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BriberyandBusinessEthicsUnit6:SectionABackgroundInformationTextStudySummaryWritingLead-inLead-inOurtopictodayis“Bribery”.Likeitornot,almosteverydaywitnessesreportsaboutgovernmentofficialsaccusedoftakingbribes.Ineffect,briberyhasbecomeaninternationaldisease.Astheworldtradegrows,sodoesbribery.Todaylet’stakeacloserlookintotheissue:BOOK4Unit6QuestionAnswering1.Whydostudentssometimesfeelsurprisedwhentheyfindbusinessethicsareincludedinthecontentoftheirbusinesscourse?Becausetheydon’tknowhowserioustheproblemofbriberyis.BOOK4Unit62.Whatwillthemanagerofacompanydoifhedecidestogiveuphisprinciplesinanegotiationwithsomegovernmentofficials?Hewillbribetheofficials.BOOK4Unit63.Whyarepracticessuchaspayingagentsandpurchasersanexaggeratedcommission,andofferingadditionaldiscountsdescribedas“questionable”?Becausethesepracticesarelikelytobemorallywrongandmaybecertainformsofbribery.BOOK4Unit64.Whatmightaforeigncompanydoiftheywanttosellarmstoacompany?Theymightmakelargepaymentstorulingfamiliesortheircloseadvisors,ormakedonationstopartybankaccounts.BOOK4Unit65.Whatdoes“acopywithapreface”mentionedinParagraph7referto?Itreferstoarareeditionofabookwith$20,000slippedwithinitspages.BOOK4Unit66.HastheICCfinallytakenactiontoprohibitbribery?Why?No.BecauseitsmembershavedifferentopinionsaboutthedutiesoftheICC.BOOK4Unit67.Whatdoesthelastparagraphimply?Briberyseemsinevitableinthebusinesscircles.Briberyinvariousformsisontheincreaseandhasbecomeafactofcommerciallife.Onthewhole,thebriberycanfallintothreecategories:1stforpoliticalpurposesortosecuremajorcontracts;2ndtoobtainquickerofficialapprovalofsomeprojects;and3rdtoobtainhelpwiththepassageofabusinessdeal.Tobanbribery,ICCfavorsacodeofconduct.However,theICCmembersareofdifferentopinions.Theheadacheisstilltheretostayinbusiness.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?BackHowisthetextorganized?Thewholepassageisorganizedinproblem-analysis-solutionpattern.Itisbroadlyputintothreeparts:•part1(paras1-4):briberyhasbecomeacommonoccurrenceinmanycountries,•part2(paras5-8):threemaincategoriesofbribery,•par3(paras9-11):theeffortstobanbriberyandtheresult.Back下一页在增长中1.ontheincrease(L.3)在中国，拥有私车的人数不断增长。ThenumberofpeoplewhoownprivatecarsisontheincreaseinChina.下一页上一页II.FocusStudy明确向某人表示；明确告知某人2.tomakeitcleartosb.that…(L.6)信息技术对社会的巨大影响表明我们正生活在信息时代。TheimmenseinfluenceofITonoursocietymakesitclearthatwearelivingintheInformationAge.下一页上一页3.put:vt.expressorstatesthinaparticularway--简单地说，我们接受他们破产的提议。--他太相信别人，换句话说，他毫无商业头脑。--Toputitsimply,weaccepttheiroffertogobankrupt.--Hewastootrusting/credulous,or,toputitinanotherway,hehadnoheadforbusiness.下一页上一页下一页上一页4.standby(L8)Weshouldnotstandbywhenourfriendsareintrouble.朋友有难的时候，我们不应该袖手旁观。tonotdoanythingtohelpsomeoneorpreventsomethingfromhappening下一页上一页4.standby(L8)虽然别人怀疑，她仍然信守她所说的每一句话。Shestillstandsbyeverywordshesaidthoughothersdoubtit.tokeepapromise,agreementetc,ortosaythatsomethingisstilltrue下一页上一页4.standby(L8)Iowesomuchtomyfamilyforstandingbymethroughallthis.tosupportsb.orbefriendswiththem,evenindifficultsituations我非常感激我的家人，他们支持我经历了所有这一切。下一页上一页5.numberedbankaccountAbankaccountwhichisopenedbyusinganumberinsteadofanameinordertokeepthenameofthedepositorsecret.匿名账户下一页上一页6.underinvestigation(L34)intheprocessofbeinginvestigatedunderthreatpressureattacksuspicion受到威胁压力之下受到攻击遭到怀疑下一页上一页7.hitupontothinkofanideaunexpectedly她突然为自己的新小说想出了这个绝好的名字。我们终于找到了解决方法。Wefinallyhituponasolution.Shehitupontheperfecttitleforhernewnovel.Back典型例句意群提示逆译练习通常情况下，科学家们许多偶然的发现，实际上是其多年努力的必然结果。generallyspeaking/ineffect/anaturalresultofsth./one’smanyyearsofeffortsGenerallyspeaking,manydiscoveriesscientistshituponare,ineffect,anaturalresultoftheirmanyyearsofefforts.下一页上一页在这种情况下保持沉默就等于是支持发言者。Keepingsilentinthiscaseamountstosupportingthespeaker.8.amounttotobeequalinquantityorinmeaning上一页9.square…withtomaketwoideas,factsagreewitheachother;toagreeortobeconsistentwithanotheridea,factHisstatementdoesn’tsquarewiththefacts.e.g.KeyTranslationTheyhavetriedtopersuademetojointhem,butIcan’tsquareitwithmyconscience.他们极力劝说我和他们一起干，但是我没办法违背自己的良心。SummaryEnglishEquivalentsofChineseCreativeApplicationofTypicalExpressionsFurtherApplicationofTypicalPatterns预习课文导入写作46SummaryTextStudy—SummaryBriberyinvariousformsisonthe_________inmanycountries,andevenawayoflifeforcenturies.Ifanofficialclearlytellsthatifyouofferhima_________bribe,you’lleasilygetanimportlicenseandavoid“proceduredelays”,doyou________or________yourprinciples?Briberyandotherquestionablepaymentsindeedhavebecomeafactof__________life.Wedividethesepaymentsinto______broadcategories.Thefirstcategoryconsistsofsubstantialpaymentsmadefor______purposesortosecuremajor_________.Thesecondcategorycoverspaymentsmadetoobtainquickerofficial_________commercialthreepayupstandbysubstantialincreasepoliticalcontractsapproval46ofsomeproject,to________thewheelofgovernment.Thethirdcategoryinvolvespaymentsmadeintocountrieswhereitistraditionaltopaypeopletohelpwiththe________ofabusinessdeal.Buthowtoprohibitbriberyinallitsforms?ICCfavorsacodeofconductthatwouldbanthe______and______ofbribes.Unfortunately,opinionsdifferamongthe