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1、Unit1商务语言I.RelatedBackgroundInformation1.AlisonThomasAlisonThomasisaprofessionalfreelancewriterbasedinBristol,southwestEngland.Shehaswrittenforawidevarietyofmagazinesandnewspapers,includingnationalbroadsheets.Herworkcoversabroadfield,frompersonalfinancetopottery
2、,fromdivingtoneedlework.Herspecialistareasaretravel,languages,educationandbusiness.2.EurophoneEurophoneUSA,Inc.isamulti-facetedtelecommunicationscompany.Since1991,Europhonehasofferedacomprehensiverangeoftelecommunicationsproductsandservicessuchas:◆CellularPhones
3、andAccessories◆Mobilepartnerednetwork-basedcommunicationsservicesintheU.S.andEurope◆PrepaidPhoneCards◆GSMeasyroampre-paidphonecards◆LongDistanceService◆InternetServiceProviders/PrepaidInternetService◆LaptopComputersEurophonehasdevelopedtheEurophoneGroupofCompani
4、es(Inc.)withthefollowingoperatingdivisions:NorthernEurope,CentralEurope,SouthernEurope,America,AsiaPacific,GroupProducts&Services,andGlobalplatform&InternetServices.EurophoneusesTDMA,CDMA,andGSMnetworksinvariouspartsofthecountryandtheglobetodeliverhighqualitydig
5、italvoice,messaginganddataproducts.Thefocusisonleadingthemarketthroughqualityofspeedandinnovation.3.Confucius,Philosopher◆Born:551BC◆Birthplace:Lu,China(nowShandongProvince)◆Died:479BC◆BestKnownAs:ChineseSage◆AlsoKnownAs:KongFu-ZiConfuciuswasateacher,scholarandm
6、inorpoliticalofficialwhosecommentaryonChineseliteraryclassicsdevelopedintoapragmaticphilosophyfordailylife.Notstrictlyreligious,theteachingsofConfuciuswereautilitarianapproachtosocialharmonyanddefinedmoralobligationsbetweenindividualsandsocialsystems.Afterhisdea
7、thhispupilscollectednotesonhissayingsanddoingsandrecordedthemastheAnalects.Thiscompilation61wasaddedtoovertheyears,andmanysayingsattributedtohimareprobablyonlylooselybasedonhisteachings.HisapproachwasformalizedintoapoliticalandreligioussystemduringtheHanDynastyi
8、ntheearlypartofthethirdcentury.Itwasembracedbysubsequentgenerationsandwasthe“statereligion”ofChinauntilthelatterpartofthe20thcentury.Inrecentyearscriticshavecondemned
