Unit4BreakingboundariesSciencewithoutborders,butscientistshaveborders.—Pavlov科学没有国界，科学家却有自己的祖国。——巴甫洛夫OnethingIknow:Theonlyonesamongyouwhowillbereallyhappyarethosewhowillhavesoughtandfoundhowtoserve.—A.Schweizer有一点我是知道的：在你们之中，只有那些愿意寻求发现如何为别人服务的人，才是真正幸福的。——施威茨Wecan'tallbeheroes.Somebodyhastositonthecurbandclapastheygoby.—W.Roger我们不可能都成为英雄。总得有人在英雄走过的时候坐在路边鼓掌。——罗杰China'sforeignassistanceisdisbursedundertheBeltandRoadInitiativeandtheframeworkoftheForumonChinaAfricaCooperation.WithChina'shelp,therecipientcountrieshaveconstructedastringofmainlyinfrastructureprojectsservingtheirnationalinterestandpeople'slivelihood.Reducingpovertyandimprovinglivingconditionshaveboostedthesocialandeconomicprogressofthesecountries.Todayitiscommontoheartheterm“globalvillage”usedineverydayconversation.Itisalsocommontohearsomeonesay,“Whatthehellistheglobalvillage？”Theglobalvillageistheideathattheworldanditspeopleformaninterconnectedsocialwhole,avillageofcommoninterestsandconcerns,linkedbyglobalcommunication,media,andrapidinternationaltransportation.Theglobalvillagehasemergedviathebirthoftheinformationage.TechnologicaladvanceshavecontinuallystretchedtheboundsofourcommunicationabilitiesandbyusingimprovingcellularphonetechnologyortheInternetanyindividualcaninteractwithanotherindividualfromacompletelydifferentculture.Sinceitissoeasyandaffordabletoengageinthesecross-culturalexperiences,moreandmorepeoplehavebeendoingso.Crossculturalexchangesoftenrisefromorresultincommoninterestsorconcernsdeveloping.Forexample,internationalcompanieshaveavastedinterestintheeconomiesofthevariouscountriesinwhichtheyconductbusiness.Thestrongertheeconomiesthebetterbusinesswillbe.Thisisthesortofcommoninterestandconcernthattheglobalvillageencompasses.[探索发现]1．Findoutwhatisglobalvillage?Theworldanditspeopleformaninterconnectedsocialwhole,avillageofcommoninterestsandconcerns,linkedbyglobalcommunication,media,andrapidinternationaltransportation.2．Findoutwhatisthemainreasonforglobalvillage?Thebirthoftheinformationage.
