Perhaps you have heard the expression “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” So when you want to do business in France, you have to get to know French culture, make marketing plans, and run your business by local laws.
1. The French take great pride in their language, so anyone who does not speak it may run the risk of being disrespected by his French colleagues or business partners. Also, another reason why learning French is important is that it is a great way to show every possible French business partner that you care and respect their country's culture and language.
The first thing that you should do when meeting someone new is to shake his hand firmly and always look at the person in the eye. In social meetings with friends, kissing is common.
Use first names only after being invited to. 2. The French will sometimes introduce themselves using their surname first, followed by their first name.
Dress well. 3. Your business clothing is a reflection of your success and social status. Always try to be tasteful and stylish. Women are advised to dress simply but elegantly. Wearing makeup is practiced widely by businesswomen.
The French are passionate about food, so lunches are common in doing business in France, which usually consist of an appetizer, a main meal with wine, cheese, dessert and coffee, and normally take up to two hours. 4.
Do not begin eating until the host says “bon appetite”. Pass dishes to the left, keep wrists above the table and try to eat everything on the plate. 5. This may suggest that you find the food tasteless. If eating in a restaurant, the person who makes an invitation always pays.
A. Remember to be as polite as possible.
B. This is a time for relationship building.
C. Use Monsieur or Madame before the surname.
D. Be careful with adding salt, pepper or sauces to your food.
E. Make an appointment with your business partner in advance.
F. The French draw information about people based on their appearance.
G. Language should be the focus of anyone planning to do business in France.
Stop wasting your time thinking of reasons for your failures and shortcomings. Instead, realize that the seeds of success were planted within you when you were born. Only you have the power to make those seeds grow.
The seeds and the power to grow them are contained in the human mind. Success is a choice but not a chance. You can be a success if only you make the right choice.
You cannot be successful without first developing your self-esteem （自尊心）.Your level of self-esteem is always based on the degree of control that you are able to exercise over yourself, and thus over your life. People with low self-esteem do not believe that they have any power, or responsibility for their lives. You can exercise control over your life only to the degree that you believe that you are responsible for whatever happens in your life. Failures think that everything happens by accident while successful people realize that they are responsible.
Everything happens as a result of something. If we can identify the cause, we can control the effect. We are responsible for what we consciously choose to accept and believe. Thoughts and beliefs cause behavior. Our attitudes and actions are a result of habits rooted in us over a period of time. One generally rises to the level that one expects. We are responsible for setting our expectations. Our success depends upon our level of confidence.
If you associate with positive-thinking people, you are definitely going to achieve success. On the contrary, the opposite happens. We are responsible for finding, planting, and nurturing the seeds that contain future victory, born from setbacks.
In short, in all areas of your life, you are responsible. Once you recognize this, accept it, and firmly believe it, you are on the road to success.
1.Which could be a good title for the passage?
A.Cause and Effect. B.No pain, no gain.
C.Success is a choice. D.Failure is the mother of success.
2.We can learn from the passage that _____.
A.You'll succeed as long as you develop your self-esteem
B.Proper control over yourself contributes to building self-esteem
C.Associating with negative people is likely to bring success
D.Success sometimes isn't a choice but a chance
3.Which of the following is NOT a "cause and effect"?
A.One's habits, attitudes and his actions.
B.One's thoughts, beliefs and his behavior.
C.One's confidence and his success.
D.One's expectations and his responsibilities.
When Allison Winn was eight and her family adopted a dog named Coco, they had no idea how much the little creature would change her life. "Coco helped me feel better," says Allison, who was recovering from 14 months of treatment for a brain cancer at the time. “She would cuddle （偎依）with me when I didn't want to play." Allison loved Coco so much that she told her parents she wanted to help other sick kids find the same kind of comfort.
She started small, raising money by selling lemonade and homemade dog biscuits in front of her house. Her first customer was the mailman. By the end of that summer, she had raised nearly $1,000, enough to adopt and train two dogs and give them to children with cancer. Now, a little more than two years later, some groups gather to make dog treats for Allison's cause.
Her organization, the Stink Bug Project, named after a picture she drew in memory of the end of her treatment, is run and managed in partnership with the Morgan Adams Foundation. Stink Bug helps families adopt pets from the Trained K9 Companion Program, where the rescued dogs are taught commands. Allison's mother, Dianna Litvak, who helps run Stink Bug, hopes to extend the pet-adoption program statewide and continue donating some of the money to help fund children's cancer research.
