大学体验英语视听说教程第二册答案 2[教材]

大学体验英语视听说教程第二册答案 2[教材] 大学体验英语视听说教程第二册答案 2

视听说期末复习

Unit 1

Questions

1. What is this interview mainly about?

It is about McDonald’s business lessons revealed by Paul.

2. What was McDonald’s recently voted for?

It was voted one of the best places to work.

3. Aside from being the author of the book, what else do you know about Paul from the interview?

He was a former McDonald’s Executive.

4. Why did Paul decide to write a book for other business people and clients?

He wanted to teach them business lessons because they lacked basic principles.

5. What question is Paul constantly asked?

"Tell me how you did it in McDonald's."

Home listening

International business is a term used to collectively describe all commercial transactions (private and governmental, sales, investments, logistics, and transportation) that take place between two or more nations. Usually, private companies 1) undertake such transactions for

profit; governments for profit and for political reasons. It refers to

all business activities which involve cross 2) border transactions of goods,

services and resources between two or more nations. Transaction of economic resources include capital, skills, people, etc. for

international production of physical goods, and services such as finance, banking, 3) insurance construction, etc.

The increase in international business and in foreign 4) investment has created a need for executives with knowledge of foreign languages

and skills in cross-cultural communication. Americans, however, have not been well trained in either area and, consequently, have not enjoyed the same level of success in 5) negotiation in an international arena as

their foreign counterparts. Negotiating is the process of communicating back and forth for the purpose of reaching an agreement. It involves persuasion and compromise, but in order to 6) participate in either one, the negotiators must understand the ways in which people are persuaded and how compromise is reached within the culture of the negotiation.

In studies of American negotiators abroad, several traits have been 7) identified that undermine the negotiator’s position, two of which,

in particular, are directness and 8) impatience. Furthermore, American negotiators often insist on realizing short-term goals. Foreign negotiators, on the other hand, may value the relationship established between negotiators and may be willing to invest time in it for long-

term benefits. 9) In order to solidify the relationship, they may choose