大学英语高级课程U5active reading2.second reading..pptx
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Active reading 2I, We, They;A medium-sized Swedish high-technology corporation was approached by a compatriot, a businessman with good contacts in Saudi Arabia. (Para1)
Discussions often dwelt on issues having little to do with the business – like Shakespeare, of whom both brothers were fans. (Para1)
The Swedes and the Saudis in this true story have different concepts of the role of personal relationships in business. For the Swedes, business is done with a company; for the Saudis, with a person whom one has learned to know and trust. (Para 4)
Therefore one owes lifelong loyalty to one's in-group, and breaking this loyalty is one of the worst things a person can do. (Para5)
Between the person and the in-group a dependence relationship develops which is both practical and psychologica