高级综合商务英语彭青龙UnitGlobalization

Part I
Words and Expressions
Para. 1-3
Para. 4-12
Para. 13-16 A brief recall of Steve’s early life and his ups and
Para. 17-28 A discussion of the reasons that make Steve Jobs
and the Apple a daunting success for rivals to compete.
An exploration of the art of Steve Jobs to turn technology into elegant consuming products and the success Apple is enjoying now. downs before returning to Apple in 1997.
Unit Four
Information Technology
1. Lead-in 2. Text A: Silicon Valley Visionary Who Put Apple on Top 3. Text B: Nokia at the Crossroads: Blazing Platforms
Part I
Sentence Interpretation
…both Mr. Jobs’ career and Apple,…were widely considered washed up, their relevance to the future of technology written off both in Silicon Valley and on Wall street. (Line 4, Para. 2)

Expressions
cap (Line 2, Para.1) v. lie at the top of… example:
• He capped his friend’s story with an even more exciting one.
• She capped her rage when she heard her husband’s cheating on her.
Part I Questions about Part I
Q1. Why had the comeback of Steve Jobs stirred up such an excitement?
This was not the first time of comeback for him to Apple. Little more than a decade earlier, he made his first comeback and turned Apple from going bankruptcy to an enormous successful company. Therefore his recovery and comeback were highly anticipated.
downs before returning to Apple in 1997.
Para. 17-28 A discussion of the reasons that make Steve Jobs
and the Apple a daunting success for rivals to
compete.
Part I Words and Expressions
sideline (Line 1, Para.2) v. remove from the center of activity or attention 使靠边，使降格，不重视 example:

3. Do you have Microblog ? What are its benefits and harms?
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Lead-in Discussion 1---reference
1. In the future, most of human living activities can be accomplished at home:
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Lead-in Discussion 1---reference
2. For the second question, students may give their own answers but need to justify them. A good search engine should pay attention to the following factors:
Google is a quirk company which always initiates some unexpected plans for development. But now it is confronted with two challenges: The first involves placating regulators, who fret that the company may be abusing its considerable power, while the second is how to find new sources of growth.
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Part I Questions about Part I
Q3. Will Google end up as “Microsoft version two ”?
Probably. Because its main business---online searching will someday be replaced by other companies’ services such as Facebook and Apple, both of which can provide information searching more conveniently than Google.

高级商务英语系列教材总主编：叶兴国王光林高级综合商务英语1主编：彭青龙（习题答案）外语教学与研究出版社Unit 1 GlobalizationLead-in1. Quiz1) B 2) C 3) D 4) A 5) A2. A Mini CaseSuggested answers:●As Zara continues to expand, it might have to open other distribution centers onother continents. Language, culture, and work relations may vary significantly from the closely-managed operation currently in place in Spain. The company may run into more specific challenges in accommodating customers‘requirements due to a lack of cultural sensitivity. Zara‘s expansion globally may pose the challenge of moving from a more centralized management style to a more global style.●Lorena needs to ensure that she has a truly international team in place withmembers from both multilingual and multicultural background; draw up a plan on how global logistics will support global expansion; start a succession plan and train new logistics managers who could be ready to take on overseas responsibilities; and encourage store managers to include suggestions on cultural specifics which may help in making the final product and brand expansion successful.Text AI.Reading Comprehension1.Determine whether the following statements are true or false. Write a T fortrue, an F for false, and an NG for not given.1) T 2) F 3) T 4) F 5) F 6) T 7) T 8) F 9) T 10) NG2.Essay Questions1)The modern multinational companies have had passed through three phases. Firstcame the 19th-century ―international model‖, with firms based in their home country and selling goods through overseas sales offices. This was followed by the classic multinational firm in which the parent company created smaller versions of itself in countries around the world. And now it has been replaced by a single integrated global entity in which the firm will move people and jobs anywhere in the world, based on the right cost, the right skills and the right business environment.2)The big attractions from emerging markets are low-cost labor, highly skilledpersonnel, and a chance to cooperate with the government as a potential customer.3)They are lacking the management talents who can practice and support businessoperating models that will allow them to generate profitable growth in more mature markets over the long term.4)The single biggest challenge facing Western multinationals is the lack ofemerging-market experience in their senior ranks. Moreover, multinationals have great trouble retaining the managers they do have in emerging markets.―Well-trained, good, honest people are scarce in emerging markets. Multinationals are better at training these people than emerging-market companies, which prefer to poach them once they are trained.‖II.Blank-filling: Complete the following sentences with the words given in the box. Change the form when necessary.1) cutting-edge 2) commoditized 3) aggressive 4) forge 5) benchmark 6) blueprint 7) expatriates 8) deploy 9) ferocious 10) substantial III.Paraphrasing1.Rewriting: Rewrite the underlined part of each sentence in your own words.1) ―In the 97 years of the company‘s history, never had a particular kind of product or merchandise been managed outside the U.S.,‖he says excitedly, noting that ―Latin America now reports to Shanghai.‖2) But the assault on its services business led by a trio of Indian outsourcing upstarts, Tata Consulting Services, Infosys and Wipro, posed a big threat to the field that might be the main sources of growth for the company as expected by Mr. Palmisano.3) In many emerging markets the most attractive potential customer is the government, because of the government‘s urgent needs to improve the infrastructure facilities in a wide range, from the mobile telephone networks to roads, airports and ports, energy and water supply.4) A 2007 study of China‘s top 200 publicly traded companies found that it is still difficult even for the leading companies in China to compete with those global giants.5) American multinationals now have a ―ferocious interest in attracting non-Americans to the board‖, but they can find only a few qualified executives from the European countries, not to mention those from emerging markets.2. Sentence Transformation: Complete the following sentences based on the structures given.1) Because of the fact that hot labor markets in emerging markets are causing extremely high turnover rates, every big multinational is aiming to win the ―war for talent‖ and taking it as one of the most urgent issues.2) It is believed that as a big multinational company it enjoys advantages in recruiting and retaining talented managers than the local competitors.3) Despite the growth of their revenue which increased on the back of China‘s continued economic growth, they could only create half of the value of their global competitors.4) No longer the ―young bucks or retirement-posing types‖as they used to be,nowadays the expatriate managers appointed by multinationals to work in emerging markets are generally of a much higher quality.5) Compared with those old multinationals, the firms in emerging markets are typically lacking the depth of management talent, though the founders are often impressive.IV.Translation1.Sentence Translation1) 这一雄心勃勃的策略是对来自新兴市场的激烈竞争做出的回应。