Lesson Seventeen Text their investment products and sales.In fact, they do better on their own.It may have been necessary in the mid-nineteen century for Admiral Perry to threaten the Japanese with naval bombardment if they did not allow Western countries to trade with them.Such threats would make no sense (11 today. The long,expensive American war in Viet Nam did not bring new opportunities in Southeast Asia for the multinational corporations.The decision of the 课文
Lesson Seventeen Text 课 文 their investment products and sales. In fact, they do better on their own. It may have been necessary in the mid-nineteen century for Admiral Perry to threaten the Japanese with naval bombardment if they did not allow Western countries to trade with them. Such threats would make no sense (11) today. The long, expensive American war in Viet Nam did not bring new opportunities in Southeast Asia for the multinational corporations. The decision of the
Lesson Seventeen Text Nixon administration to improve relations with China was more profitable to them. The leaders of multinational corporations see patriotism as old-fashioned,the nation-state obsolete,and war in pursuit of national glory downright foolish.They believe that the multinational corporation is "a modern concept evolved to meet the requirements of the modern age".(12 while the nation-state is "still rooted in archaic concepts unsympathetic to the need of our complex world."(13 课文
Lesson Seventeen Text 课 文 Nixon administration to improve relations with China was more profitable to them. The leaders of multinational corporations see patriotism as old-fashioned, the nation-state obsolete, and war in pursuit of national glory downright foolish. They believe that the multinational corporation is "a modern concept evolved to meet the requirements of the modern age",(12) while the nation-state is "still rooted in archaic concepts unsympathetic to the need of our complex world.” (13)
Lesson Seventeen Text They therefore characterize themselves as hard-headed people who are helping to bring about (14)a more co-operative system of world order by breaking down national geographical,political, economic and ideological barriers."I think,"an official of General Electric once said,"getting General Electric into China and the Soviet Union is the biggest thing we can do for world peace. 课文
Lesson Seventeen Text 课 文 They therefore characterize themselves as hard-headed people who are helping to bring about (14) a more co-operative system of world order by breaking down national geographical, political, economic and ideological barriers. "I think," an official of General Electric once said," getting General Electric into China and the Soviet Union is the biggest thing we can do for world peace
Lesson Seventeen Text These proponents of the multinational corporations come by and large from the business world.There are however many critics among academic students of multinational corporations who regard them as a sinister force.(15 They have produced detailed studies to prove that the benefits of multinational corporations are mostly illusory.To the claim that multinational corporations Provide jobs,they point out that this is at the cost of (16) jobs in other countries.To the claim that multinational corporations transfer (17 technology,they reply: 课文
Lesson Seventeen Text 课 文 These proponents of the multinational corporations come by and large from the business world. There are however, many critics among academic students of multinational corporations who regard them as a sinister force. (15) They have produced detailed studies to prove that the benefits of multinational corporations are mostly illusory. To the claim that multinational corporations Provide jobs, they point out that this is at the cost of (16) jobs in other countries. To the claim that multinational corporations transfer (17) technology, they reply:
Lesson Seventeen Text a)often the equipment shipped overseas is out of date;b)their technology is often unsuitable for many of the less developed countries where labor is plentiful and therefore cheap.One study actually showed that multinational corporations do not invest capital from wealthy countries,but prefer to finance their operations from the local economy.(18 In other words,they are simply transferring wealth from poorer countries to richer ones. Therefore,they maintain that instead of being the "engines of development",the multinational
Lesson Seventeen Text 课 文 a) often the equipment shipped overseas is out of date; b) their technology is often unsuitable for many of the less developed countries where labor is plentiful and therefore cheap. One study actually showed that multinational corporations do not invest capital from wealthy countries, but prefer to finance their operations from the local economy. (18) In other words, they are simply transferring wealth from poorer countries to richer ones. Therefore, they maintain that instead of being the "engines of development", the multinational