商务英语专业大三精读第二章Chapter.ppt

Notes to the Text Yet the unmediated rift between countries(2), each desperate to preserve its edge in the global economic game(1), is not even the most serious division that policymakers have to contend with(3). 在全球经济博弈中，各国都竭尽全力保持自身的优势，然而，国家之间尚未调停的裂痕还不是决策者必须要面对的最严重的分歧。 Notes to the Text …which excoriated a bourgeois capitalism whose “fumble in a greasy till/And add the halfpence to the pence/And prayer to shivering prayer, until/You have dried the marrow from the bone.” 这行诗痛斥了资本主义商人“在满是油污的钱柜里摸索，一点一点积攒，不停地祷告，直到榨干工人的骨髓（最后一滴血）。 Question 10 How can a disaffection with global capitalism in the developed world be prevented from turning into a backlash against it? 如何阻止人们对发达国家所倡导的全球资本主义的不满演变为强烈抵制？ It would help if there were mechanisms in place to manage the stresses in the international economy. Notes to the Text The Doha round of trade talks, …..everyone knows there is nothing there, but nobody will say so. Comment: No practical achievement had been reached during the talks since the attending countries considered too much about their own interests. Question 11 What is the most serious division between countries that policymakers have to contend with? economic disparity Notes to the Text In the rich world, the gains that the working class made(3) during(2) what the French call the trente glorieuse after 1945(1)---decent health care, guaranteed pensions(3)---are seen as increasingly fragile(4). 法国人称1945年之后的三十年为“辉煌的三十年”，在这段时间里，发达国家的工人阶级创造了丰厚的收益---优质的医保、有保障的养老金，然而现在这些优越的条件正变得越来越脆弱。 Notes to the Text But it will take hard work and creativity---both within discrete polities and in international forums(3)---if they are not to cloud what(2) should be the happy prospect of a world in which many, many more people live lives that fulfilling and comfortable.(1) We can see meadow at the end of the woods. But we aren’t in it yet(4). 世界发展的前景是美好的，越来越多的人们生活得充实而舒适，如果不暗淡想让如此美好的前景无光，他们就必须在国内和国际事务方面努力工作，发挥创造力。我们可以看到森林尽头（辽阔的）牧场/草地，但我们仍未进入到那个世界。 * a * * ow * S p * na * th * Chapter 2 A