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Passage 1
I think Chinese businesspeople tend to have business negotiations in a rather indirect manner, as opposed to the more direct style of American businesspeople, who are said to work with the “get-down-to-business-first” mentality. // The Chinese-type management encourages cooperation among employees, between the labor and the management, and gives employees a joy of participation and fulfillment, as well as a sense of pride in their work.// And most Chinese try to find the meaning of life through working in their jobs, and view work as essential for having membership in a community.// The American-type, or the top-down, management emphasizes efficiency, and competition among workers. The American work ethic seems to be more individual oriented. Traditionally, Americans work because it is the will of God, and often value the results and accomplishments of work more than its process.//
我認為中國人在商務談判時傾向于使用一種迂回婉轉的方式，而那些被認為在工作時具有一 種“公務為先”的心態的美國人則往往表現出較為直截了當的作風。// 中國式的管理方式鼓勵員工之間的合作，也鼓勵普通員工和管理人員之間的合作，使員工有一種喜悅的參與感和成就感，使他們對自己的工作產生一種自豪感。// 大多數中國人想從工作中找到生活的意義，他們將工作視為成為團體中一份子的必不可缺的條件。//美國式的自下而上的管理方式注重效率，注重員工之間的競爭。美國人的工作觀有較強的個體取向性。美國人一直認為，工作是秉承了上帝的意志，對工作成果的重視常常高于對工作過程的重視。//
Passage 2
In the short period of six days, we have gone a longer distance than the world-renowned “Long March”. We have acquired a keen sense of the diversity, dynamism, and progress of China under your policies of reform and opening to the outside world.// My wife and I have a special regard and personal friendship for the people of China. Beijing is for us an old and nostalgic home. During our stay here ten years ago we spent a great deal of memorable time with the people here--working, shopping, sightseeing, and touring the city on our bicycles.// Those were happy days. They were good days, important days. We were part of the dramatic process which brought us back together and set us on the road to a genuine friendly and cooperative relationship.// Nonetheless, problems remain in our economic, education and strategic relations. While we are not so naive as to believe that there are no issues of difference between us, I also believe that our differences are greatly overshadowed by issues which bind us and strengthen our relationship.//
在短暫的六天里，我們的行程超過了舉世聞名的“長征”。在改革開放政策引導下的中國，氣象萬千，充滿活力，不斷進步，這些我們都已強烈的感受到了。//我和我夫人對中國人民懷有一種特殊的敬慕之情和個人友誼。對我們兩人來說，北京是我們思念的故鄉。十年前我們在此生活期間，我們與這里的人們一起度過了許多難忘的時光—— 我們在這里工作、購物、觀光、騎自行車逛城。//那是一些令人愉快的日子，一些美好的日子，一些意義重大的日子。我們參與了富有戲劇性的轉變過程，這種轉變使我們重新走到一起，使我們踏上了一條通往建立一種真誠友好的合作關系的道路。//然而，我們在經濟、教育以及戰略關系中仍然存在著問題。一方面，我們不會天真的以為我們之間不存在分歧，另一方面，我也認為那些將我們聯系在一起并且強化我們關系的事務，在很大程度上弱化了我們之間的差異。//
Passage 3
The Washington National Cathedral is one of the largest and most famous religious centers in the United States. It belongs to the Episcopal Church. The official name of the building id the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.// The National Cathedral was built with money from private citizens. The work started in 1907, and the Cathedral was not completely finished until 1990. The first stone was laid in the presence of President Theodore Roosevelt. Every President of the United States since then has attended services or visited the Cathedral.// It looks like many of the great religious centers built in Europe about 800 years ago. The building is shaped like a cross or the letter T. in the center is a bell tower 91 meters high. Two more towers stand at the bottom of the cross.// Two hundred windows are set high in the walls of the National Cathedral. Most are made of many pieces of colored glass. They color the sunlight as it enters the building and spills across the floor. Some windows have flower designs. Others have images from Christian stories or from American heroes.//
華盛頓國家大教堂是美國規模最大、最負盛名的宗教中心之一，隸屬主教派教會。該建筑的正式名稱是圣彼得和圣保羅大教堂。//國家大教堂是由私人贊助建造起來的。工程開始于1907年，直到1990年才完全竣工。奠基石是當著當時西奧多·羅斯福總統的面放置的。從那以后的每一任美國總統都參加過這里舉行的宗教禮儀活動，或參觀過大教堂。//大教堂看起來像歐洲許多建于800年前的宗教大中心，形狀像個“十”字，或像字母T，中間聳立了一座高達91 米的鐘樓，另外兩座塔樓坐落在十字形底部。// 200扇窗戶高高的嵌在國家大教堂的墻上。大多數窗都由多塊彩色玻璃拼成，射入建筑內的陽光被彩色玻璃染得五彩繽紛，灑落在大教堂一側的地坪上，有些窗戶有花卉圖案，有些窗的畫面則是一些有關基督教的故事或美國歷史英雄的形象。//
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