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1 IV. Translation A. 壳牌公司努力构建的管理风格是让雇员直接参与影响其工作的决策。在最终确立所在部门的工作目标之前，公司鼓励员工参与讨论这些目标。通过员工汇报制度，公司还鼓励员工参与制定来年的工作目标，认同其培训需求，励炼其志向，以便公司在制定专业培训计划时把这些也考虑在内。这种做法是该公司雇佣关系哲学的核心。集团公司相信这种做法对公司大有裨益，同时对雇员的合理期望也给予承认。 B. In America, real income losses have been particularly large for the bottom 40% of wage earners in recent years, despite improvements in the economy and relatively low levels of unemployment. Actually, low levels of unemployment owe more to slow growth in the workforce than to robust economic expansion. Widening inequality or gap between the rich and the poor would be less problematic if, as economists argue, it were accompanied by greater upward mobility. 2 Ⅳ. Translation A. 人们已经越来越意识到计算机的某些应用对我们所谓的“个人隐私”这种抽象的价值观可能带来的影响。过去，冗繁的活字印刷技术抑制了人们搜集并保存同伴信息的欲望，因而限制了个人信息的记载。但现在许多人已表示担忧,由于计算机信息容量大、准确无误、储存信息久，它可能会成为监视系统的中心，使社会变成透明的世界，将家庭、财政收支、社交等暴露在各种各样漫不经心的观察者面前，这些人中有些是病态的好奇者，也有居心不良或刺探商业情报的人。 B. Anyone who googles for a website or looks up a friend on Facebook is likely to have those actions recorded and stored on a database somewhere. Although many internet users seem to remain unaware of the fact that big governmental and corporate brother is watching you, every now and again something brings a reminder of the ever greater amount of personal information being gathered. 3 IV. Translation A. 美联社报道说，埃及将于本周正式向美国提出请求，要求归还一具法老的木棺。这具木棺是125年前从埃及偷运出境的。埃及最高文物委员会秘书长扎西·哈瓦斯说，这具木棺有三千多年的历史，是第二十一王朝（公元前1081年到公元前931年）艾梅斯法老的灵柩。一个美国人在西班牙从一个商人手中买到了这具装饰华丽的木棺。上个月，这个美国人带着这具木棺经过迈阿密海关，由于拿不出足够的文件资料证明其所有权，结果木棺被海关人员扣押。埃及最高文物委员会已经向迈阿密当局发送了文物图样，证明这具木棺是1884年从埃及非法偷运出境的。 B. Technology has now created the possibility and even the likelihood of a global culture. The Internet, fax machines, satellites, and cable TV are sweeping away cultural boundaries. Global entertainment companies shape the perceptions and dreams of ordinary citizens, wherever they live. This spread of values, norms, and culture tends to promote Western ideals of capitalism. 4 IV. Translation A. 第二场下滑发生在新兴经济体国家，这些国家的经济由于跨国私有资本流的骤然减少而受到打击。2007年