14. Actually, persons in status societies who are secure in their niches (适当的位置)are allowed more eccentricity than Americans, who rely heavily on signals that other people like them.
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15. When half the population goes to college, one cannot expect the colleges to maintain the same standards as in countries where only the elite attend.2 f2 [* v( S5 F% a, e' P
" a5 a' k1 r# S, X* Q A" p/ \: e 16. Just as not every Japanese is hardworking and deferential to superiors (长者、上司), not every Chinese is devoted to family, not every American is ambitious or patriotic – or even unsophisticated.9 K( V( _. [' I( l& \! ~1 H, u8 E
$ r; { x% `' D 17. No one could seriously think that anyone who grows up poor, lives in a bad neighborhood, and attends an inferior school has an opportunity equal to that of someone more favored.
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18. Americans may not have achieved equality, but at least they aspire to it, which is more than many other nations can claim.7 n7 l/ Z' V! V9 e
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19. In many countries, when jobs become available for young people in distant cities, when television begins to dominate home life, when ready – made foods appear in the markets, the culture appears more “American” – although the resemblance could be entirely superficial.
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21. When the demand for something is greater than its supply, producers and suppliers will sense the possibility of making a profit – the excess of revenues over expenses is the profit.
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22. As the case illustrates, competition takes four general forms: pure competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, and oligopoly(少数制造商对市场的控制).
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23. The classic example of pure competition occurs with a commodity, like wheat or corn, that has so many producers that no one of them can control its selling price." |* L; j2 G4 v& ? o3 a, u" }
5 s [, |% V8 V4 G, L" D 24. A monopoly occurs when one company alone offers a particular food or service and therefore controls the market and price for it.; }, H( A. C# v( {$ _; z: ?0 A' Q
4 R" {- m! q# U2 S2 q- X) O3 ]3 ] 25. Private restaurants serve gourmet food for $70 per person; incentives boosted agricultural production 25 percent and industrial output 80 percent in just three years; farmers are encouraged to raise as much as they can on their own plots, and some become almost rich in the process.(注意本句中分号的使用)
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26. All these changes in China’s economic life have brought changes in China’s social and cultural life as well, many of which unwanted. |