内容正文:
CENTURY BUSINESS ENGLISH
世纪商务英语
阅读教程 专业篇 II
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In this unit, you will
• read about world-famous businesses, especially their cultures and strategies;
• increase your understanding of the importance of company culture and innovative thinking;
• practice reading skills like getting the meanings from word formation, identifying facts and opinions,
and locating keywords, etc.;
• be required to finish 14 tasks so as to achieve the objectives.
Unit 7 World-Famous Businesses
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Topic Introduction
Reading Skills Practice
Comprehensive
Reading
Contents
目录
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Topic Introduction
The Fortune Global 500, also known as Fortune 500, is an annual ranking of the top 500 corporations worldwide as measured by revenue. The list is compiled and published annually by Fortune magazine. The following is a list of Year 2021.
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Topic Introduction
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Topic Introduction
These companies are of course very successful in creating revenue, but they do gain success in many other aspects as well. Therefore, learning about the key factors contributing to their continued growth and success will surely unveil a number of useful strategies for running a business. In addition, you may also be interested in the innovative thinking of their founders, whose original ideas have made their businesses unique and attractive.
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Task 1: Previewing the Unit Topic
Read the list on the previous page and discuss the following questions.
1. Which industry do most of the companies in the list deal with?
Petroleum
2. How many companies from China are listed, and what are they?
3. Can you briefly introduce one of the ten companies to your partner? Have a try.
3 or three; They are State Grit, Sinopec Group, China National Petroleum
Open
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( ) 1. leadership
( ) 2. profit
( ) 3. company culture
( ) 4. service quality
( ) 5. globalization
( ) 6. strategy
( ) 7. supplier
( ) 8. brand
( ) 9. localization
( ) 10. retailer
Task 2: Previewing Professional Terms
In this unit, you may mee