You’ve now heard it so many times: you can probably repeat it in your sleep. President Obama will no doubt make the point publicly when he gets to Beijing: the Chinese need to consume more: they need— believe it or not—to become more like Americans, for the sake of the global economy. And it’s all true. But the other side of that equation is that the U. S. needs to save more. For the moment, American households actually are doing so. After the personal-savings rate dipped to zero in 2005, the shock of the economic crisis last year prompted people to snap shut their wallets. In China, the household-savings rate exceeds 20%. It is partly for policy reasons. As we’ve seen, wage earners are expected to care for not only their children but their aging parents. And there is, to date, only the flimsiest of publicly-funded health care and pension systems, which increases incentives for individuals to save while they are working. But China is a society that has long esteemed personal financial prudence for centuries. There is no chance that will change anytime soon, even if the government creates a better social safety net and successfully encourages greater consumer spending. Why does the U. S. need to learn a little frugality? Because healthy savings rates are one of the surest indicators of a country’s long-term financial health. High savings lead, over time, to increased investment, which in turn generates productivity gains, innovation and job growth. In short, savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest. The U. S. government thus needs to act as well. By running constant deficits, it is dis-saving, even as households save more. Peter Orszag, Obama’s Budget Director, recently called the U. S. budget deficits unsustainable and he’s right. To date, the U. S. has seemed unable to see the consequences of spending so much more than is taken in. That needs to change. And though Hu Jintao and the rest of the Chinese leadership aren’t inclined to lecture visiting Presidents, he might gently hint that Beijing is getting a little nervous about the value of the dollar—which has fallen 15% since March, in large part because of increasing fears that America’s debt load is becoming unmanageable. That’s what happens when you’re the world’s biggest creditor: you get to drop hints like that, which would be enough by themselves to create international economic chaos if they were ever leaked. Every time any official in Beijing deliberates publicly about seeking an alternative to the U. S. dollar for the $2. 1 trillion China holds in reserve, currency traders have a heart attack. If Americans saved more and spent less, consistently over time, they wouldn’t have to worry about all that.

What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

A．To urge the American government to cut deficits.

B．To encourage Chinese people to spend more.

C．To tell Americans not to worry about their economy.

D．To promote understanding between China and America.

In what circumstances do currency traders become scared?

A．When Beijing allows its currency exchange rates to float.

B．When China starts to reduce its current foreign reserves.

C．When China talks about switching its dollar reserves to other currencies.

D．When Beijing mentions in public the huge debts America owes China.

What does the author mean by saying “savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest“ (Line 4, Para.4)?

A．The more one saves, the more returns one will reap.

B．A country’s economy hinges on its savings policy.

C．Those who keep saving will live an easy life in the end.

D．A healthy savings rate promotes economic prosperity.

What should be done to encourage Chinese people to consume?

A．Changing their traditional way of life.

B．Providing fewer incentives for saving.

C．Improving China’s social security system.

D．Cutting down the expenses on child-rearing.

How did the economic crisis affect Americans?

A．They had to tighten their belts.

B．Their bank savings rate dropped to zero.

C．Their leadership in the global economy was shaken.

D．They became concerned about China’s financial policy.

In ESA model of teaching, “ESA “respectively refers to engage, study and______.

______means planning a number of different activities in one lesson. Pupils’ attention spans are rather short so it is important to vary the activities in order to keep the pupils engaged and interested.

In teaching speaking, learners’ errors in speech are most probably tolerated by the teacher when the focus of teaching is on______.

Among the methods for teaching grammar, the deductive method and ______ method have been discussed and used most frequently.

According to Chomsky, there are a finite number of grammatical rules in the language system and with a knowledge of the rules an______number of sentences can be produced.

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—Why not go out for a walk before breakfast? —Oh, yes.______is my favorite time of day. In the early morning Early morning The early of morning The early morning that

The ocean is heating up. That’s the conclusion of a new study that finds that Earth’s oceans now【K1】a ______heat at twice the rate they did 18 years ago. Around half of ocean heat intake since 1865 has taken place since 1997, researchers report online in Nature Climate Change. Warming waters are known to【K2】c______to coral bleaching (珊瑚白化) and they take up more space than cooler waters, raising sea【K3】l______. While the top of the ocean is studied, its depths are more difficult to【K4】e______(探测). The researchers gathered 150 years of ocean temperature data in order to get a better【K5】p______ of heat absorption from surface to seabed. They gathered together temperature readings collected by everything from a 19th century【K6】v______(航海) of British naval ships to modern automated ocean probes. The extensive data sources, 【K7】c______ with computer simulations (计算机模拟), created a timeline of ocean temperature changes, including cooling from volcanic outbreaks and warming from fossil fuel【K8】e______. About 35 percent of the heat taken in by the oceans during the industrial era now residents at a【K9】d ______of more than 700 meters, the researchers found. They say they’re【K10】u______ whether the deep-sea warming canceled out warming at the sea’s surface.

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The issue of how to talk to students becomes【C1】______when teachers are giving their instructions. The best【C2】______in the world is a waste of time if the students don’t understand what it is they【C3】______to do. There are two【C4】______rules for giving instructions: they must be kept as【C5】______as possible, and they must be【C6】______Before giving instructions, therefore, teachers must ask themselves the following questions: What is the important information I am trying to【C7】______? What must the students know if they are to complete the activity successfully? Which information do they need first? Which should come next? When teachers give instructions, it is important for them to check that the students have understood【C8】______they are being asked to do. This can be achieved either by asking a student to explain the activity after the teacher has given the instruction or【C9】______getting someone to show the other people in the class how the exercise works. Where students all share the mother tongue, a member of the class can be asked to【C10】______the instructions as a check that they have understood them.

如何理解《义务教育英语课程标准》(2011年版)中的六个课程基本理念?