考研英語作文 Business in American(美國的商業(yè))

Business in American

     President Coolidge’s statement, "The business of America  is  business," still points to an important truth today- that business institutions have more prestige in American society than any other kind of organizations, including the government. Why do business institutions possess this great prestige?

     One reason is that Americans view business as being more firmly based on the ideal of competition than other institutions in society. Since most Americans see competition as the major source of progress and prosperity, competitive business institutions are respected. Competition is not only good in itself, it is the means by which other basic American values such as individual freedom, equality of opportunity, and hard work are protected.

     Competition protects the freedom of the individual by ensuring that there is no monopoly of power. In contrast to one,all-powerful government, many businesses compete against each other for profits. Theoretically, if one business tries to take unfair advantage of its customers, it will lose to competing business which treats its customers more fairly. Where many businesses compete for the customers’ dollar, they cannot afford to treat them like inferiors or slaves.

     Competition in business is also believed to strengthen the idea of equality of opportunity.Competition is seen as an open and fair race where success goes to the swiftest person regardless of his or her social class background. Competitive success is commonly seen as the American alternative to social rank based on family background. Business is therefore viewed as an expression of the idea of equality of opportunity rather than the aristocratic idea of inherited privilege.

美國的商業(yè)

    柯立芝總統(tǒng)曾說過：“美國的事就是商業(yè)的事。”這句話如今還在表達著一個重要的真理，即在美國社會商業(yè)機構(gòu)比其他任何機構(gòu)包括政府，都享有更高的威望。為什么商業(yè)機構(gòu)會有如此高的威望呢?

    原因之一是美國人認為商業(yè)是以競爭的理想為基礎(chǔ)的，它的立場比社會其他機構(gòu)要堅定。  由于大部分美國人把競爭看成是進步和財富的主要源泉，提倡競爭的商業(yè)機構(gòu)自然受到了尊重。競爭不僅本身是件好事，而且是保護個人自由、機會均等、勤奮工作等基本美國價值觀的手段。

    競爭通過保證沒有權(quán)力壟斷來保護個人的自由。和一個權(quán)力至高無上的政府相比，許多企業(yè)為了利潤相互競爭。從理論上講，一個企業(yè)如果采取不公正的手段欺騙顧客，勢必會輸給對待顧客更為公正的競爭對手。只要有很多行業(yè)為賺取顧客的錢而相互競爭，那么他們就不能把顧客看成低人一等的人或奴隸。

    人們還認為商業(yè)上的競爭還有利于加強機會均等的觀念。競爭被視為一場公開公正的賽跑，成功屬于跑得最快的人，不管勝者的社會地位和背景如何。通過競爭取得成功被視為美國人用以取代以家庭背景為基礎(chǔ)的社會地位的另一種選擇。因此，商業(yè)被視為表達了機會均等這一觀念，而不是特權(quán)世襲的貴族思想。