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新东方:新概念英语第四册mp3及课文讲解36

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摘要: 新东方:新概念英语第四册mp3及课文讲解36  Lesson 36  The cost of government政府的开支  First listen and then answer the following question.听录音,然后回答以下问题。  What is the most important ...
新东方:新概念英语第四册mp3及课文讲解36

  Lesson 36

  The cost of government政府的开支

  First listen and then answer the following question.听录音,然后回答以下问题。

  What is the most important factor, both in government or business, for keeping running costs low?

  If a nation is essentially disunited, it is left to the government to hold it together. This increases the expense of government, and reduces correspondingly the amount of economic resources that could be used for developing the country. And it should not be forgotten how small those resources are in a poor and backward country. Where the cost of government is high, resources for development are correspondingly low.

  This may be illustrated by comparing the position of a nation with that of a private business enterprise. An enterprise has to incur certain costs and expenses in order to stay in business. For our purposes, we are concerned only with one kind of cost —— the cost of managing and administering the business. Such administrative overheads in a business are analogous to the cost of government in a nation. The administrative overheads of a business are low to the extent that everyone working in the business can be trusted to behave in a way that best promotes the interests of the firm. If they can each be trusted to take such responsibilities. and to exercise such initiative as falls within their sphere, then administrative overheads will be low. It will be low because it will be necessary to have only one man looking after each job, then the business will require armies of administrators, checkers, and foremen and administrative overheads will rise correspondingly. As administrative overheads rise, so the earnings of the business after meeting he expense of administration, will fall; and the business will have less money to distribute as dividends or invest directly in its future progress and development.

  It is precisely the same with a nation. To the extent that the people can be relied upon to behave in a loyal and responsible manner, the government does not require armies of police and civil servants to keep them in order. But if a nation is disunited, the government cannot be sure that the actions of the people will be in the interests of the nation; and it will have to watch, check, and control the people accordingly. A disunited nation therefore has to incur unduly high costs of government.

  RAYMOND FROST The Backward Society

  New words and expressions 生词和短语

  disunited adj. 分裂的correspondingly adv. 相应地backward adj. 落后的incur v.  承担administer v.  管理adminstrative adj. 行政管理的analogous adj. 类似的overheads n.  一般费用initiative n.  主动,积极性checker n.  检查人员foreman n.  监工dividend n.  红利unduly adv. 过度地

  参考译文

  如果一个国家实际上处于分裂状态,使之联合起来就是政府的事了。这样的一来就增加了政府的开支,从而相应地减少了可以用来了展国家的那部分经济资源。不应忘记,在一个贫穷落后的国家里,那部分财力是很有限的。凡是政府管理费用高的地方,用于发展国家经济的资金就会相应地减少。

  把国家的状况同私人企业的状况加以比较,就可以看清这个问题。一个企业为了继续经营,不得不支出一定的费用和开销。就我们的目的而言,我们只关心一种费用 —— 企业行政管理费。一家企业的行政管理开支类似于一个国家的政府管理所用的开支。如果企业中的每个人都在真诚地为提高企业利润而工作,那么企业的管理费用就会降低到相应的程度。如果企业的每个人都信得过,人人都认真负责,在各自的工作范围内发挥主动性,行政管理费用就会降低。行政管理费用的降低的原因是:每项工作只需要一个人去完成,用不着另外再有一个人检查工作。督促他遵守章程,或向有关人士汇报他的工作。但是,如果企业中谁也不可信赖会对工作尽忠守职,那公企业就会需大批的管理人员、检查人员和带班人员,管理费用就会相应在增加。管理费用增加了,那么在扣除管理费用后,企业的收入就降低了。因此用于分红的金额就用于将来开拓和发展的投资就相应地减少了。

  一个国家的情况也完全相同。如果人民忠于职守,举止规矩,能受到政府的信赖,那么政府就不需要大批的警察和文职人员运去促使人民遵纪守法。但是,如果一个国家处于分裂状态,政府不能相信人民的行动有利于国家,那么政府就不得不对人民进行监督、检查和控制。因此,一个处于分裂的国家必须要支付过高的行政管理费用。

 

新东方:新概念英语第四册mp3及课文讲解36的延伸阅读——新概念英语学习方法手册

 

  1、先整体听一遍课文。看看自己到底能听懂多少。

  2、利用复读机复读功能,逐句播放,听一句,写一句,碰到不会的单词了就先空着。继续往下听写。整篇课文或者你拟定的几句话都听写完了,再结合上下文看看那些不会的单词能不能猜出来。

  3、逐句回放那些空着单词的句子,试一试能不能写出来。如果还不行,就打开书对照的看一下。在这里,我倒是不主张钻牛角尖,恨不能一个不会的单词憋好几年才写出来。因为,有些单词确实我们不会,那么直接看一下书,就知道了,下次也可能在其他课文中还会遇到,这就等于是复习了,不要太死板了。其实,这次看了,未必下次你真的就会写。

  4、把不会的单词,或者你认为含糊的单词去逐个的查词典,逐条的去看注解。

  5、每天多听这些听写过的录音,最起码你要在今天听写新内容之前要默写一遍昨天听写过的。

  6、看着中文注解写英文,联系中英互换。绝对有效。

  7、如果你想练就口语,就要大声的去模仿朗读,最好能背读。

  8、运用李阳的“一口气”训练你的伶牙俐齿,这个真是很管用,以后你会发现听任何英语都不会觉得语速快的。


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