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1、UNIT8SectionOneTacticsforListeningPart1SpotDictationCorporateSocialResponsibility（企业的社会责任）Onceuponatime,all-oralmostall-businesseswere(1)greedyandrapacious,sparingathoughtfortheir(2)workersortheenvironmentonlyinorderto(3)workouthowtoexploitthem.Thenbossesfoundtheir(4)con

2、sciences,guided(orsometimesforced)by(5)customersorcriticsfromthe(6)non-profitworld.Theydiscoveredtheideathatcompaniesshouldnotexistonlytomakeaprofitbutto(7)servesociety.Thuscorporatesocialresponsibility(CSR)gotits(8)startasabusinessfashion,anditisnowhardtofindafirmthatha

3、snot(9)comeupwithanearnest(10)statementaboutitsrelationswiththewiderworld.CSRiscloselylinkedwiththeprinciplesof(11)SustainableDevelopmentinproposingthatenterprisesshould(12)beobligedtomakedecisionsbasednotonlyonthefinancialfactorsbutalsoonthesocialandenvironmental(13)con

4、sequencesoftheiractivities.Issueslikeenvironmentaldamage,impropertreatmentofworkersand(14)faultyproductionleadingtocustomersinconvenienceordanger,(15)arehighlightedinthemedia.Someinvestorsandinvestmentfundmanagershavebegunto（16）takeaccountofacorporation’spolicyinmaking（1

5、7）investmentdecisions.SomeconsumershavebecomeincreasinglysensitivetotheCSRperformanceofthecompanies（18）fromwhichtheybuytheirgoodsandservices.Thesetrends（19）havecontributedtothepressureoncompaniesto（20）operateinaneconomically,sociallyandenvironmentallysustainableway.Part2

6、ListeningforGistSmallretailersacrosstheUnitedStatesarefacingthesamechallenge:competitionfromshoppingmalls（大型购物中心）andchainstores（连锁店）.But,indowntownDickson,Tennessee,agroupofretailmerchants（零售商）havebandedtogether（紧密团结起来）towinback（赢回）theircustomerswhohavebeenattractedtosho

7、ppingareas（商业圈）intheneighboringbigcity.DicksonisatypicalsmallAmericancity.Ithasquietresidentialareas（居民区）andanicelittledowntownthatwasonceathrivingretailcenter.ButaccordingtoDavidHamilton,presidentofDickson'sChamberofCommerce（商会）,highwayconstructionoverthepastseveralyear

8、schangedthat.Beingjust65kilometersawayfromabigcitylikeNashville,MrHamiltonsays,presentsanotherchallenge