吉林大学：《综合英语精读》课程PPT教学课件（三）lesson 17 Multinational Corporations

Lesson Seventeen Text Lesson Seventeen Multinational Corporations 课文

Lesson Seventeen Text 课 文 Lesson Seventeen Multinational Corporations

Lesson Seventeen Text 1.Introduction 2.Text 3.Language points 4.Work on the text 5.Grammar Exercise 课文

Lesson Seventeen Text 课 文 1. Introduction 2. Text 3. Language points 4. Work on the text 5. Grammar Exercise

Introduction Introduction With foreign investment in China increasing so rapidly,it becomes an urgent matter for educated Chinese to understand the workings of multination corporations.This brief essay can serve as an introduction;it opens up some of the issues that must be studied and understood.There are many more. 课文介绍

Introduction 课 文 介 绍 With foreign investment in China increasing so rapidly, it becomes an urgent matter for educated Chinese to understand the workings of multination corporations. This brief essay can serve as an introduction; it opens up some of the issues that must be studied and understood. There are many more. Introduction

Lesson Seventeen Text TEXT You must have heard about General Motors. But do you know that in 1973,the annual sales of GM (1 were actually greater than the combined GNP (2)of Switzerland,Pakistan and South Africa?Yes,corporations such as GM,IBM,and ITT are extremely powerful.In fact the combined physical assets (3)of all global corporations (4 we were estimated at more than 200 billion. 课文

Lesson Seventeen Text 课 文 TEXT You must have heard about General Motors. But do you know that in 1973, the annual sales of GM (1) were actually greater than the combined GNP (2) of Switzerland, Pakistan and South Africa? Yes, corporations such as GM, IBM, and ITT are extremely powerful. In fact the combined physical assets (3) of all global corporations (4) we were estimated at more than $ 200 billion

Lesson Seventeen Text And that was more than twenty years ago.Today their power has greatly increased,and is still growing.So much so,(5)that some observers believe that by the end of this century,the 300 largest corporations will account for(6 more than half of the world's industrial production. The most commonly used term for this type of transnational organization is 课文

Lesson Seventeen Text 课 文 And that was more than twenty years ago.Today their power has greatly increased, and is still growing. So much so, (5) that some observers believe that by the end of this century, the 300 largest corporations will account for (6) more than half of the world's industrial production. The most commonly used term for this type of transnational organization is

Lesson Seventeen Text "multinational corporation".It does not mean that they are all transnational in personnel The top level of management usually comes predominantly from one country.In most cases,the country is clearly identifiable as the home country.GM for example,is based in the United States. So are the others mentioned above.What makes them multinational is the scope of their operations.(7 They manufacture and sell their products where it is most profitable,by passing the formal boundaries of states 课文

Lesson Seventeen Text 课 文 "multinational corporation". It does not mean that they are all transnational in personnel. The top level of management usually comes predominantly from one country. In most cases, the country is clearly identifiable as the home country. GM for example, is based in the United States. So are the others mentioned above. What makes them multinational is the scope of their operations.(7) They manufacture and sell their products where it is most profitable, by passing the formal boundaries of states

Lesson Seventeen Text as much as they can and dealing with the governments of states as little as they can.Being "multinational", they have little loyalty toward any one country. When their interests conflict with the political interests of a country,they will always put their business interests first. To them,political boundaries are irrelevant to the business of selling automobiles or Coca Cola.The chair of Dow Chemical Company once expressed 课文

Lesson Seventeen Text 课 文 as much as they can and dealing with the governments of states as little as they can. Being "multinational", they have little loyalty toward any one country. When their interests conflict with the political interests of a country, they will always put their business interests first. To them, political boundaries are irrelevant to the business of selling automobiles or Coca Cola. The chair of Dow Chemical Company once expressed

Lesson Seventeen Text the wish that he could buy an island owned by no nation,on which to establish (8)his World Headquarters so that the corporation could be truly on neutral ground. Today there is widespread agreement that multinational corporations will have an important effect on international relations and world economy.But there is little agreement on exactly what that effect will be.There are those who see them as benevolent and those who see them as evil. 课文

Lesson Seventeen Text 课 文 the wish that he could buy an island owned by no nation, on which to establish (8) his World Headquarters so that the corporation could be truly on neutral ground. Today there is widespread agreement that multinational corporations will have an important effect on international relations and world economy. But there is little agreement on exactly what that effect will be. There are those who see them as benevolent and those who see them as evil

Lesson Seventeen Text Among those who see multinational corporations as benevolent,many emphasize their importance in helping reduce the gap between rich countries and poor ones.These business giants are referred to as "engines of development",because it is claimed that they do more to improve the economic life in less developed countries than all governmental foreign aid programs have ever done.By setting up factories abroad, they provide (9)jobs; 课文

Lesson Seventeen Text 课 文 Among those who see multinational corporations as benevolent, many emphasize their importance in helping reduce the gap between rich countries and poor ones. These business giants are referred to as "engines of development", because it is claimed that they do more to improve the economic life in less developed countries than all governmental foreign aid programs have ever done. By setting up factories abroad, they provide (9) jobs;

Lesson Seventeen Text by equipping these factories with the latest machines and equipment,they make available the most modern technology.Because goods are now produced within the less developed countries,there is less need for them to import from abroad and their balance of payments (10)will improve. Multinational corporations today do not need their countries to provide military force to open foreign countries to 课文

Lesson Seventeen Text 课 文 by equipping these factories with the latest machines and equipment, they make available the most modern technology. Because goods are now produced within the less developed countries, there is less need for them to import from abroad and their balance of payments (10) will improve. Multinational corporations today do not need their countries to provide military force to open foreign countries to