2022届高三英语培优外刊阅读学案：商业CEO话题

高三英语培优外刊阅读 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 外刊精选｜那些总想拯救世界的CEO们 近日，多家明星企业的CEO黯然下台；讽刺的是，不久前他们想要改变世界的雄心壮志还言犹在耳。这些高管，一面迎合着公众，呼喊着企业道德责任；一面却把公司带入泥潭，无法为股东交出满意的答卷。为何许多企业家都热衷于“拯救世界”？归根到底，企业的目标又是什么？ C.E.O.s Are Not Here to Save Us One wanted to “elevate the world’s consciousness.” Another aspired to “make a bigger difference around the world.” A third, speaking of climate change, said, “We owe it to our children to find the right answers. This soaring rhetoric did not emanate from motivational speakers or religious leaders. It was uttered by wealthy chief executives hoping to curry favor with a public desperate to be inspired. Ultimately, their idealism counted for little. Over the past week, the three men behind these lofty sentiments discovered that high-mindedness didn’t protect them from the harsh realities of running a business. Adam Neumann stepped down as chief executive of WeWork after a botched attempt to take the company public. Devin Wenig left his role as chief of eBay after the company’s board grew impatient with poor performance. And Herbert Diess, the chief executive of Volkswagen, was charged with stock market manipulation and misleading investors. Mr. Diess remains in his job, but all week, smartphone push alerts seemed to ping with the news of executive heads rolling. Those three executives joined the recently departed chiefs of Juul, Nissan, comScore and HSBC as reminders that at the end of the trading day, corporate chieftains are there to make shareholders money. 【词汇过关】 请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。 1.C.E.O.__________________________ 2.elevate [ˈelɪveɪt] vt. __________________________ 3.consciousness [ˈkɒnʃəsnəs] n. __________________________ 4.emanate [ˈeməneɪt] v. __________________________ 5.motivational [ˌməʊtɪˈveɪʃənəl] adj. __________________________ 6.utter [ˈʌtə] vt. __________________________ 7.desperate [ˈdespərət] adj. __________________________ 8.ultimately [ˈʌltɪmətli] adv. __________________________ 9.idealism [aɪˈdɪəlɪzəm] n. __________