Unit 12 MBA Travellers Aim to Broaden Their Horizons（课件）- 《当代商务英语综合教程2》同步教学（华师大版·第2版）

当代商务英语综合教程 2 （第2版） Unit 12 MBA Travellers Aim to Broaden Their Horizons Contents 2 Text A MBA Travellers Aim to Broaden Their Horizons Language in Use Text B Breaking China Warm-up Questions: 3 Warm-up Questions: 1. try to name some phenomena of globalization in our daily life and give some comments on the topic. 2. in your opinion, is it necessary for us to study abroad? why? Pre-class Task 1 4 Pre-class Task 1 Read the text once for the main idea. Don't refer to the notes, the glossary or the dictionaries. Text A MBA Travellers Aim to Broaden Their Horizons 5 Passage Over the past year, thousands of MBA students will have travelled overseas with the aim of ensuring that they graduate as well-rounded global business people. 1 6 Passage Some students will have been immersed in months-long programmes that require learning a foreign language before moving on to in-depth overseas corporate consulting projects. Others will have been sent to spend a few weeks or months at an overseas partner school. Some will have been challenged by an overseas consulting project. But in the worst-case scenarios, labelled “MBA tourism”, some students will have had little time to do anything but stare out of an air-conditioned coach window at people living in poverty during a week-long tour of a developing country. 2 Text A MBA Travellers Aim to Broaden Their Horizons 7 Passage Every business school insists their own international offering is enormously beneficial. But there are huge differences between what is on offer and there is much debate on their respective benefits. Henry Mintzberg, professor of management studies at Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, who is renowned for his rejection of conventional MBA education, has strong views on the topic. 3 Text A MBA Travellers Aim to Broaden Their Horizons 4 8 Passage “Taking the inexperienced into situations they can barely understand is voyeurism. And that includes what is so common: giving them a speech by some fam