学术英语(管理)Unit3I.pptVIP

Unit 3Corporate Strategies Formal English Text A Language building-up The following sentences are selected from Text A. Replace the underlined formal words with less formal ones. the truth is accept has announced officially Unit 3Corporate Strategies Suggested answers Text A Critical reading and thinking Text A tells the Wal-Mart story to illustrate how corporate strategies adapt to local culture. The story mainly draws on the cases of Mexico and China. Now read the text and fill in the blanks in the following table. Wal-Mart general strategies Wal-Mart Mexico strategies Wal-Mart China strategies everyday low prices hiring local managers displaying the meat uncovered, fresh produce efficient operations, logistics, and information systems building smaller stores that people could walk to unionization more fresh produce Unit 3Corporate Strategies Suggested answers Text A Critical reading and thinking Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to Text A. 1 Wal-Mart avoids overstocking and understocking by selling low-quality, cheap goods. 2 Employing too many people and opening too many stores were two reasons that slowed down Wal-Mart’s growth in the U.S. 3 Wal-Mart succeeded in changing Mexico’s shopping culture. 4 People in some developed countries turn their noses up at Wal-Mart’s goods because they think such goods are of inferior quality. 5 Wal-Mart’s expansion in China has been a success from the very beginning. 6 Chinese customers behave similarly to Europeans. 7 Wal-Mart sales soared in China because it changed its way to sell fresh produce. 8 Trust-Mart was pushed out of business by Wal-Mart. F F T T F F T F Unit 3Corporate Strategies Suggested answers Text A Language building-up Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the above expressions. 1