工商管理专业英语阅读unit1.docx

Special English ReadingUnit 1 The Evolution of Management as a Field of StudyPart 1 new words（computer，illustrative sentence）autobiography [??t?ba??gr?f?] n. 自传；自传文学[ 复数 autobiographies ]we don’t have to speculate because the President tells us himself in his autobiography,Dreams from My Father.不必猜测，因为这位总统在自传中已经告诉了我们——《来自父亲的梦想》。memoir [memwɑ?]?n. 回忆录；研究报告；自传；实录Until?I?read?his?memoir,?I had no?idea?how?difficult the?pressure-packed?years had been?for?him, or?how?hard?he had?been?on?himself,?and?me.?直到我后来读了他的回忆录，才知道被压力重重包围的这些年他是多么艰难，而且他对自己和对我的要求是多么严格。anthropologist [,?nθr?p?l?d??st]?n. 人类学家；人类学者This?is something?I?learned?as?an?anthropologist?–people?love to?tell?their?stories.这是我作为一名人类学家所理解的----人们喜欢讲述自己的故事。perspective n. 观点；远景；透视图adj. 透视的There?is?much?that?might be?said?about?friendships. They?allow?us?to?see ourselves?from?the?perspective?of?another.?关于友谊的说法可能有很多种，这使得我们能从别人的观点里看到我们自己。turnover n. 翻覆；[贸易] 营业额；流通量；半圆卷饼；失误adj. 翻过来的；可翻转的The store?greatly?reduced the?prices?to?make a?quick?turnover.?这家商店实行大减价以迅速周转资金。contingency n. 偶然性；[安全] 意外事故；可能性；[审计] 意外开支We?should be?prepared?for?any?contingency.?我们应该对任何应急情况有所准备。incur vt. 招致，引发；蒙受Then?when?you?sign?contracts?and?incur?business?debts,?you?are only?putting?thebusiness?on the?line.?然后当你签约合同和承担企业债务的时候，你只是把你的业务推到了前线。dynamic adj. 动态的；动力的；动力学的；有活力的n. 动态；动力In?life?we?should be?striving?for?dynamic?balance,?not?a?static?one.?在生活中我们应该努力寻求动态平衡而不是静态平衡。confrontation n. 对抗；面对；对质We?can?both?benefit from?cooperation,?not?confrontation.?合作，而不是对抗会让我们双方受益。interdependent adj. 相互依赖的；互助的However,?to?build?a?system,?we?must?also?be?able to?open?the?box,?look?inside, and?see?what?set of?interacting,?interrelated,?or?interdependent?elements?make up the?system.?然而，要构建一个系统，我们也必须能够打开这个盒子，向里面看，看一下哪些相互作用、相互关连或相互依赖的元素构成了系统。popularity n. 普及，流行；名气；受大众欢迎The new?product?jumped into?popularity.?新产品一下子普及开来。sole n. 鞋底；脚底；基础；鳎目鱼adj. 唯一的；单独的；仅有的vt. 触底；上鞋底Practice?is?the?sole?criterion?of?truth.?实践是检验真理的唯一标准。reliance n. 信赖；信心；受信赖的人或物This?can?reduce?their?reli