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One day, I happened to (碰巧) talk to a stranger (陌生人，异乡人) on the bus. When he found (发现，找到，创办)out that I was from Chicago, he told me that one of his good friends lived there and he wanted to know if I happened to know him. At first I wanted to say that it was foolish (愚蠢的，可笑的) to think that I could possibly meet his friend since there were millions of people in Chicago. But, instead, I just smiled and said that Chicago was a very big city. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he began to tell me all about his friend. He told me that his friend was an excellent (优秀的) tennis player (运动员) , and that he even had his own tennis court (网球场). He added that he knew a lot of people with swimming pools, but that he only knew two people in the country had their own tennis courts. And his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several people like that, for example, my brother and my next- door neighbour (邻居，邻接). I told him that my brother was a doctor and he lived in California. Then he asked where my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that last year his friend spent the summer in Sacramento and lived next door to a doctor. The doctor had a tennis court (法院，院子), I said that my next-door neighbour went to Sacramento last summer and lived in the house next to my brother’s. For a moment, we looked at each other, but we did not say anything. "Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Little Wood" I asked finally (最终). He laughed and said, "Would your brother’s name happen to be Ray Hunter" It was my turn to laugh. Who was Roland Little Wood
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New tectmology links the world as never before. Our planet has shrunk. It’s now a "global village" where countries are only seconds away by fax or phone or satellite link. And, of course, our ability to benefit from this high-tech communications equipment is greatly enhanced by foreign language skills. Deeply involved with this new technology is a breed of modem business people who have a growing respect for the economic value of doing business abroad. In modem markets, success overseas often helps support domestic business efforts. Overseas assignments are becoming increasingly important to advancement within executive ranks. The executives stationed in another country no longer need fear being "out of sight and out of mind." He or she can be sure that the overseas effort is central to the company’s plan for success, and that promotions often follow or accompany an assignment abroad. If an employee can succeed in a difficult assignment overseas, superiors will have greater confidence in his or her ability to cope back in the United States where cross-cultural considerations and foreign language issues are becoming more and more prevalent. Thanks to a variety of relatively inexpensive communications devices with business applications, even small businesses in the United States are able to get into international markets. English is still the international language of business. But there is an ever-growing need for people who can speak another language. A second language isn’t generally required to get a job in business, but having language skills gives a candidate the edge when other qualifications appear to be equal. The employee posted abroad who speaks the country’s principal language has an opportunity to fast forward certain negotiations, and can have the cultural insight to know when it is better to move more slowly. The employee at the home office who can communicate well with foreign clients over the telephone or by fax machine is an obvious asset to the firm. According to the passage, what is an important consideration of international corporations in employing people today
The other day we were discussing jobs in school. Our teacher, Mrs. White, said it was never too early to think about your life’s work. Most children were really too sure about what they wanted to do. And then Mrs. White asked me, I said, "A truck (卡车) driver." "Why do you want to be a truck driver, Tommy" she asked. "Because truck drivers don’t have to sit at the desks all day. They are out on the road and they see a lot of the country. The pay is good, too. And you never have any homework." The class laughed. "Well, Tommy. I guess that you don’t like sitting at a desk or doing homework. Is that so, Tommy" Mrs. White answered. "Yes, I guess so." "Well, since you are so interested in becoming a truck driver, I think you should investigate (调查) the field a little further (更远，而且). I want you to go to the library and take out a book on truck driving. And I want you to write a report on it and hand in next month." "That’s the last time I will ever tell anybody my secret idea.\ Mrs. White
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