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1、Isn'tItGoodtoSpeakaForeignLanguage? TextA "Youreallyarealuckydog."ManypeoleassumethatadmissionintotheInstituteofForeignTrademeansnotonlyafarewellto"unemployment",butalsoaheartyhandshakewithaffluence.Theysay,andIquote,"Assoonasyougraduate,youwillhave
2、afairchancetogoabroad.Youmayflyroundtheworld,seeexcitingthingsandexoticplacesandfeelashappyasalarkandasproudasapeacock." Ididn'tknowwhatto.thinkwhenIfirstcametothisinstitute.Happy?Yes,happythatIhadbeenadmittedbythissplendidinstituteofhigherlearning.Istartedtodreamaboutth
3、emanythingsIhadsoexcitedlyheardfromthosewholiketodream.Ifanciedmyselfpostedtooneofourcommercialofficesoverseas,workingincarpetedofficeswithair-conditioning,anddelightfulsocialactivitiesandpartiesintheevenings."Whatwouldyoulike,teaorcoffee?"Iwouldanswerwithanod,"Brazilianco
4、ffeewithDanishmilkplease."Andtryingtomakeconversation,Iwouldsay,"WhatlovelyMediterraneanweatherwearehaving!" Sometimes,however,Ifeltabituneasy.Comfortisnottheonlythinginlife,youknow.Idocareaboutwhatpeoplemaythinkofme,particularlythose"scholarly"peoplewhomightturnuptheirn
5、osesatthemerementionoftheword"trade"andfrownatme.takingmeforalittlemoney-grubbing,vulgarmerchant. Well.ayearatthisinstitutehastaughtmeagreatmanythings. First,itisnotatalleasytobetrainedfortheforeigntradeservice.Likethestudentsofallotherinstitutes,youmustworkhard,bestra
6、ightinallyourdealings,staunchlypatriotic,loyaland100%reliable.YoumustgetagoodcommandoftwoforeignlanguagesandChiiiese,andtryineverywaytobroadentherangeandscopeofyourknowledge,whichyoumayhavetodrawuponinyourfuturework-history,geography,cultureandsoonandsoforth. Letmeciteon
7、eortwoexamplestoshowhowimportantitistoknowthecustomsandcultureofdifferentcountries. Once,oneofourcorporationswantedtosellwashingmachinestoArabcountries.Inanadvertisementtopromotesales,strategydemandsdiagramsinsteadofwritteninstructions.Dirtyclotheswentintothemachineinthe
8、firstdiagram,athoroughwashingwasillustratedinthethird.Simpleandclear.Buttheresultwasdisas
