金属学高级商务英语

2021年1月20日发(作者：have)
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1.
“
This is the first line business in 97 years of our history to be run outside the U.S
，
”

——
In the 97 years of the company
’
s history, never had a particular kind of product or merchandise been managed
outside the U.S.

2.
But the assault on its services business led by a trio of Indian outsourcing upstarts threatened
to do serious damage to what Mr. Palmisano expected to be one of his main sources of growth.
——
posed
a
big
threat
to
the
field
that
might
be
the
main
sources
of
growth
for
the
company
as
expected
by
Mr.
Palmisano.
4.
A 2007 study of China‘s top 200 publicly traded companies found
that the best businesses in China are not yet on a
par with the world
’
s foremost ones.
——
that it is still difficult even for the leading companies in China to compete with those global giants.
5.
Ame ricanmultinationalsnowhavea
“
ferociousinter estinattracting
non-Americans
to
the
board
”
,
but
as
yet
even
Europeans are a rarity, let alone directors from emerging markets.
——
but
they
can
find
only
a
few
qualified
executives
from
the
European
countries,
not
to
mention
those
from
emerging markets.
6.
Little
more
than
a
decade
earlier,
both
Mr.
Jobs
’

career
and Apple,
the
company
he
had
co-founded,
were widely
considered washed up, their relevance to the future of technology written off both in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street.
——
More
than
ten
years
ago,
it
was
highly
speculated
that
both
Mr.
Job‘s
career
and
Apple,
the
c
ompany
he
had
co-founded would fail in the competition
7.
Mr Gates himself championed a tablet computer nearly a decade ago, though the stylus needed to write on its screen
and the PC-like interface generated little demand.
——
however it was not well-received by the market due to its need of a stylus to write on its screen and the PC-like
interface.
8.
A
spirituality
guided
by
his
training
in
Zen
Buddhism
has
played
a
central
part
in
his
life,
even
prompting
him
to
eschew formal medical treatment for a period during his battle with pancreatic cancer.
——
and
with
such
spiritual
belief
he
even
avoided
using
medical
treatment
for
a
period
while
struggling
against
pancreatic cancer.
9.
Compromise seems too strong a word,but the greater sense of expediency reflects
Apple’s new place in the world.

——
but now as a world leader in this business, Apple has become more pragmatic.
10.
After antitrust authorities took an interest this year, Mr. Jobs backed off a requirement that forced developers to use
Apple
’
s software tools to create apps, barring rival Adobe
’
s technology
–
though the reversal also seemed calculated to
appease developers who might otherwise turn more attention to creating apps for phones running Google
’
s software.
——
nevertheless this change of strategy seemed to be designed intentionally to please software developers
11.
To limit litigation risk it is therefore critical for the client to perceive counsel as being not merely a tool to get things
done, but asan objective and dispassionate advocate for reason and prudence.
——
an impersonal and impartial supporter for sound sense and good discretion.
12.
To the extent that the counsel can prevail upon the client to take the long view of its business associations, there is
a greater prospect that risks will be more easily identified and provided for.
——
the counsel can persuade the client
；
risks can be easily ascertained and prepared for.
13.
For
the
most
part,
however,
I would
say
that
most contingency-fee-based
lawyers
aremore
discriminating than
is
popularly believed and are more likely to take on a client only when the prospects of victory are significant.
——
more biased than is generally perceived to be and are more likely to work for a client only when there is a fairly
good chance of victory.
14.
What
the
corporate
client
often
fails
to
appreciate
is
the
lesson
that
just
because
a
party
may
have
a
weak
or
non-existent case does not necessarily preclude it from commencing an action.
——
even if a party probably has a feeble or untrue case, it is possible for it to begin a legal action.
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15.
The
purpose
of
this
kind
of
litigationis
not
necessarily
to
win
on
the
merits
but
to
create
costs
that
will
be
so
burdensome that a favorable settlement can be extracted.
——
is not just about winning based on the facts presented in evidence but about creating heavy burden of high costs
which compels a favorable settlement.
16.
Your BMW dealer will be happy to oblige with as many changes as you care to make, until a cutoff point: six days
before your particular car goes into production.
——
Your BMW dealer will be happy to do a favor by making as many changes as you like until the point of termination
17.
This ability to cater to fickle tastes is just one manifestation of an extraordinary flexibility that BMW has injected into
a companythat sold nearly 1.4 million cars last year, bringing in $$65 billion in revenues.
——
The ability to satisfy capricious customer tastes is just one indicator of a remarkable adaptability that BMW has
instilled into a company
19.
Its most striking feature is a conveyor belt that meanders inside the building just below roof level, carrying a steady
stream of cars from the body shop to the paint shop.
——
Its most impressive characteristic is a conveyor belt that winds its way inside the building
；
carrying a continual
succession of cars
20.
BMW
’
s main weakness is thatlife is getting ever narrower in the premium segment, and it needs volume growth.
——
its

