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全新版?學(xué)英語綜合教程第?版第4冊課后習(xí)題答案-U4第四課InsearchofDavosmanWilliamF.BrowderwasborninPrinceton,NewJersey,grewupinChicago,andstudiedatStanfordUniversityinCalifornia.Butdon'tcallhimanAmerican.Forthepast16ofhis40yearshehaslivedoutsidetheU.S.,firstinLondonandthen,from1996,inMoscow,whereherunshisowninvestmentfirm,HermitageCapitalManagement.Browdernowmanages$1.6billioninassetsandhasmadeanameforhimself(成名)locallybycampaigningagainst(展開反對的活動(dòng))opaqueandcorruptbusinesspractices(不透明的,腐敗的商業(yè)?為)atRussiancompanies.In1998hegaveuphisAmericanpassporttobecomeaBritishcitizen,sincehislifeisnowcentered(集中)inEurope."Nationalidentity(國家認(rèn)同)makesnodifferenceforme,"hesays."Ifeelcompletelyinternational.Ifyouhavefourgoodfriendsandyoulikewhatyouaredoing,itdoesn'tmatterwhereyouare.That'sglobalization."AlexJ.Mandlisalsoaferventbelieveringlobalization,butheviewshimselfverydifferently.Aveteran(經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的)telecommunicationsexecutive(經(jīng)理)andformerpresident(前任主席)ofAT&T,Mandl,61,wasborninAustriaandnowrunsaFrenchtechnologycompanycalledGemplusInternational,whichisdoingmoreandmorebusinessinChina.Hereckons(估計(jì))hespendsabout90%ofhistimetravelingonbusiness.Butdespiteallthat(盡管如此)globetrotting,MandlwhohasbeenaU.S.citizenfor45yearsstillidentifies(識(shí)別)himselfasanAmerican."IseemyselfasAmericanwithoutanyhesitation(猶豫).ThefactthatIspendalotoftimeinotherplacesdoesn'tchangethat,"hesays.AlthoughBrowderandMandldefine(定義)theirnationalitydifferently,bothseetheiridentityasamatterofpersonalchoice,notanaccident(意外)ofbirth.Andnotincidentally(偶然),bothareDavosMenmembersoftheinternationalbusinessélite(杰出?物)whotrek(艱苦跋涉)eachyeartotheSwissAlpine(阿爾卑斯?)townfortheannualmeetingoftheWorldEconomicForum(WEF),foundedin1971.Thisweek,BrowderandMandlwilljoinmorethan2,200executives(?管們),politicians,academics(學(xué)者),journalists(新聞?dòng)浾撸?writersandahandfulof(少數(shù))Hollywoodstarsforfivedaysofnetworking(交流),partiesandendlessearnest(認(rèn)真的)discussionsabouteverythingfrompostelectionIraq(選后伊拉克)andHIVinAfrica(艾滋病在?洲)totheglobalsupply(供給)ofoilandtheimplicationsofnanotechnology(納?技術(shù)的含義).Yetthisyear,perhapsmorethanever,ahottopicatDavosisDavositself.Whatevertheirconsiderabledifferences,mostDavosMenandWomenshareatleastonebelief:thatglobalizationtheunimpeded(暢通?阻的)flowsofcapital(資本流動(dòng)),labor(勞動(dòng)?)andtechnologyacrossnationalborders(邊界)isbothwelcomeandunstoppable.Theyseetheworldincreasinglyasonevast(?闊的),interconnected(連同的)marketplace(市場)inwhichcorporationssearchforthemostadvantageouslocationstobuy,produceandselltheirgoodsandservices.Asborders(邊界)andnationalidentities(國家?份)becomelessimportant,somefindthatthreatening(威脅)andevendangerous.Inanessay(散?)lastyearinTheNationalInterest(國家利益)entitled"DeadSouls:TheDenationalizationoftheAmericanElite(?國有化的美國精英),"HarvardProfessorSamuelP.HuntingtondescribedDavosMan(aphrasethatfirstgotwidespread(普遍的)attentioninthe1990s)asanemergingglobalsuperspecies(?