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UNIT 1
Global
citizen
is
someone
who
identifies
with
being
part
of
an
emerging world community
and whose actions contribute to building this
community's
values
and
practices.
Global
citizenship
believes
that
humankind is essentially on and each
individual has the power to change
things. In our interdependent world,
global citizenship encourages us
to
recognize our responsibilities toward each other
and learn from each
other.
Global
citizens
care
about
education,
disease,
poverty,
and
environmental issues around the world.
Today, the forces of global
engagement
are
helping
some
people
identify
themselves
as
global
citizens
who have a sense of belonging to a
world community. This growing global
identity
in
large
part
is
made
possible
by
the
forces
of
modern
information,
communications
and
transportation
technologies.
Global
citizenship
aims
to empower people to lead
their
own action.
Along with the
knowledge and
values that they have gained from
learning about global issues, people
need to be equipped with the necessary
skills to give themselves the
ability
and confidence to be pro-active in making a
positive difference
in the world.
世界公民是指一个人承认自己是新兴的全球社区的一分子，
而且其行动对
全
球社区的价值打造和实践活动有所贡献。
世界公民相信人类从
本质上来说是一个
整体，
每个人都有改变事物的能力。
在我们这样一个相互依赖的世界中，
世界公
民意
识鼓励我们认识到对彼此的责任，
并从对方身上学习。
世界公民
关心全球的
教育、疾病、贫穷和环境问题。在当今，全球合作的力量在使一些人萌发世界
公
民的意识，
让他们拥有对全球社区的归属感。
这种不断发展的世界公民意识在很
大程度上来讲，
要归
功于现代信息、
通信和交通技术的力量。
世界公民意识致力
于给予人们力量，
让他们付诸行动。
世界公
民除了要从世界问题中学习知识和价
值观，还要拥有必需的技能，使他们拥有能力和自信
，积极推动世界的发展。
UNIT
2
The
American
Dream
is
a
national
ethos(
精神特质
)of
the
United
States.
The
term
is
used
in
many
ways,
but
it
essentially
is
an
idea
that
suggests
that
anyone
in
the
US
can
succeed
through
hard
work
and
has
the
potential
to
lead
a
happy,
successful
life.
Many
people
have
expanded
upon
or
refined
the
definition
to
include
things
such
as
freedom,
fulfillment
and
meaningful
relationships.
The
idea
of
an
American
Dream
is
older
than
the
US,
dating
back
to
the
1600s,
when
people
began
to
have
all
sorts
of
hopes
and
aspirations for what was a new and largely
unexplored continent to
European
immigrants. And the meaning of the Dream has
changed over the
course
of
history,
including
both
personal
components
and
a
global
vision.
But not everybody thinks the American
Dream is a positive thing. Some
people
believe that the structure of society in the US
prevents such an
idealistic
goal
for
everyone.
Critics
often
point
to
examples
of
inequality
rooted
in
class,
race,
religion
and
ethnicity
that
suggest
that
the
American Dream is not attainable for everyone.
美国梦是美利坚合众国的民族精神，
该词有各种各样的用法，
但其根本含义
是，在美国任何人都可以通过努力获得成功，都有可能过
上幸福而成功的生活。
许多人对美国梦的概念加以拓展和提炼，
涵盖了像自由、
自我实现和深厚的人际
关系等方面的内容。美国
梦的思想比美国本身更为久远，可以追溯到
17
世纪，
当时的欧洲移民面对这一新发现的、未经开发的广袤大陆，开始纷纷怀揣希望，
< br>追逐梦想，随着历史的发展，美国梦的含义也已改变，既包含了个人元素，也包
含
了全局视野。
但并不是每个人都对美国梦持肯定态度。
一些人认
为美国的社会
结构决定了不是每个人都能拥有这样的理想目标，
批评者常常举以实例，
揭露植
根于阶级、
种族、
宗教
和民族的不平等现象，
指出美国梦并非每个人都可企及。
UNIT 3
Leonardo
da
Vinci,
one
of
the
greatest
minds
of
the
Italian
Renaissance, is
perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to
have
lived.
A
painter,
sculptor,
architect,
mathematician,
engineer,
and
inventor, he is famous for a wide range
of accomplishments. His natural
genius,
which
crossed
multiple
disciplines,
won
him
the
title
of
Among his
works, the Mona Lisa is the best known and The
Last Supper the
most reproduced
religious painting of all time. What make
Leonardo's
drawings
unique
are
mainly
his
innovative
techniques
and
acute
scientific
mind.
Perhaps
only
15
of
his
paintings
have
survived,
partly
because
his
constant
experimentation
with
new
techniques
made
his
total
output
quite
small.
Although
not
a
prolific(
多
产
的
)pain
ter,
Leonardo
was
a
most
productive
draftsman, keeping journals full of sketches,
drawings, and
diagrams. These
notebooks, often referred to as da Vinci's
manuscripts,
recorded
his
inventions,
observations,
and
theories
about
everything
that
captured his attention.
Leonard's genius made him a pioneer in almost
every field of study he undertook. His
paintings, together with his
notebooks,
have contributed significantly to the history of
art.
莱奥纳多?达?芬奇是意大利文艺复兴时期最伟大的思想家之一，
也许也是迄
今最多才多艺的人。他是画家、雕刻家、建筑家、数学家、工
程师和发明家，因
成就广泛而闻名。
他的天赋跨越多个领域，<
/p>
为其赢得了
“文艺复兴大师”
的称号。<
/p>
莱奥纳多主要作为画家而著名。在其所有作品中，
《蒙娜·丽莎》
最为有名，而
《最后的晚餐》
则是历来复制最多的宗教画作。<
/p>
莱奥纳多作品的独特之处主要在
于其创新性的技巧和敏锐的科学思
维。他的画作大约只有
15
幅流传了下来，其
< br>部分原因是他不断试验新的技巧，
所以作品总量很小。
莱
奥纳多虽然不是多产画
家，却是一位最高产的绘图家，他在日记中画满了各种草图、图画
和图表。这些
笔记通常被称为达
?芬
奇手稿，
记录了他的各种发明、
观察，
以及他对自己感兴
趣的事物提出的理论。莱奥纳多的天赋使他几乎在涉足的每一领域都成
了先驱。
他的画作，连同他的笔记，在艺术史上贡献斐然。
UNIT 4
Venice is
the world's famous island city in northern Italy.
Founded