新视野大学英语2全部课文原文.doc

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Americans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling attituderesandprobeprofessionally rather than socially, we start talking business very is, therefore, alwaystickingin our inner , weworkhardatthe task produce a steady flow oflabor-savingdevices; we municate rapidly throughfaxes, phone calls oremailsrather than through personal contacts,which though pleasant, take longer -- especially given our traffic-filled , therefore,savemost personal visitingforafter-work hours or for social weekend us the impersonality ofelectronicmunication has little or no relation to the
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significanceof the some countries no major business isconductedwithout eye contact, requiring face-to-face America, too, a final agreement will normally be , people are meetingincreasinglyon television screens, conducting "teleconferences〞 to settle problems not only in this country but also -- bysatellite-- U. S. is definitely a telephone everyone uses the telephone to conduct business, to chat with friends, to make or break social appointments, to say "Thank you,〞 to shop and toobtainall kinds of save the feet and endless amounts of isduepartlytothe fact that the telephone service issuperbhere,whereasthe postal service is less new arrivals will e from cultures where it is considered impolite to work too a certain amount of time is allowed toelapse, it seems in their eyes as if the task being consideredwereinsignificant, notworthyofproper are, consequently, felt to be given added weight by the passage of the U. S., however, it is taken as a sign ofskillfulnessor beingpetentto solve a problem, orfulfilla job successfully, with , the more important a task is, the more capital, energy, an