Word Study                                         

1. border:

v.(of a country or an area 国家或地区) to share a border with another country orarea 和…毗邻；与…接壤

e.g.

How many countries borderSwitzerland?

有多少国家与瑞士接壤?

 

2. foster:

v.to encourage sth to develop 促进；助长；培养；鼓励

e.g.

The club’s aim is to foster better relations within the community.

俱乐部的宗旨是促进团体内部的关系。

 

3. lucrative:

adj.producing a large amount of money; making a large profit 赚大钱的；获利多的

e.g.

a lucrativebusiness/contract/market

利润丰厚的生意／合同／市场

 

4. ravages:

n.[pl.] the ~ of sth (formal) the destruction caused by sth 破坏；损害；毁坏

e.g.

Her looks had not survived the ravages of time.

她的容颜未能幸免于时间的摧残。

Sentence Analysis                                    

1. Many historianshave identified globalization as a 20th-century phenomenon connected to therise of the Western-dominated international economy. (Para1)

 identify: v. ~sb/sth (as sb/sth): to recognize sb/sth and beable to say who or what they are 确认；鉴定

The bodies were identified as those of twosuspected drug dealers.

那两具尸体被辨认出原是两名贩毒嫌疑犯。

Western-dominated 是合成形容词。这种合成形容词是由过去分词或带-ed词尾的词构成，例如：

air-conditioned 有空调的

high-heeled 高跟的

Note: connected to the rise of the Western-dominatedinternational economy是过去分词短语做定语，修饰前面的名词phenomenon。