"Allison has figured out how to help — in a way that no one else has," Litvak says. "We involve her younger sister, Emily, her friends, the adopting families, and some others. It took the love of a little girl to wrap all that together into one amazing package."
Go to stinkbugproject, org to donate or to buy Allison's dog biscuits.
1.At the beginning, Allison's family _____.
A.didn't expect a dog could change her so much
B.didn't know the sufferings of fighting a cancer
C.thought a dog's company would harm her health
D.wanted other sick children to get the same comfort
2.How did Allison start her cause?
A.She helped advertise lemonade and homemade dog biscuits.
B.A mailman donated some money to her.
C.She earned some money by doing small business.
D.Some groups gave her a hand.
3.The name of Allison's organization, the Stink Bug Project, is from _____.
A.one of her drawings B.her dog
C.her homemade biscuits D.her friend
4.According to Paragraph 4, Allison's mother feels _____.
A.calm B.proud
C.embarrassed D.worried
5.What's the passage mainly about ?
A.Helping to make dog treats. B.Adopting a dog for your child.
C.Giving dogs and love to kids with cancer. D.Raising money to train pets.
We can stay young forever. That is the message Dr. Shen Ziyin wants to give the world. And the Chinese doctor claims that he has found an answer to the problems of aging.
His solution is a herbal medicine to slow the process of aging.
Dr. Shen Ziyin has been trained in Western medicine. At the same time he studied traditional Chinese medicine. And, he has been working for the past forty years to put together the best of both and find a cure for aging. He has taken a hint from the ancient Chinese medicine system called "shen".
According to Shen, it is the kidney (肾脏)which adjusts the functioning of the body as well as its aging process. It is responsible for the level of activity that the human bodies go through. Studies conducted by Dr. Shen show that herbal medicine based on the shen system slow the aging process, says a report in The Telegraph newspaper.
We notice that when people grow old, they have reduced strength, loss of hair, backache, weakness in general, and wrinkles, among others. This happens because when people grow old, their bodies produce T-cells. These T-cells contain a particular substance called Fas. Fas makes the cells in the body destruct themselves.
So the only way to slow down aging is to slow the production of T-cells in the body. This can happen if people eat low calorie food. Then the body is not active enough to produce extra T-cells. But, is going hungry all the time a good price to pay for staying young?
This is where Dr. Shen's herbal medicine comes in. But how effective it will be, only time can tell.
1.How did Dr. Shen find the solution to the problem of aging?
A.By studying Western medicine.
B.By learning traditional Chinese medicine.
C.By doing research on both Western and Chinese people.
D.By combining both Western and Chinese medicine.
2.What plays the most important role in keeping people young according to Shen?
A.Medical treatment. B.People's good kidney.
C.Level of people's activity. D.Positive life attitude.
3.The reason why people become old is that _____.
A.they become weaker and weaker
B.their bodies are unable to fight diseases
C.they have reduced strength, loss of hair
D.their bodies produce T-cells
4.We can probably learn from the passage that _____.
A.eating more low calorie food can allow people to keep young
B.the more Chinese herbal medicine people drink, the better for health
C.people should try to quicken the production of T-cells in the body
D.Dr. Shen's herbal medicine is very effective
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A.transport between the airport and the hotel
B.a double room for every two tourists
C.the service of guides to tourists
D.telephone calls made by tourists
2.If you don't like sharing a room with others, you have to pay .
A.¥ 12,000 B.¥ 14,000
C.¥2,000 D.¥ 10,000
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A.Quiet people. B.College students.
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1.We should like to offer our ________ for the delay to your flight today.
2.Among all these countries, Britain played a ________ role in the negotiations.
3.The best ________ for a fever is to rest and drink a lot of water.
4.You must send your ________ to the university before the end of the month.
5.It is ________ to drive through a red light, for it may endanger someone's life.
6.Thanks to his parents' ________ and support, he finally realized his dream.
7.I do not doubt your ability to ________ and solve problems.
8.His unclear explanation only made me feel more ________ than ever.
9.The real ________ to the waste problem is to produce less waste.
10.Mike was too ________ to remember what had happened that night.
