main,Unit 2 Energy Conservation,2012,Part A Section A Pre-listening-Background Information,Sidney Rittenberg Sidney Rittenberg is an American journalist, interpreter and scholar who lived in China from 1944 to 1979. He worked closely with Peoples Republic of China founder Mao Zedong, military leader Zhu De, statesman Zhou Enlai, and other leaders of the Chinese,Party (CCP) during the war, and was with these central Communist leaders at Yanan. He witnessed first-hand much of what occurred at upper levels of the CCP and knew many of its leaders personally. He was the first American citizen to join the CCP.,Pre-listening,New Words and Expressions,Background Information,Part A,Part B,Listening,LISTENING,Section A Pre-listening-Background Information,Presently (as of 2010), Rittenberg is a faculty member in the Chinese Studies Program at Pacific Lutheran University. He and his wife operate Rittenberg & Associates, a consulting firm that provides assistance to businesses who work with Chinese companies. He remains dedicated to fostering cooperation between China and the U.S.,Pre-listening,New Words and Expressions,Background Information,Part A,Part B,Listening,LISTENING,Section A. New Words and Expressions,Pre-listening,New Words and Expressions,Background Information,Part A,Part B,Listening,veteran draft neutral truce reconcile solitary confinement perception outnumber Nationalist Revolutionary Army Great Leap Forward grass sandals,老资格的，资深的 （战时）征募 中立的 休战 使和解 单独监禁 看法；观念；认识 数量上超过 此处指“国民党党员” 此处指“共产党领导的人民军队” “大跃进”运动 草鞋,LISTENING,Section A. New Words and Expressions,Pre-listening,New Words and Expressions,Background Information,Part A,Part B,Listening,vision 对未来的憧憬 famine 饥荒 swollen 肿胀的 malnutrition 营养不良 public health campaigns 指建国初期开展的一系列爱国 卫生运动 articulate 阐明 emancipate 解放 feudalistic 封建（制度）的 the eight lines “八荣八耻” 社会主义荣辱观 moral code 道德规范，道德标准,LISTENING,Section A Listen Task 1,Pre-listening,Task 1 Listen and Take Notes,Task 2 Listen for Details,Part A,Part B,Listening,Yang Rui, anchor of Dialogue, CCTV-NEWS, is interviewing with Sidney Rittenberg, president of Rittenberg & Associates.,LISTENING,Section A Listen Task 1,Listen to the interview and try to get its main ideas by taking notes. Fill in the blanks according to your notes.,1. The interview is mainly about . 2. While young, Mr. Rittenberg had a dream of . 3. In the eyes of Rittenberg, the two causes for the CPCs success over the Nationalists are: 1) ;,working to,it had established extremely close and unbreakable,relations with the people,Pre-listening,Task 1 Listen and Take Notes,Task 2 Listen for Details,Part A,Part B,Listening,people,a foreigners perception,of Chinas reform and development,build bridges between Chinese people and American,LISTENING,Section A Listen Task 1,. 4. During the current Long March of modernization, the Chinese people should 1) ; 2) . 5. To be successful, the Chinese government should 1) ; 2) .,study Chinese reality,_,develop a set of strategies, a common vision and a,make people feel that it represents their interests,_,Pre-listening,Task 1 Listen and Take Notes,Task 2 Listen for Details,Part A,Part B,Listening,its soldiers had a shared vision of a bright future,_,set of core values,do more in terms of the emancipation of the mind,_,LISTENING,Task 2.1,Listen to the interview again and try to answer the following questions.,1. Does Mr. Rittenberg think his work with China is worthwhile? Why or why not?,Yes. Because he thinks that what hes doing today is more effective than what he was able to do in the past.,2. What was the vision shared by soldiers in the Revolutionary Army?,They believed that they were fighting for their land, for their family to have their own farmland, and for a fair government that would listen to the people and do what they needed.,Pre-listening,Listening,Task 1 Listen and Take Notes,Task 2 Listen for Details,Part A,Part B,LISTENING,Task 2.2,3. What vision do we Chinese people need to have today?,A practical, down-to-earth, realistic vision that everyone shares.,4. What does Mr. Rittenberg say about the “emancipation of the mind” in China?,Equally important to the development of the market economy, the emancipation of the mind hasnt gone far enough. Theres still the shadow of the old feudalistic habits of governments and individuals in their thinking and in their relationships.,Pre-listening,Listening,Task 1 Listen and Take Notes,Task 2 Listen for Details,Part A,Part B,LISTENING,Task 2.2,5. How important does Mr. Rittenberg think the eight-line moral code is?,The eight lines can serve as core values for the Chinese people to have a new common vision.,Pre-listening,Listenin