职通商务英语(第二版)综合教程2课件Unit9-1.ppt

Text analysis 4) In today’s global marketplace, we communicate more than ever through impersonal means, using high-tech electronic systems. 在今天的国际市场上，通过高科技电子系统，我们无需面对面就能比以往更加频繁地互相联系。 impersonal: not relating to or responsive to individual persons e.g.: High-tech impersonal means generate greater efficiency in the business world. Translation Word study Text analysis 5) Though convenient and effective, these systems lack one important element: human contact. 虽然方便有效，但是这些高科技电子系统缺乏一个重要的元素，即人际交往。 “Though convenient and effective” is an adverbial cla