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11、4次 科技、艺术与商业
“The value of any nation should be measured more by its scientific and artistic achievements than by its business successes.”

正：
1.        Art and science have always depended upon the successful business. Substantial scientific and artistic support now comes from foundations established by extraordinarily successful business organizations. Without the money provided by successful businesses, art and science achievements won’t develop further.
2.        the value of a nation is related to its ability to defend itself, and to help promote peace and justice among its people and other nations. A nation is more capable in both regards when its businesses enjoy greater success. Only having scientific and artistic achievements would not improve the living standards of its people. Business is essential to every nation.
反：
However, ignoring the scientific and artistic achievements is also unwise. Both of them change our daily life, making our surroundings much more convenient and beautiful.

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33、2次 学校 知识
“Since science and technology are becoming more and more essential to modern society, schools should devote more time to teaching science and technology and less to teaching the arts and humanities.”（37）

1.        Scientific knowledge is increasingly important in our technological world and in the practical world of jobs and careers. It is hard to image a person lacking of basic computer knowledge could fulfill a task in a corporation where most of the daily affairs are dealt with the aid of computer.
2.        This is not to say, however, that schools should devote less time to the arts or humanities. Studying the arts and humanities can provide students with gracious spirit. Without the guide of virtue, science can become the most dangerous weapon; however, on the other hand, with such guide, it can be the best servant of human. Moreover, studying the creative and intellectual achievement of others helps inspire our own creativity, which is important in science and technology.
总：we should combine two of them since science and technology tell us what to do, but humanities tell us what should do.

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15、团队 个人
“Businesses and other organizations have overemphasized the importance of working as a team. Clearly, in any human group, it is the strong individual, the person with the most commitment and energy, who gets things done.”（36）

Teamwork or individual energy and commitment, which one is more important to a company or other types of organizations?
1.        Efficiency comes from work divisions. In today’s business world, it is unpractical for one person to accomplish an entire program. Actually, only every competent person finishes one part of the mission, entirely whole program get done.
2.        An organization is not simply put competent people together but combine them to form an organic integrity, thus induce higher efficiency and productivity.
3.        Admittedly, in any human group, in order to stray from the initial goal, one individual with the most commitment and energy is indispensable. Without such person, the team might in a state of disunity.

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16、名人
Celebrities are uniquely qualified to efficiently address social problems, because of their high-profile status and access to resources.

正：
1.        Celebrities have significant influences among the public. People are likely to follow what celebrities do. It is much easy to solve a social problem which celebrities devote themselves to. That’s why we can see that many stars attend the public welfare activities, spokesmen of the image to appeal to the community concerned about social issues.
2.        Because of their high-profiles and access to resources, celebrities have more opportunities and more channels than common people have. Correspondingly, they can do more to promote the solution of social problems.
反：
However, to solve social problems thoroughly, a great power, which can be only generated from absolutely authority, comes from the government, not celebrities. The government can place certain regulations on the social problems, such as environment pollution, unemployment and population.

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35、2次 企业 政府
A powerful business leader has far more opportunity to influence the course of a community or a nation than does any government official. (24)

正：
1.        It is hard for one government official to make a decision himself. Unlike business leader, government power is likely to subject to many more restraints. Separation of the legislative, executive and judicial powers tempers the power of government official to the course of a community or a nation.
2.        Powerful business leaders usually have greater rights of decision. And their decisions are easy to be implemented. By the nature of their industries, not by force of law, powerful business leaders have transformed our economy, the nature of work, and our very day-to-day existence.
反：
However, the impact from business is based on its existence, which is permitted by the government. To solve social problems thoroughly, a great power, which can be only generated from absolutely authority, comes from the government, not business leaders. The government can place certain regulations on the social problems, such as environment pollution, unemployment and population.

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24、制定规则
Governments should not be responsible for regulating businesses and other organizations. Instead, society would benefit if the organizations themselves assumed most of the responsibility for establishing and enforcing their own standards and regulations.

正：
1.        Too much interference from the government would undoubtedly harm the development of business and organization. Without the power of independently making decisions, company will lose creativity and positivity.
2.        Exorbitant supervision might disturb the natural order of the market. The relation between supply and demand could be affected.
反：That's not to say government should assume no necessary supervision over the business. After all, the ultimate goal of the business is to gain benefit, therefore this pivotal goal may result some negative outcomes. It is the duty of government to keep the national market in healthy condition and sometimes to overcome the huge destroys of the recession.
总： only by suitable regulation and adequate freedom can the business develop in a health way.

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21、地点
“Location has traditionally been one of the most important determinants of a business’s success. The importance of location is not likely to change, no matter how advanced the development of computer communications and others kinds of technology becomes.”（26）

正：
1.        The importance of location goes as follow. When the location is near the sea or the river, it is quite convenient for transportation. In developed area, people have strong purchasing power. The demand of various goods may be relatively great, which benefits sales.
2.        Admittedly, the burgeoning 迅速成长的 technologies have changed the way of purchasing and selling. However, the extent, to which such technologies will threaten the pivotal role played by location in business, depends on the types of such business. In retail business, an in-person visit is often necessary. For example, customers try on the clothes and compare the different types. Location will continue to play a pivotal role in these businesses.
反：
Things may be different when it comes to other kinds of companies。As commuter technology and electronic communication become more and more convenient, the intangible locations on the internet have replaced the location in the real world in some business areas, such as Electronic publications, on line banks and internet retail stores.

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26、 时代 科技
“Because of recent advancements in business and technology, the overall quality of life in most societies has never been better than at the present time.”（111）

正：
1. Progress in technology and business has indeed brought considerable improvements to our life. Through the internet, we can chat with friends, solve problems in the business and choose hundreds and thousands of products without going out of our own homes. We can get more done in less time, leaving more time for hobbies or other leisure activities.
2.  Advances in technology have improved our health standards. Many diseases which threaten human being’s life nowadays are solved by simple medical technology.

反：
People spend more time on television and internet and overlook the necessary communication in the family, which cause alienation between the family members. Because we can research problems and their solutions in minutes on the internet, it deprives people of deep and comprehensive thinking.

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4、2次 报纸
There are many sources to get news today, such as newspaper, internet, and radio. The newspaper is the most important one.

正：
1.        Admittedly, since the invention of newspaper in the early 17 century, it has been playing a significant role in people’s life. Newspaper is a regularly scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. Many people have the habit of reading newspapers in the morning.
反：
1.        Now it has to be said that newspaper is not the most important source of news. As main sources to get news today, Internet and TV news channels, in a sense, have surpassed newspaper in a sense. For example, news from internet and TV, which is updated timely are much more convenient for people. However, newspaper cannot provide latest news in few hours.
2.        Moreover, newspaper causes the waste of resources and costs. On the environmental score, newspaper has inevitable disadvantages.

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22、7次 道德
“The most effective way for a businessperson to maximize profits over a long period of time is to follow the highest standards of ethics.”（45）

正：
1.        High standards of ethic would win reputation and trust. It will attract those applicants with high ability and keep employees loyal to the company, which will contribute to high productivity and high quality accordingly.
2.        Meanwhile, the old customers will be stable and new customers will be attracted. For example, Toyota, one of the largest car manufacturing companies in the world, recalled one of its major products back because of some potential unsafety. By doing so, the company suffered great loss, but gained strong public support and understanding, which contributed to the long-term success of the company.
反： High ethical standards do not equal to maximal profit. Such actions as raising the price, reducing the superabundant staff might violate the cost-effective rules. Following the highest standards of ethics, the company may find it impossible to survive in the radical competitive market, let alone to gain large profit.