高级商务英语阅读Chapter 5.ppt

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1、Chapter5JapanGoesfromDynamictoDisheartenedGreatChangesinMasato’sLivingStandardsTwodecadesagoAlevelofaffluence/flashyandupbeat$500,000condoVacationedinHawaiiLate-modelMercedesNowLivingstandardscrumbled/darkandsubduedSoldhiscondoatmuchlowerprice(1/3ofori

2、ginalprice;

3、lAsiansuccessstory(2),Japanrodeoneofthegreatspeculativestockandpropertybubblesofalltimeinthe1980stobecomethefirstAsiancountrytochallengethelongdominanceoftheWest(1).上世纪80年代，借助位居史上最大规模之列的股票投机和房地产泡沫，日本一举成为第一个挑战西方长期统治地位的亚洲国家，成为当初亚洲成功的典范（谱写源自亚洲的成功故事）。Quest

4、ion2WhatwerethemethodsJapanesegovernmentadoptedtostimulateitseconomy,butturnedouttobeafailure?enormousbudgetdeficitsafloodofeasymoneyNotestotheTextFornearlyagenerationnow,thenationhasbeentrappedinlowgrowthandcorrosivedownwardspiralofprices,knownasdefla

5、tion,intheprocessshrivelingfromeconomicGodzillatolittlemorethananafterthoughtintheglobaleconomy.在近乎一代人的时间里，日本一直陷入经济低增长和价格不断下跌的恶性循环，即通货紧缩状态。日本在这一过程中也由经济巨人（怪兽哥斯拉）萎缩成全球经济中可有可无的角色。Question3Whatdoes“economicGodzilla”meaninthetext?Itmeanseconomicgiantwitheno

6、rmouspower.ItissoquotedbecauseitisaJapaneseculturalicon.NotestotheText通货紧缩deflation市场流通货币减少人民手中货币减少购买力下降物价下跌长期货币紧缩抑制投资和生产失业率升高、经济衰退经济学家普遍认为CPI（消费者价格指数）连跌三个月，表示出现通货紧缩。Practice准备采取新一轮非常规措施来刺激经济增长Prepareafreshroundofunconventionalmeasurestostimulatetheeco

7、nomy.onasustainedbasis:持续不断地NotestotheTextManyeconomistsremainconfidentthattheUnitedStateswillavoidthestagnationofJapan,largelybecauseofthegreaterresponsivenessoftheAmericanpoliticalsystemandAmericans’greatertoleranceforcapitalism’screativedestruction.

8、许多经济学家仍坚信，美国将避免日本那样的经济停滞局面，这主要是因为美国的政治制度具备更好的响应性，美国人对资本主义的创造性破坏具备更大的容忍度。Question4WhatarethereasonsthattheU.S.wouldnotfollowJapan’ssuit,accordingtosomeeconomists?thegreaterresponsivenessoftheAmericanpoliticalsystemAmericans’greatertolera