Lesson Seventeen Text The pursuit of profit may result in the improved welfare of the people around the world;it may just as well result in further impoverishment.The fact that both American teenagers and Mexican peasants are drinking Coca Cola does mean that thanks to the multinational corporations,they now have something in common.28 But it does not mean that life of the Mexican peasants is getting better. 课文
Lesson Seventeen Text 课 文 The pursuit of profit may result in the improved welfare of the people around the world; it may just as well result in further impoverishment. The fact that both American teenagers and Mexican peasants are drinking Coca Cola does mean that thanks to the multinational corporations, they now have something in common.(28) But it does not mean that life of the Mexican peasants is getting better
Lesson Seventeen Text Doctors who work in villages in Mexico report that it is not uncommon "for a family to sell the few eggs and chickens it raises to buy Coke for the father while the children waste away (29)for lack of protein." It is not at all clear either which of the two giants will win the contest:the nation-state or the multinational corporation.The fact is:in recent years,the power of the multinational corporation has grown,but so has the nation-state.The nation- state is not on the verge of extinction.(30 课文
Lesson Seventeen Text 课 文 Doctors who work in villages in Mexico report that it is not uncommon "for a family to sell the few eggs and chickens it raises to buy Coke for the father while the children waste away (29) for lack of protein." It is not at all clear either which of the two giants will win the contest: the nation-state or the multinational corporation.The fact is: in recent years, the power of the multinational corporation has grown, but so has the nation-state. The nationstate is not on the verge of extinction. (30)
Lesson Seventeen Text And many of them are extremely sensitive to challenges to their independence.It is not unlikely that some day states will have to cooperate (31)in controlling the multinational corporations. (The end of the text) 课文
Lesson Seventeen Text 课 文 And many of them are extremely sensitive to challenges to their independence. It is not unlikely that some day states will have to cooperate (31) in controlling the multinational corporations. (The end of the text)
Language Points Language Points (1GM:General Motors 通用汽车公司 (2)GNP:Gross National Product 国民生产总值 3)physical assets 实物资产 (④corporation(m:business company公司 Comparing the following words: corporation,company,enterprise,firm,industry 语言点解释
Language Points 语 言 点 解 释 Language Points (1)GM : General Motors 通用汽车公司 (2) GNP: Gross National Product 国民生产总值 (3) physical assets 实物资产 (4) corporation (n) :business company 公司 Comparing the following words: corporation, company, enterprise, firm, industry
Language Points corporation (n):business company corporation and company 通常指大公司，差别较细微 1.John works for a large American chemical corporation. 约翰在一家美国大化学公司工作。 2.He is working in a ship company 他在一家运输公司做事。 enterprise(n):business company or firm 指企业组织、活动、经营等，与“business'”和“firm” 意义相近。 语言点解释
Language Points 语 言 点 解 释 corporation (n): business company corporation and company 通常指大公司，差别较细微 1. John works for a large American chemical corporation. 约翰在一家美国大化学公司工作。 2. He is working in a ship company. 他在一家运输公司做事。 enterprise (n): business company or firm 指企业组织、活动、经营等， 与 “business” 和 “firm” 意义相近