商务英语读书报告

Reading Report of Commercial English

Name of the book: Fate of Nations The book tells people what is the most important factors in a country’s development. According to the book, the fate of nations is mostly determined by its technology. In the past so many years, revolution of science and technology has brought great benefit to all the nations, especially those powerful countries such as America and Germany, which use the latest technologies and own the best basic facilities to develop them.

The book analyses some of the main technique achievements in history. One of these achievements is a new mode of production, which is called the production line. It was first applied to production by Ford Motor Company. In this way, every part of a car is assembled in a flowing line, which is moving continuously. It was so efficient that the time to produce cars was greatly reduced. The workers simply watched the line so the company employed fewer workers and saved money. The T-type car is one of the most successful designs in history of cars. It is just produced by the production line and brings huge benefits to Ford. Ford is imitated by other companies and become famous throughout the world.

Another invention is the roll film. George Eastman applied his invention to camera and made Kodak a household brand. With the slogan

“you press the button, we do the rest”, George Eastman put the first simple camera into the hands of a world of consumers in 1888. In doing so, he made a cumbersome and complicated process easy to use and accessible to nearly everyone.

These stories tell us that countries can’t ignore the development of its technology. Every world-famous company has its own core technology. Through invest in science needs a long period to take effects, it will provide us with core-competitiveness.

We need a lot of work to pave the way to advanced technology. First, we need a better education system. The book compares the education method of some countries including China. The conclusion is that student should be encouraged to search the answer instead of recite the result in books. Second, patents should be better protected to encourage innovation. In a word, we need to do a lot to improve our system.

New technology means new opportunity. Now we when we enjoy our smart phone, we should know that it is advanced technology that brings Apple Company a great success. The book also draws my attention to the competition of economy. Our country is still behind developed countries in science. We have to buy chips and Machine Tool with a high price from abroad. We cannot set our base on other’s supplication. With so many problems to solve, we still have a long way to go.