全新版大學(xué)英語綜合教程4unit4課文翻譯

1、Globalizationissweepingasidenationalbderschangingrelationsbetweennations.WhatimpactdoesthishaveonnationalidentitiesloyaltiesAretheystrengthenedweakenedTheauthinvestigates.全球化正在掃除國(guó)界、改變國(guó)與國(guó)之間的關(guān)系。這對(duì)國(guó)家的認(rèn)同和對(duì)國(guó)家的忠誠(chéng)會(huì)帶來什么影響呢？它們會(huì)得到

2、加強(qiáng)還是削弱？作者對(duì)這些問題進(jìn)行了探討。InSearchofDavosManPeterGumbel1.WilliamBrowderwasbninPrincetonNewJerseygrewupinChicagostudiedatStanfdUniversityinCalifnia.ButdontcallhimanAmerican.Fthepast16ofhis40yearshehaslivedoutsidetheU.S.firstinL

3、ondonthenfrom1996inMoscowwhereherunshisowninvestmentfirm.Browdernowmanages$1.6billioninassets.In1998hegaveuphisAmericanpasspttobecomeaBritishcitizensincehislifeisnowcenteredinEurope.“Nationalidentitymakesnodifferencefme“

4、hesays.“Ifeelcompletelyinternational.Ifyouhavefourgoodfriendsyoulikewhatyouaredoingitdoesntmatterwhereyouare.Thatsglobalization.“尋找達(dá)沃斯人彼得甘貝爾威廉布勞德出生于新澤西州的普林斯頓，在芝加哥長(zhǎng)大，就讀于加利福尼亞州的斯坦福大學(xué)。但別叫他美國(guó)人。他今年40歲，過去16年來一直生活在美國(guó)以外的地方，先是在倫敦

5、，1996年后在莫斯科經(jīng)營(yíng)他自己的投資公司。布勞德如今掌管著價(jià)值16億美元的資產(chǎn)。1998年，他放棄美國(guó)護(hù)照，成為英國(guó)公民，因?yàn)樗F(xiàn)在的生活中心在歐洲?！皣?guó)家認(rèn)同對(duì)我來說不重要，”他說，“我覺得自己完全是個(gè)國(guó)際人。如果你有四個(gè)朋友，又喜歡你所做的事情，那么你在哪兒無關(guān)緊要。這就是全球化。”2.AlexMlisalsoaferventbelieveringlobalizationbutheviewshimselfverydifferent

6、ly.AfmerpresidentofATthecpationscountriesthatbenefitedfromitwerelargelycontenttotreatvastpartsofthewldasplacestominenaturalresourcessellfinishedproducts.Evenastheglobalizationofcapitalacceleratedinthe1980smostfeigninvest

7、mentwasbetweenrelativelywealthycountriesnotfromwealthycountriesintopoerones.U.S.technologycompaniesmoneywereoftenatthefefrontofthismovement.全球貿(mào)易已經(jīng)持續(xù)了幾個(gè)世紀(jì)；過去從中獲益的企業(yè)和國(guó)家在很大程度上滿足于將世界上的廣大地區(qū)視為自然資源的開采地或成品的銷售地。即便到了20世紀(jì)80年代，資本全球化

8、已經(jīng)加速，大多數(shù)外國(guó)投資仍在相對(duì)富裕的國(guó)家之間進(jìn)行，而不是從富裕國(guó)家流向較貧窮國(guó)家。美國(guó)的技術(shù)、企業(yè)和資金通常處于這一流動(dòng)的前沿。7.Howeverthepasttwodecadeshavewitnessedtheriseofothersignificantplayers.ThedevelopedwldisbeatingapathtoChinasIndiasdo—ChineseIndiancompaniesinturnhavestart

9、edtolookoverseasfsomeoftheirfuturegrowth.Beijinghasevenstartedwhatitcallsa“GoingOut“policythatencouragesChinesefirmstobuyassetsoverseas.Asiannationsarecreating“aremarkableenvironmentofinnovation“saysJohnChamberschiefexec

10、utiveofCiscoSystems.“ChinaIndiaaregraduatingcurrentlymethanfivetimesthenumberofengineersthatwearehereintheU.S.“ThatmeansthatU.S.Europeancompaniesarenowfacinghighqualitylowcostcompetitionfromoverseas.NowondersomanyWestern

11、wkerswryaboutlosingtheirjobs.“Iftheissueisthesizeofthetotalpieglobalizationhasprovedagoodthing“saysitGadieshchairmanofconsultantsBain&Co.“IftheissueishowthepieisdividedifyoureintheWesternwldyoucouldquestionthat.“然而，在過去二十