scene of work, people today are more likely to pourtime into creativework whereas people in the past are more liable to put time into mechanical labor. 7) As can be seen from the differences in current education, children today devote their time to creative thinking and children in the past commit more time to learning by rote. 8) Clearly, such differences render us better and better at planning our time as longas we don’t forget toenjoy ourselves alittle while keepingupwith thepace of thetimes. Unit 2 On theInteractionbetween Brightand DarkSides of Economic Development 1) There are two sides to any problem in the world, interrelated andinteracting with each other, to which the problem of economic development is no exception. 2) Deeply stuck in the loop of economic development, many developing countries concern themselves naturally with how to find ways out and changeit for the better.3) They are too eager for success in this field to have mind efforts may produce