life

is

getting

harder,

marked

by

a

limited
prospect
for
future
development
in
the
market
segment of prestige brands and luxury products and its calls for rapid growth in sales volume.
21.
For all that to happen, Sirtris, like most biotic startups, must wend through a minefield that will take many years to
traverse.
——
Sirtris must spend many years to overcome the difficulties of this area that may obstruct its progress.
22.
Three years ago one such paradox strolled into the Harvard lab that put resveratrol on the map and set in motion
events
that may in time radically transform the way we age…

——
one such conflict happens in the Harvard lab, through which some people started to develop the application of
resveratrol, and began to initiate some activities
23.
In fact, just about the only time anyone can recall the boss giving his blackberry a breather was during a few startling
minutes last November.
——
the only time that employees can remember when Westphaldidn’t use his mobile phone to send
messages to talk
24.
At first glance, Westphal
’
s frenetic personal resembles attention deficit disorder. But in his case
it’s
probably better
described as bandwidth-coming-out-of-the-ears syndrome.
——
it‘s probably better to describe him as a person who has a
wide variety of interests and can do many different
things at the same time.
25.
When a TV news team showed up one day, he put on a white lab coat and safety glasses before going on camera
—
a
nerdy affectation that caused much mirth at Sirtris.
——
a kind of
dressing that science geeks love and that caused much sensation among Sirtris‘s employees.

26.
In reality, a company
’
s culture is defined by what the top executives actually do. Employees model
–
that is, they
emulate their boss
’
behavior.
（
decide; imitate
）

——
In fact, it is what the management actually does that decides a company’s culture because staff would imitate and
follow their leaders’ behavior.

29.
Renowned for effectively focusing the organization on just five key objectives each quarter
—
and being relentless
about
achieving
them,
Wiles
encouraged
employees
to
do
everything
possible
to
carry
out
their
goals.
（
persistent;
accomplish
）

——
Wiles was famous for his effective concentration of the company business on five key objectives each quarter and
for his persistent pursuit of the five goals. He encouraged staff to try every means to accomplish their goals.
30.
Without
trust
in
the
leader,
the
instinct
for
survival
takes
over
and
the
cost
to
the
organization
in
misexecution,
chaos, and rebuilding is huge.
（
disorder
）

2

——
If employees do not trust their leaders, they would prioritize their individual interest. As a result, there’ll be huge
cost in poor operation, company disorder, and in restructuring.

翻译

1.

This ambitious strategy was a response to fierce competition from the emerging markets.
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。


2.

Being willing to match India
’
s low-cost model was essential, but Mr. Cannon-Brookes insists
that IBM
’
s enthusiasm for emerging markets is no longer mainly about cheap labor.
虽然与印度的低成本模式相适应的意愿是非常重要的因素，但是嘉能?布鲁克先生强调，
IBM
对于新兴市场的兴
趣已经不仅仅是其廉价的劳动力了


3.

IBM also says it can manage the risk of intellectual-property theft
—
a perennial worrymultinationals in emerging
market
—
well enough to havecutting-edge research labs in India and China.


IB M
也表示，它能够很好地对付长
期困扰新兴市场中跨国公司的知识产权问题，并在印度和中国建 立了最先进的研究实验室。


4.

We identify the country
’
s most important industries and go to them with a blueprint for a strategy to improve them
using our technology to beat global benchmark.

我们先找出该国最重要的一些行业，
然后带 着提升这些行业的
整体策略去跟他们洽谈，利用我们的技术帮助他们达到国际标准。


5.

It also wants to forge relations with local government in 200 second-tier Chinese cities, each
of which will soon have a population of at least one million and will need everything from a power supply to an airport.
公 司还希望能和中国
200
个二线城市的地方政府建立起合作关系。
这
200< br>个二线城市，
每一个城市将至少有一百
万人口，从电力供应到飞机场方方面面都需要发展 。


6.

In the worst situation, a lawyer can be perceived of as a gadfly, a Cassandra that can place a
damper on the enthusiasm for a deal.

在最糟的情况下，律师被认为是一个惹人 讨厌的人，律师和希腊神话中能
够预言凶事的卡珊德拉一样能浇灭人们谈生意的一腔热情。


7.

In the American system, which adorns the lawyer with the mantle of a gladiator, the attorneyis under tremendous p
ressure to kowtow to the client, which often entails shying away from addressing the weakesses of a course of actio
n, especially where the outcome, at least in the short term, is expected to be very profitab le.
美国的法律制度给律
师们披上了角斗士的斗篷，背负巨大压力的律师们只能尽力讨好当事 人，这迫使他们尽量避免谈及采取法律
行动的缺陷，特别当人们认为诉讼结果至少能在短期内带来巨大经 济利益的时候。


8.