個(gè)全球新興的超級物種)andathreat(威脅).Themembersofthisclass,hewrote,arepeoplewho"havelittleneedfornationalloyalty(忠誠),viewnationalboundaries(看待國家邊界)asobstacles(障礙)thatthankfullyarevanishing(消失),andseenationalgovernmentsasresidues(剩余物)fromthepastwhoseonlyusefulfunctionistofacilitate(促進(jìn))élite's(精英的)globaloperations(運(yùn)作)."HuntingtonarguesthatDavosMan'sglobal-citizenself-image(全球公民的個(gè)?形象)isstarkly(明顯的)atoddswith(與不和)thevaluesofmostAmericans,whoremain(剩余)deeplycommitted(忠誠)totheirnation.Thisdisconnect(分離),hesays,creates"amajorculturalfault(斷層線)lineInavarietyofways,theAmericanestablishment(確?),governmental(政府的)andprivate,hasbecomeincreasinglydivorced(分離)fromtheAmericanpeople."Naturally,manyDavosMendon'tacceptHuntington'sterms."Huntingtonforgetsthatthereisadifferencebetweencultureontheonehand,andattitudesandlifestyleontheother,"contends(競爭)KlausSchwab,thefounder(創(chuàng)始?)andexecutivechairmanoftheWorldEconomicForum,arguingthatendorsing(簽署)aglobaloutlook(展望)doesnotmeanerasing(清除)nationalidentity."Globalizationcanneverprovideuswithculturalidentity,whichneedstobelocalandnationalinnature."(7段缺部分)NowondersomanyWesternworkersworryaboutlosingtheirjobs."Iftheissue(問題)isthesizeofthetotalpie,globalizationhasproved(證明)agoodthing,"saysOritGadiesh,chairmanofconsultants(顧問)Bain&Co."Iftheissueishowthepieisdivided,ifyou'reintheWesternworldyoucouldquestionthat."8Thebiggestshift(移動(dòng))mayjustbestarting.Alandmark(陸標(biāo))2003studybyGoldmanSachspredicted(預(yù)計(jì))thatfoureconomies—Russia,Brazil,IndiaandChina—willbecomeamuchlargerforceintheworldeconomythanwidelyexpected,basedonprojections(預(yù)測)ofdemographic(??)andeconomicgrowth,withChinapotentially(可能的)overtaking(趕上)Germanythisdecade.By2050,GoldmanSachssuggested,thesefournewcomerswilllikelyhavedisplaced(取代)allbuttheU.S.andJapanfromthetopsixeconomiesintheworld.Feweconomistswouldarguethatsuchpredictionsareareasontoputthebrakes(剎車)onglobalization—evenifthatwerepossible.Butit'snolongerdisgraceful(可恥的)intheacademy(研究院)toarguethatglobalizationthreatens(威脅)totakeatoll(征稅)onadvancedeconomies.It'salsoentirelypossiblethatthenearfuturemayseethependulum(搖擺)ofcapital(?都)swingawayfrom(背離)DavosMan-styleglobalization.Onecounterpoint(對應(yīng)物)isManila(馬尼拉)Woman—low-paidmigrant(移民的)workersfromAsiaandelsewherewhoareincreasinglyproviding(以為條件)keyservicesaroundtheworld.ValerieGooding,thechiefexecutiveofBritishhealthcarecompanyBUPA,saystheBritishandU.S.healthcaresystemwouldbreakdownwithoutimmigrant(移民的)nursesfromthePhilippines,India,Nigeria(尼?利亞)andelsewhere.WhileBUPAemploysabout300peopleinIndiatohandleitsoutsourced(外包的)informationtechnologyneeds(信息技術(shù)需要),about10%ofthenursesandhealthcareassistants(健康保健助理)initsnursinghomesandhospitalsarefromoverseas—and,unlikeDavosMan,shesays,they'renotambivalent(?盾)aboutbeingstronglypatriotic(愛國的).NotallDavosMenseekglobalmarkets,either.PatrickSayerrunsaprivateequityfirm(股份公司)inFrancecalledEurazeo,andcomplains(抱怨)therearestilltoomanybarriers(障礙)tocross-borderbusinessinEurope,letalone(更不必說)theworld.Sohe'sfocused(注視)Eurazeoonitsdomesticmarket."Iprofit(得益于)frombeingFrenchinFrance.It'seasierformetododeals,"Sayersays."It'sth
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