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1. Whereas other societies look to the past for guidance, we cast our nets forward(面向未来)
X, o) {+ S2 O& S/ W# y 2. It is the belief in a brighter future that gives us optimism.
9 o4 G; f. ^) W( P 3. Even these days, when not all progress seems positive , the belief remains that for every problem there is a rational solution.% c) Z5 U$ S( s+ w9 w
4. The job of the parents is to give the children every opportunity while they are growing up and then get out of their way.' M. g+ X7 b# q" H# [) ]
5. What deference people in authority do command is based on their actual powers rather than on their age, wisdom, or dignity.4 u/ s- y: j8 H( C
6. In a society that changes as fast as ours, experience simply does not have the value that it does in traditional societies. y/ Z' e, j* s
7. It has taken a long time to convince the public that free enterprise does not mean that a company should be free to pollute the air, foul the rivers, and destroy the forests.) m, `2 r% o% x: ]
8. The assembly line reduced workers to cogs of machinery and made their jobs unutterably boring, but it produced goods fast.
# g, J; N% d5 Y. O: K. B: e 9. Food is prepackaged and shopping is impersonal, but the efficiency of the operation produces lower prices and less shopping time.+ e$ M9 v$ v5 q5 D- n1 I) R
11. In America, there are no such expressions such as in china where “the fat pig gets slaughtered,” or in Japan, where “the nail that sticks out gets hammered down.”, P9 R* ^5 y& n
12. This freedom from the group has enabled the American to become “Economic Man”—one directed almost purely by profit motive, mobile and unencumbered(不受阻碍的)by family or community obligations.$ S: l3 R) l7 x8 h
13. Equipped with the money, one can acquire the taste, style, and ideas that mark each class and launch a quick ascent of the social ladder./ U4 k% ?- Q) I. }: Q$ \$ h9 ?
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.6 w) p% ]$ \! {7 [0 b
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.# k1 U! `: b' h0 v+ t* j, B# u2 b
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.
) X5 g p/ ~, M5 h# |3 X! M; w 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.9 o8 `2 B+ R6 O" y( |* w* F
18. Americans may not have achieved equality, but at least they aspire to it, which is more than many other nations can claim.
2 T) ~5 t( Y- V! |( a% N 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.( m7 S: o$ @" p9 p6 n
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.
2 h( R4 \( k9 T% B C: `. d 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).# G; x! U5 g" y" e
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.
F% `, h$ n% o 24. A monopoly occurs when one company alone offers a particular food or service and therefore controls the market and price for it.- h" W9 i5 ?5 p
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)
9 ^7 F. Q* b4 A3 e 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. |