Our perceptions are based principally on anecdotal evidence, drawn from the popular
literature which depicts the American people as highly litigious group, facilitated in their thirst for easy money by attorn
eys working on contingency.
我们认识的依据主 要来自通俗文学作品中的传闻逸事，在通俗文学作品里，美国人被
塑造成好打官司的民族，他们渴望轻松 赚钱，胜诉收费的律师为他们提供法律帮助


9.

For counsel trying to assess the risks of attracting contingency-based litigation the rule of
thumb is that the risk of litigation is less where the dispute is complex factually and leally, and where damages are limit
ed, and enhanced in disputes that are predominantly factual, where motion practice and discovery are likely to be mini
mal and where damages re not capped.
当 律师评估承揽胜诉收费诉讼业务所隐含的风险时，经验法则认为，辩论
内容从事实和法律角度来说比较复 杂且赔偿金额有限时，
诉讼风险较小；
如果辩论内容主要基于事实，
诉讼程序
简单，当事人必须透露的事实很少，且赔偿金额上不封顶时，诉讼风险就大。

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10.

Indeed, the best way of lowing litigation risk is to be prepared to litigate to the full certain
cases that could have substantial value of deterrence.
事实上，
降低诉讼风险的最好办法是做好准备打一场有充分把
握、打赢了会产生实质性威慑作用的官司。



11.

Instead of classic two- or three-shift rosters, the company juggles some 300 working-time
permutations
to
determine
optimal
use
of
its
teams
of
workers,
some
of
whom
are
contract
“
permatemps
”

more
common in the U.S.

公司弃用标准的两班或三班轮换制，像玩杂耍似地弄出大约

300
种工作 时间组合来确定最
优化地使用公司的员工团队，其中有些员工是在美国更为常见的“长期合同制临时工”
。


12.

For more than a decade, exorbitant labor costs, unbending union rules and an addiction to
red tape
—
not to mention the high price of unification with East Germany
–
put Germanyinto a economic straitjacket.

十几年来，
高昂的劳动力成本、
毫无妥协余 地的工会规则和人们对繁文缛节的痴迷——更不用提与东德统一所付
出的高昂代价——使德国的经济陷入 了困境。


13.

There
’
s also little sign of substantive change in the historic
–
some say hidebound
–
system of
laborrelations, under which unions are represented on the supervisory boards of companies .
历史悠久的——也被人称
之为墨守陈规的——劳资关系体系也没有发生实质性变化的迹象，在 这个体系中公司监事会有工会的代表。



year
BMW
—
sits
down
with
its
suppliers
to
discuss
specific
savings
targets,
but
it
also
canvasses
them
for
creative ideas about possible cost cuts they can undertake together.

宝马公司每年不仅和供应商坐在一起讨论具体
的节约目标，而 且向他们征求可由双方共同推行的可能降低成本的创新点子。


has also driven some hard bargains with its workforce. It began to back away from rigid German working hours
in the late 1980s. Its goal even then was to decouple the union-regulated workweek from the amount of time its factory
was in operation.

宝马公司也被迫与员工展开艰难的谈判。
从二十世纪八十年代后期开始公司就不再坚 持严格死
板的德国工作时间。从那时候起，公司的目标就是把工会制定的工人一周工作时间与工厂运营的 时间分离。


填空

UNIT 1


Globalization
1)

Founded
in
1908,
Hayes
Lemmerz
is
an
innovator
ofcutting-edge
technology
and
products
and
is
the
world’s

largest manufacturer of automobile.
（尖端科技）

2)

As
the
content
delivered
to
clients
weakens,
banks
will
increasingly
need
to
depend
on
the
more
3)

4)

5)

6)

7)

8)

_commoditized_services they provide, notably capital and trade execution.
（商品化）

This is part of a worldwide movement that France must follow to keep its energetic,aggressiveand bright young
people and to attract investors.
（进取心）

Many
politicians
and
the
green-energy
lobbyists
claim
we
should
_
forge
ahead
green
energy
because
it
will
create new employment.
（稳步推进）

Tests at the age of seven provide a _benchmark
against which the child’s pro
gress at school can be measured.
（基
准）

The agency is tasked with developing a _ blueprint

for how to best serve small business.
There is a large community of Japanese _expatriate
s
in Singapore, consisting mostly of corporate employees and
their families.
（侨民）

During the interview with three major television networks, Obama emphasized that his decision _ deploy

U.S.
troops in Libya should not be applied to other countries in the Middle East.
（部署）

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